Publications
Peer-reviewed work on alcohol, social determinants, and population health. Author name in bold.
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Does staying put protect?
Neighborhood cohesion protects more against risky drinking the longer adults stay in place.
SDOHAlcohol epi
Alcohol & binge drinking frequency and hypertension
Both frequent and binge drinking independently tracked with higher hypertension prevalence nationwide.
Alcohol epiCardiometabolic
Labor force status buffers alcohol mortality risk
Employment buffered the elevated mortality risk linked to drinking among U.S. women.
Alcohol epiMortality
COVerAGE-DB: a global COVID-19 database
A widely-used open resource harmonizing age- and sex-disaggregated COVID-19 cases and deaths across 100+ countries.
MethodsOpen data
Peer-reviewed · by year
2026
Masum, M., & Santos, A. (2026). Does staying put protect? How length of residence shapes the neighborhood cohesion–alcohol link among adults in the United States. Alcohol and Alcoholism. doi:10.1093/alcalc/agag025
2025
Perry, K. J., Ivanova, M. I., Masum, M., Rahal, D., Richards, V. L., & Hinds, J. T. (2025). Heterogeneity in protective factors as a buffer for unique risk factors and daily smoking among transgender adults. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntaf051
2024
Masum, M., Mamani, D. A., & Howard, J. T. (2024). Alcohol and binge drinking frequency and hypertension: A national cross-sectional study in the U.S. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2024.05.008
2022
Masum, M., & Sparks, P. J. (2022). Labor force status as a buffer against mortality risks associated with alcohol consumption: A study of adult US women, 2001–2015. Preventive Medicine, 161, 107139. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107139
Masum, M., Howard, J. T., & Grigsby, T. J. (2022). Combined alcohol use and weight status effects on mortality risk among adults: Analysis of the NHIS linked mortality files, 2001–2015. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 230, 109206. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109206
2021
Riffe, T., Acosta, E., Masum, M., & the COVerAGE-DB team. (2021). Data resource profile: COVerAGE-DB: A global demographic database of COVID-19 cases and deaths. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(2), 390–390f. doi:10.1093/ije/dyab027
2020
Huang, Y., Liu, H., & Masum, M. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences and physical and mental health of adults: Assessing the mediating role of cumulative life-course poverty. American Journal of Health Promotion, 35(5), 637–647. doi:10.1177/0890117120982407
Prior
Masum, M. (2015). The process of capital accumulation through real-estate development: The case of Dhaka City. Social Science Review, 32(2), 195–210. · Masum, M. (2010). Globalization and commercialization of culture among the youth of Dhaka City. The Global Studies Journal, 3(3), 71–81.
Under review & in progress
Masum, M., Bhimireddy, K. S. R., Chavanpatil, P., & Majumdar, A. Binge drinking, frequent mental distress, and the alcohol harm paradox: Variation by race, ethnicity, and sex. Annals of Epidemiology. Under review
Masum, M., & Tasnim, N. Abstainer heterogeneity and the alcohol–cardiovascular mortality J-curve in early-midlife US adults. Addiction. Under review
Yang, C-H., Masum, M., Saha, S., Zhang, K., & Farooque, M. Predictive modeling of cognitive function: A comparative analysis of machine learning techniques. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. Submitted
Masum, M., & Scarzafava, M. Historical redlining and binge drinking in early midlife: Structural pathways through the alcohol environment. American Journal of Epidemiology. Submitted
Masum, M., Prasad, R., & McCarthy, S. Decomposing the Baby Boomer–Generation X gap in midlife functional limitations: A race-stratified analysis. Demography. Under review