Fatema Shafie Khorassani, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Professor Fatema Shafie Khorassani’s work focuses on data integration methods for time-to-event outcomes and on statistical methods for surrogate endpoints. Her collaborative projects focus on studying health disparities in cancer, substance abuse, and stroke. Prior to joining SPH, she completed her PhD in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Education
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, PhD Field of Study: Biostatistics
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MS Field of Study: Biostatistics
- Wayne State University, MPH Field of Study: Biostatistics
- Wayne State University, BS Field of Study: Mathematics
Publications
- Published on 6/23/2026
Adams RS, Reif S, Mohamed Y, Stewart MT, LaRochelle MR, Heaphy D, Corrigan JD, Khorassani FS, Morgan JR. Alcohol use disorder diagnoses among commercially insured US adults from 2016 to 2023, by disability status and sex. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2026 Sep; 20:100461. PMID: 42440433.
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- Published on 4/3/2026
Gutin SA, Atukunda E, Khorassani FS, Fatch R, So-Armah K, Tumwegamire A, Emenyonu NI, da Silva CE, Ngabirano C, Lunze K, Adong J, Muyindike W, Hahn JA. Intersectional Stigma and Health of People Living with HIV on ART Who Use Alcohol in Southwestern Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2026 Apr 03. PMID: 41931222.
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- Published on 2/24/2026
Brouwer AF, Shafie-Khorassani F, Benowitz N, Shi N, Baker TB, Hayes-Birchler T, Piper ME. Urinary Tobacco and Nicotine Exposure Biomarkers as Predictors of Transitions between Cigarette and e-Cigarette Use in the Exhale Longitudinal Cohort Study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2026 Feb 24; 28(3):446-453. PMID: 40832891.
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- Published on 9/25/2024
Shafie Khorassani F, Brouwer AF, Hirschtick JL, Jeon J, Jimenez-Mendoza E, Meza R, Fleischer NL. Patterns of poly tobacco use among adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, 2013-2017: a multistate Markov transition analysis. Tob Control. 2024 Sep 25; 33(5):603-610. PMID: 37094934.
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- Published on 4/11/2023
Chen C, He K, Morgenstern LB, Shi X, Shafie-Khorassani F, Lisabeth LD. Trends and ethnic differences in stroke recurrence and mortality in a biethnic population, 2000-2019: a novel application of an illness-death model. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 Sep; 85:51-58.e5. PMID: 37054958.
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- Published on 2/17/2023
Shafie Khorassani F, Taylor JMG, Kaciroti N, Elliott MR. Incorporating Covariates into Measures of Surrogate Paradox Risk. Stats (Basel). 2023 Mar; 6(1):322-344. PMID: 37885610.
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- Published on 2/9/2023
Shafie-Khorassani F, Piper ME, Jorenby DE, Baker TB, Benowitz NL, Hayes-Birchler T, Meza R, Brouwer AF. Associations of Demographics, Dependence, and Biomarkers With Transitions in Tobacco Product Use in a Cohort of Cigarette Users and Dual Users of Cigarettes and E-cigarettes. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Feb 09; 25(3):462-469. PMID: 36037523.
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- Published on 1/1/2023
Shafie-Khorassani F, Taylor JMG, Kaciroti N, Elliott MR. Incorporating covariates into measures of surrogate paradox risk. Stats. 2023; 6(1):322-344.
- Published on 12/23/2020
Lank RJ, Shafie-Khorassani F, Zhang X, Ortiz C, Kim S, Case E, Creutzfeldt CJ, Morgenstern LB, Zahuranec DB. Advance Care Planning and Transitions to Comfort Measures after Stroke. J Palliat Med. 2021 Aug; 24(8):1191-1196. PMID: 33370167.
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- Published on 7/23/2020
Markovitz N, Morgenstern LB, Shafie-Khorassani F, Cornett BA, Kim S, Ortiz C, Lank RJ, Case E, Zahuranec DB. Family Perceptions of Quality of End-of-Life Care in Stroke. Palliat Med Rep. 2020; 1(1):129-134. PMID: 32856025.
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