Mehreen Arif, MPH
Predoctoral Fellow
Community Health and Health Behavior
Contact Information
Center for Health Research
194 Farber Hall,
Buffalo, NY 14214-8001
Email: mehreena@buffalo.edu
Primary Research Areas
Factors impacting problematic alcohol use among military populations; the role of domains of risk behaviors on alcohol use; consequences of alcohol misuse and trauma.
Representative and Recent Publications
Arif, M., Hoopsick R.A., Homish, D.L., Homish, G.G. (In Press). The relationship of risk-related behaviors and substance use among U.S. Army National Guard/Army Reserve soldiers and deployment differences. Military Behavioral Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2024.2328369
Kulak, J. A., Lopez, J., Lawson, S. C., Arif, M., Homish, D. L., & Homish, G. G. (2024). Cannabis approval and perceived risk of use among minority U.S. Army Reservists. Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse, 1–14. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2024.2302312
Lawson, S. C., Arif, M., Hoopsick, R. A., Homish, D. L., & Homish, G. G. (2023). Exploring Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Substance Dependence and Serious Psychological Distress among US Veterans. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 10.1007/s40615-023-01753-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01753-9