About me
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My Locations
Qualifications and experience
- Advancing Research on Care and Outcome Measurement (ARCOM) Program, International
- Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC), International
- Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2026 Featured Research Session (FRS), International
- Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART), International
- Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Diversity and Disparities Professional Interest Area, International
- American Psychological Association, National
- National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) New Investigator Awards Scientific Review Committee, National
- National Institute on Aging Review Committees (R36 and R61/R33), National
- Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD), International
- Pennsylvania Psychological Association, Local
- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Medical Student Research Prize, Local
Treatments and Conditions
My research
Stites SD, Dedhia M, Harkins K, Karlawish J, Langbaum JB, Mather M, & Barber SJ. Learning about a heightened genetic risk for dementia: Anticipated stigma is greater than experienced stigma , Psychology and Aging, Advance online publication: 2026
Shaaban, C. E., Suryadevara, V., Hill, A. V., Milani, S. A., Agarwal, P., Aggarwal, N. T., Akinyemi, R. O., Alladi, S., Brown, M. J., Caldwell, J. Z. K., Caramelli, P., DuBose, L., Ellajosyula, R., Esiaka, D. K., Gibson, A., Griffith, P., Harper, J., Karanja, W., Li, W., Llibre-Guerra, J. J., Loi, S. M., Mielke, M. M., Molina-Henry, D. P., Ogunniyi, A., Pudumjee, S., Stites, S. D., Sundermann, E., Turner, A. D., Vila-Castelar, C., Viswanathan, J., Trani, J-F., Babulal, G. M., Diversity and Disparities Professional Interest Area’s Low- and Middle-Income Countries Work Group of the International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART), Diversity and Disparities Professional Interest Area’s Sex and Gender Special Interest Group of the International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) The Population Neuroscience-Dementia Syndemics Framework to better understand global sex and gender-based risk in low- and middle-income countries , Nature Aging, 6: 2026,38-55
Britt KC, Dong F, Massimo LM, Hamilton JB, Hodgson NA, Stites SD. & Mechanic-Hamilton D. The Association of Spirituality & Memory in Older Black and White U.S. Adults , Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 38(1): 2026
Stites SD, Kuz C, Harkins K, Sankar P, Coe NB, & Mittelman M. Effects of Caregiving Experience on Expectations of Becoming an Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiver in the Future , The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences: 2026
Stites SD, Schumann R, Shi Y, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Wolk DA, & for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Depression and Anxiety Modify Cognitive Concerns Associated with Amyloid and Early Clinical Impairment , Neuropsychology: 2026
Britt KC, Dong F, Hamilton JB, Massimo LM, Hodgson NA, Mechanic-Hamilton D. & Stites SD. A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Change in Church Activity with Cognitive, Functional, and Mental Health Among Black and White Older Adults , Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders EXTRA: 2026
Stites SD, Lee DS, Kuz C, Humphreys V, Streitz ML, Xie SX, Flatt J, Glover CM, & Mechanic-Hamilton D. Repeated Administration of Social and Structural Determinants of Health (SSDOH) Questions in an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center*: The Aging Brain Study (ABC) Life Experience Survey , Sage Open Aging: 2026
Brown RT, Zuo X, McMillan CT, Stites SD, Elo IT, Langa KM, Karlawish J, & Xie D. Trends in Cognitive Outcomes in Middle-Aged Americans Across Three Birth Cohorts , PLoS ONE, 20(12): 2025,e0338368
Boyle R, Dehghani N, Emrani S, Wadhwani AR, Matyi M, Cousins KAQ, Rhodes E, Nelson B, Stites SD, Xie SX, Dratch L, Van Deerlin VM, Snyder A, Irwin DJ, McMillan CT, & Massimo L. Higher neighborhood deprivation is associated with accelerated disease progression in behavioral-variant frontotemporal degeneration , Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging , 1(4): 2025,e7005
Stites SD, Kuz C, Harkins K, Rubright JR, Johnson R. Public Profiles in Alzheimer’s Disease Stigma: Unsupported, Discriminated, and Alone , Journal of Public Health Research, 14(4): 2025