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Alison K Karasz PhD

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentFamily Medicine and Community Health
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester MA 01655
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentFamily Medicine and Community Health


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    Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United StatesBAComparative Religion
    City University of New York, New York, NY, United StatesPHDClinical Psychology

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    F31MH010833     (KARASZ, ALISON)Feb 26, 1995
    NIH
    ROLE STRAIN AND SYMPTOMS IN IMMIGRANT MUSLIM WOMEN
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R03MH062914     (KARASZ, ALISON)May 1, 2000 - Apr 30, 2004
    NIH
    CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN ILLNESS REPRESENTATION
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K23MH067141     (KARASZ, ALISON)Jul 1, 2003 - Jun 30, 2009
    NIH
    Conceptual Models of Depression in Latino Outpatients
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R03AG023236     (KARASZ, ALISON)Sep 30, 2003 - Aug 31, 2007
    NIH
    Family Decisions About Palliative Care
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21MH083892     (KARASZ, ALISON)Aug 25, 2008 - May 31, 2011
    NIH
    Westchester Square Partnership
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R34DE022282     (KARASZ, ALISON)Sep 15, 2011 - Aug 31, 2014
    NIH
    SAPNA Oral Health Project
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01MD010460     (KARASZ, ALISON)Apr 18, 2016 - Dec 31, 2021
    NIH
    Obesity and Caries in Young South Asian Children: A Common Risk Factor Approach
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01MH127577     (KARASZ, ALISON)Sep 2, 2021 - Jun 30, 2026
    NIH
    ASHA Bangladesh--An Integrated Intervention to Address Depression in Low Income Rural Women
    Role: Principal Investigator
    UG3DE030070     (FOUNTAIN, CHRISTINE ;KARASZ, ALISON)Sep 9, 2021 - Aug 31, 2023
    NIH
    MAP for Child Health: Using Social Networks to Improve child health and oral health
    Role: Principal Investigator
    UH3DE030070     (KARASZ, ALISON)Sep 9, 2021 - Feb 28, 2029
    NIH
    MAP for Child Health: Using Social Networks to Improve child health and oral health
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21MH134421     (KARASZ, ALISON)Sep 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2025
    NIH
    ASHA 2: An Ethnographic Study Embedded in a Depression Treatment Trial
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Karasz A, Nemiroff S, Joo P, Blanco I, Fishman AY, Kelly MS, Henick SM, Lambros M, Burton WB. A Sense of Belonging: Perceptions of the Medical School Learning Environment among URM and Non-URM Students. Teach Learn Med. 2024 Oct-Dec; 36(5):566-576. PMID: 37450615.
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    2. Ramachandran U, Mahajan K, Shah A, Ghoshal B, Khurshid A, Desilva N, Shiriti M, Patel N, Gaur S, Karasz A. Challenges and Barriers to Providing Primary Care to Children of South Asian Origin: Pediatricians' Perspectives. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 Jul; 62(7):733-742. PMID: 36482667.
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    3. Karasz A, Anne S, Hamadani JD, Tofail F. The ASHA (Hope) Project: Testing an Integrated Depression Treatment and Economic Strengthening Intervention in Rural Bangladesh: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 01 01; 18(1). PMID: 33401489.
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    4. Jayawickreme N, Rasmussen A, Karasz A, Verkuilen J, Jayawickreme E. Network models can help focus research on the role of culture and context in psychopathology, but don't discount latent variable models. Behav Brain Sci. 2019 01; 42:e14. PMID: 30940230.
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    5. Karasz A, Bonuck K. Reducing pediatric caries and obesity risk in South Asian immigrants: randomized controlled trial of common health/risk factor approach. BMC Public Health. 2018 05 31; 18(1):680. PMID: 29855352.
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    6. Karasz A, Raghavan S, Patel V, Zaman M, Akhter L, Kabita M. ASHA: Using Participatory Methods to Develop an Asset-building Mental Health Intervention for Bangladeshi Immigrant Women. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2015; 9(4):501-12. PMID: 26639376.
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    7. Karasz A, Patel V, Ranasinghe S, Chaudhuri K, McKee D. Preventing caries in young children of immigrant Bangladeshi families in New York: perspectives of mothers and paediatricians. Community Dent Health. 2014 Jun; 31(2):80-4. PMID: 25055604.
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    8. Karasz A, Patel V, Kabita M, Shimu P. "Tension" in South Asian women: developing a measure of common mental disorder using participatory methods. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2013; 7(4):429-41. PMID: 24375184.
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    9. Patel VV, Rajpathak S, Karasz A. Bangladeshi immigrants in New York City: a community based health needs assessment of a hard to reach population. J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Oct; 14(5):767-73. PMID: 22116745.
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    10. Karasz A, Dowrick C, Byng R, Buszewicz M, Ferri L, Olde Hartman TC, van Dulmen S, van Weel-Baumgarten E, Reeve J. What we talk about when we talk about depression: doctor-patient conversations and treatment decision outcomes. Br J Gen Pract. 2012 Jan; 62(594):e55-63. PMID: 22520683.
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    11. Karasz A, Sacajiu G, Kogan M, Watkins L. The rational choice model in family decision making at the end of life. J Clin Ethics. 2010; 21(3):189-200. PMID: 21089988.
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    12. Karasz A, Singelis TM. Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research in Cross-cultural Psychology: Introduction to the Special Issue. J Cross Cult Psychol. 2009 Nov 01; 40(6):909-916. PMID: 21666752.
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    13. Karasz A, Garcia N, Ferri L. Conceptual Models of Depression in Primary Care Patients: A Comparative Study. J Cross Cult Psychol. 2009 Nov 01; 40(6):1041-1059. PMID: 20182550.
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    14. Karasz A, Dempsey K. Health seeking for ambiguous symptoms in two cultural groups: a comparative study. Transcult Psychiatry. 2008 Sep; 45(3):415-38. PMID: 18799641.
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    15. Karasz A. The development of valid subtypes for depression in primary care settings: a preliminary study using an explanatory model approach. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2008 Apr; 196(4):289-96. PMID: 18414123.
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    16. Karasz A, Dempsey K, Fallek R. Cultural differences in the experience of everyday symptoms: a comparative study of South Asian and European American women. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2007 Dec; 31(4):473-97. PMID: 17985219.
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    17. Watkins LT, Sacajiu G, Karasz A. The role of the bioethicist in family meetings about end of life care. Soc Sci Med. 2007 Dec; 65(11):2328-41. PMID: 17854965.
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    18. Karasz A, McKinley PS. Cultural differences in conceptual models of everyday fatigue: a vignette study. J Health Psychol. 2007 Jul; 12(4):613-26. PMID: 17584812.
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    19. Karasz A, Watkins L. Conceptual models of treatment in depressed Hispanic patients. Ann Fam Med. 2006 Nov-Dec; 4(6):527-33. PMID: 17148631.
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    20. Karasz A. Cultural differences in conceptual models of depression. Soc Sci Med. 2005 Apr; 60(7):1625-35. PMID: 15652693.
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    21. Karasz A, Sacajiu G, Garcia N. Conceptual models of psychological distress among low-income patients in an inner-city primary care clinic. J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Jun; 18(6):475-7. PMID: 12823655.
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