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.
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.
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.