Deirdre Shires (she/they)

Deirdre Shires (she/they)
  • Associate Professor - Tenure

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Wayne State University
  • MPH, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • MSW, University of Michigan
  • BS, Michigan State University

EXPERTISE

  • Health disparities among sexual and gender minorities
  • Barriers to healthcare access for marginalized populations
  • Patient-provider communication
  • Structural bias in healthcare settings
  • Cancer screening and survivorship

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Kattari, L., Hill, H., Shires, D.A., Prieto, L., Modi, I.K., Misiolek, B.A., Kattari, S.K. (2022). Prescription pain reliver misuse among transgender adults. In press at Transgender Health.
  • Elston Lafata, J., Shires, D.A., Shin, Y., Flocke, S., Resnicow, K., Nixon, E., Sun, X., Johnson, M., & Hawley, S. (2022). Opportunities and challenges when using the electronic health record for practice-integrated patient-facing interventions: The e-Assist Colon Health randomized trial. Published online ahead of print at Medical Decision Making. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X221104094.
  • Shires, D.A., Kcomt, L., Kattari, L., Liroff, M., & Lee, R. (2022). Emergency clinicians’ comfort levels in caring for transgender patients. Published online ahead of print at Transgender Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2021.0031.
  • Prieto, L.R., Shires, D.A., Kattari, L., Modi, I.K., Misiolek, B.A., & Kattari, S.K. (2022). Secondary analysis of the Michigan Transgender Health Survey examining HIV and STI screening use among transmasculine individuals. Published online ahead of print at Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health. https://doi.org/10.1891/LGBTQ-2021-0025.
  • Shires, D.A., Prieto, L., Woodford, M.R., Jaffee, K.D., & Stroumsa, D. (2021). Gynecological providers’ willingness to prescribe gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender patients. Transgender Health. Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2021.0008.
  • Mak, J., Shires, D.A., Zhang, Q., Prieto, L.R., Ahmedani, B.K., Kattari, L., ... & Giammattei, S. V. (2020). Suicide attempts among a cohort of transgender and gender diverse people. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 59(4), 570-577.
  • Tabriz, A.A., Fleming, P.J., Shin, Y., Resnicow, K. Jones, R.M., Flocke, S.A., Shires, D.A., Hawley, S.T., Willens, D., & Elston Lafata, J. (2019). Challenges and opportunities presented when online portals are used to recruit diverse patients to behavioral trials. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, ocz157.
  • Shires, D.A., Stroumsa, D., Prieto, L., Jaffee, K.D., & Woodford, M.R. (2019). Gynecologic healthcare providers’ willingness to provide routine care and Pap tests for transmasculine individuals. Journal of Women’s Health. doi:10.1089/jwh.2018.7384.

CURRICULUM VITAE

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