Diminished returns of neighborhood cohesion
The health return on neighborhood cohesion is smaller for racially and ethnically minoritized adults than for White adults.
SDOHDisparities
Publications
Peer-reviewed work on alcohol, social determinants, and population health. Author name in bold.
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The weight of place
Adolescents in more disadvantaged neighborhoods more often followed an obese-accelerating BMI trajectory into early midlife.
SDOHLife course
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
Plain-language summaries
One-page, jargon-free summaries of published work — what the study asked, what it found, and why it matters.
Does staying put protect?
How length of residence shapes the neighborhood cohesion–alcohol link among U.S. adults.
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The weight of place
How neighborhood disadvantage in adolescence shapes obesity trajectories into early midlife.
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Peer-reviewed · by year
2026
Masum, M., & Zheng, H. (2026). The weight of place: Neighborhood disadvantage in adolescence and obesity trajectories into early midlife. Annals of Epidemiology, 110246. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2026.110246 · Summary (PDF)
Masum, M. (2026). Diminished returns of neighborhood cohesion for self-rated health across racial and ethnic groups among working-age adults in the United States. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. In press
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 · Summary (PDF)
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 among US adults, 2013–2023. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Under review
Masum, M., & Prasad, R. Stability of the immigrant mortality advantage across U.S. birth cohorts. Population Research and Policy Review. 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. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. Under review
Masum, M., & Scarzafava, M. Historical redlining and binge drinking in early midlife: Structural pathways through the alcohol environment. Journal of Urban Health. Under review
Kum, C., Masum, M., Osokpo, O., & Nemati, D. Life's Essential 8 cardiovascular health profiles among U.S. stroke survivors: A latent profile analysis of NHANES 2011–2020. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. Submitted
Masum, M., & Sparks, P. J. Heterogeneous cohort patterns in adult alcohol use following the 1984 National Minimum Legal Drinking Age Act: Differential effects by sex, race/ethnicity, and education. The Milbank Quarterly. Under review
Masum, M., Prasad, R., & McCarthy, S. Decomposing the Baby Boomer–Generation X gap in midlife functional limitations: A race-stratified analysis. Demography. Under review
Masum, M., & Tasnim, N. Abstainer heterogeneity and the alcohol–cardiovascular mortality J-curve in early-midlife US adults. Addiction. Under review