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Jeffrey F. Scherrer, PhD
Current
Position
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Education and Training
University of Missouri - St. Louis, Psychology BA
University of Missouri - St. Louis, Psychology MA
St. Louis University School of Public Health, Ph.D.
Areas of Research Interests
Physical health consequences of depression and anxiety disorders. Currently funded by VA HSRD to study mediating role of health behaviors and treatment on pathways leading from depression to incident heart disease.
I am also part of a team studying the offspring of twin fathers who have a history of licit and illicit substance abuse and dependence. We are particularly interested in detecting the environmental influences on young adult substance involvement in a paradigm that accounts for familial vulnerability.
Key Publications
Scherrer JF, True WR, Xian H, Lyons MJ, Eisen SA, Goldberg J, Lin N, Tsuang MT: Evidence for genetic influences common and specific to symptoms of generalized anxiety and panic. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2000;57:25-35.
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Scherrer JF, Xian H, Bucholz KK, Eisen SA, Lyons MJ, Goldberg J, Tsuang M, True WR. A twin study of depression symptoms, hypertension, and heart disease in middle-aged men. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2003,65:548-557.
Scherrer JF, Virgo KS, Zeringue A, Bucholz K, Jacob T, Johnson RG, True WR, Carney RM, Freedland KE, Xian H, Eisen SA. Depression increases risk of Incident Myocardial Infarction Among Veterans Administration Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis General Hospital Psychiatry, In Press
Scherrer JF, Grant JD, Duncan AE, Pan H, Waterman B, Jacob T, True WR, Heath AC, Bucholz KK. Parent, sibling and peer influences on adolescent and young adult cannabis abuse/dependence after accounting for genetic vulnerability. Addictive Behaviors. 2008;33: 1255-1266
Scherrer JF, Xian H, Lyons MJ, Goldberg J, Eisen SA, True WR, Tsuang MT, Bucholz KK, Koenen KC. Posttraumatic stress disorder, combat exposure and nicotine dependence, alcohol dependence and major depression in male twins. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2008;49:297-304.
Funded Research Projects
NIAAA(Key Personnel):Offspring of Twins: G, E and GxE Risks for Alcoholism
NIAAA(Key Personnel):Alcoholism: Epidemiologic High Risk Family Study - MOFAM
NIDA(Key Personnel):Gene Environment in Outcomes of Offspring of Twins with Substance Use Disorders
NIDA(Key Personnel):Environmental Risks for Smoking: A Genetically Informed Children of Twins Design