Shu Xu
Shu Xu
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Clinical Associate Professor of Biostatistics
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Professional overview
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Dr. Shu Xu’s work represents a balance of both statistical and applied aspects of quantitative methodology. Her primary quantitative interests include evaluating and developing statistical methods for longitudinal data analysis. Specifically, Dr. Xu’s research focuses on various aspects of latent growth models, missing data methods, and causal inference models.
Dr. Xu has collaborated with substance use, family, and health researchers to advance and share her knowledge of quantitative methodology and pursue a better understanding of the social sciences and public health. She has conducted research with the Family Translational Research Group at NYU and the Methodology Center at the Pennsylvania State University.
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Education
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BS, Psychology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaMS, Quantitative Psychology, University of California, DavisPhD, Quantitative Psychology, University of California, Davis
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Areas of research and study
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BiostatisticsFamily researchLongitudinal Data AnalysisMissing Data MethodsMixture ModelsQuantitative Research
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Publications
Publications
Safe start, a hybrid intervention to reduce alcohol exposed pregnancies: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Failed retrieving data.The Associations between Youth-Caregiver Divergent Race and Perceived Interpersonal Racism among Adolescents in the United States: Findings from the ABCD Study
Failed retrieving data.Transitions from cigarette smoking by geolocation among U.S. adults: results from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Waves 1-6 (2013-2021)
Failed retrieving data.Corrigendum to “Use of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) devices among U.S. Youth and adults : Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 1–5” [Addict. Behav. 139 (2023) 107588] (Addictive Behaviors (2023) 139
Failed retrieving data.Development of a brief screener for crosscutting patterns of family maltreatment and psychological health problems.
Failed retrieving data.Measurement Invariance of The Perceived Discrimination Scale across Race/Ethnicity and Sex: Findings from The Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.
Failed retrieving data.Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders : Disparities in the Prevalence of Multiple Chronic Conditions
Failed retrieving data.Role of social-cognitive factors in the relationship between e-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette smoking among U.S. youth : A causal mediation analysis
Failed retrieving data.Testing the generalizability of couple communication typologies: A multisite replication and extension study
Failed retrieving data.Longitudinal association between e-cigarette use and respiratory symptoms among US adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 4-5
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence and risk factors of PTSD symptoms : a 3-month follow-up study
Failed retrieving data.The impact of the 2014 military conflict in the east of Ukraine and the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea among patients receiving opioid agonist therapies
Failed retrieving data.Association of Racial Discrimination With Adiposity in Children and Adolescents
Failed retrieving data.Examining the effects of cumulative environmental stressors on Gulf Coast child and adolescent health
Failed retrieving data.Examining the effects of cumulative environmental stressors on Gulf Coast child and adolescent health
Failed retrieving data.Predictors of Crosscutting Patterns of Psychological Health and Family Maltreatment
Failed retrieving data.Tutorial on Causal Mediation Analysis With Binary Variables : An Application to Health Psychology Research
Failed retrieving data.Use of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) devices among U.S. Youth and adults : Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 1–5
Failed retrieving data."Self-report measures of coercive process in couple and parent-child dyads" : Correction
Failed retrieving data.Cigar Use Progression Among New Cigar Initiators : A Two-Part Growth Curve Analysis Among a Youth and Young Adult Cohort
Failed retrieving data.Passive exposure to e-cigarette emissions is associated with worsened mental health
Failed retrieving data.Recurrent Injecting Drug Use as a Mediator between Psychiatric Disorder and Non-Fatal Overdose
Failed retrieving data.Relationships Between E-cigarette Use and Subsequent Cigarette Initiation Among Adolescents in the PATH Study : an Entropy Balancing Propensity Score Analysis
Failed retrieving data.The Mediating Effect of E-Cigarette Harm Perception in the Relationship between E-Cigarette Advertising Exposure and E-Cigarette Use
Failed retrieving data.Youth E-Cigarette Use and Functionally Important Respiratory Symptoms : The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Waves 3 and 4
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