Regina A. Shih
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Education
Overview
Biography
Regina Shih is a behavioral and social scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her research examines the social and environmental determinants of mental disorders, cognitive dysfunction, and cardiovascular disease. Her recent research projects include (1) examining environmental risk factors for poor neurodevelopmental and anthropometric outcomes in children ages 0–3; (2) applying structural equation modeling to explain racial/ethnic disparities in adolescent substance use; (3) testing the association between neighborhood characteristics and incident coronary heart disease, obesity, hypertension, and cognitive function in older women; (4) examining the link between ambient air pollution and incident venous thromboembolism in older women; and (5) identifying predictive factors for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression following trauma in adults. In addition to her mental health and environmental epidemiology work, she has been involved in environmental health policy by helping to develop a national action plan for environmental health in the United Arab Emirates. Before joining RAND, she was an Intramural Research Training Award postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, working on the design and implementation of a large, prospective children's environmental health study. She teaches measurement methods and latent variable modeling as a lecturer in the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Shih received a B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Neighborhoods, women, and coronary heart disease: a prospective study
- Brief voluntary alcohol and drug intervention for middle school youth
- Harmonization of population surveys on aging, health, and retirement
- Assessing health and health care in Prince George's County, MD
Selected Publications
Willis HH, MacDonald J., Shih RA, Geschwind S, Olmstead S, Hu J, Curtright AE, Cecchinie G, Moore M, "Concerns About Environmental Health Risks in the UAE," Risk Analysis, 2010
Shih RA, Fernandes MM, Bird CE "The Application of Biomarkers to Medical Sociology," in Bird CE, Conrad AM, Fremont AM, Handbook of Medical Sociology, 6th Ed, Vanderbilt University Press
Shih RA, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Margolis KL, Slaughter ME, Jewell A, Bird CE, Eibner C, Denburg NL, Ockene J, Messina CR, Espeland MA., "Neighborhood socioeconomic status and cognitive function in women.," American Journal of Public Health, 2011
Shih RA, Schell TL, Hambarsoomian K, Marshall GN, "Prevalence of PTSD and major depression following trauma-center hospitalization," Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 2010
Shih RA, Miles JN, Tucker JS, Zhou AJ, D'Amico EJ, "Racial/ethnic differences in adolescent substance use: Mediation by individual, family, and school factors.," Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2010
Shih RA, Eibner C, Griffin BA, Bird CE, Slaughter M, Lurie N, Allison M, Gold R, Manson JE, Masaki K, Michael YL, Rosal M, Safford M, Sarto GE, Escarce JJ, "Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Neighborhood Racial Composition: Artifact of Neighborhood SES?" Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2010
Tucker JS, Green HD, Zhou AJ, Miles JNV, Shih RA, D'Amico EJ., "Substance use among middle school students: Associations with self-rated and peer-nominated popularity.," Journal of Adolescence, 2010
Shih RA, Fernandes MM, Bird CE, "The Application of Biomarkers to Medical Sociology," Handbook of Medical Sociology, 6th Ed, Vanderbilt University Press, 2010
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