Scholarship

Selected publications are listed below. All articles are accessible via PubMed and/or CLIO (for Columbia students and faculty). But please email me if you are unable to obtain a copy.

Rajan S. (2022). Pursuing an evidence-informed approach to the prevention of gun violence. In press at the American Journal of Public Health.

Martin R, Rajan S, Shareef F, Xie K, Allen K, Zimmerman M, & Jay J. (2022). Racial disparities in child exposure to neighborhood firearm violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. In press at the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Grummitt L, Kelly E, Barrett E, Rajan S, Newton N, & Keyes K. (2022). Clustering of childhood adversity in the U.S. and associations with mental health and substance use among youth. In press at the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

**Bancalari P, Sommer M, & Rajan S. (2022). Community gun violence exposure among urban youth: An overlooked externality of the endemic of gun violence in the United States. In press at Adolescent Research Review.

**Reeping PM, Klarevas LJ, Rajan S, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Heinze J, Zeoli AM, Goyal MK, Zimmerman M, & Branas CC. (2022). State gun laws, gun ownership, and K-12 school shootings: Implications for school safety. Published online at the Journal of School Violence, ahead of print.

Rajan S. (2021). School safety and violence: Drawing on a public health approach. In press at the International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies (Special Issue: School Safety).

Rajan S, Arora P, Cheng B, *Khoo O, & Verdeli H. (2021). Suicidality and exposure to school-based violence among a nationally representative sample of Asian American and Pacific Islander adolescents. In press at School Psychology Review (Special Issue: School Violence and School Safety).

*Myers D, Mueller T, & Rajan S. (2021). “Gun Violence in Schools: Implications for Youth Well-Being” In press at the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Critical Perspectives on Mental Health.

**Reeping PM, Gobaud AN, Branas CC, & Rajan S. (2021). "K-12 School Shootings: Implications for Policy, Prevention, and Child Well-Being." In Ending the War Against Childrne: The Rights of Children to Live Free from Violence (D. Laraque-Arena and B. Stanton, Eds). In press at Pediatrics Clinics of North America.

**Reeping PM, Jacoby S, Rajan S, & Branas CC. (2020). Rapid response to mass shootings: A review. Criminology and Public Policy, 19(1), 295-315.

Rajan S, Branas C, *Myers D, & Agrawal N. (2019). Youth exposure to violence involving a gun: Evidence for adverse childhood experience classification. Journal of Behavioral Medicine (Special Issue), 42(4), 646-657.

Rajan S, Jahromi L, Bravo D, Umaña-Taylor A, & Updegraff K. (2019). Maternal self-efficacy serves as a protective function for children’s BMI in the context of teenage motherhood. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 40(8), 633-641.

Formica M, Rajan S, & Simons N. (2019). Healthcare indicators and firearm homicide: an ecologic study. Journal of Aggression, Conflict, and Peace Research, 11(2).

Rajan S & Branas CC. (2018). Arming schoolteachers: What do we know? Where do we go from here? American Journal of Public Health, 108(7), 860-862.

Rajan S, Branas CC, Hargarten S, & Allegrante J. (2018). Funding for gun violence research is key to the health and safety of the nation. American Journal of Public Health, 108(2), 194-195.

Rajan S, Ruggles KV, Guarino H, & Mateu-Gelabert P. (2018). Heroin use and drug injection among youth also misusing prescription drugs. American Journal of Health Behavior, 42(1): 144 – 155.

*Nelson H & Rajan S. (2018). Barriers, facilitators, and challenges to successful school-based screenings. Health Behavior and Policy Review, 5(4), 57-71.

*Guerra L, Rajan S, & Roberts K. (2018). The implementation of mental health policies and practices in schools: An examination of school- and state-factors. Journal of School Health, 89(4), 328-338.

Leonard N, Casarijan B, Fletcher RR, Cisse CP, Sherpa D, Keleman A, Rajan S, Salaam R, Cleland C, & Gwadz M. (2018). Mobile application of theoretically-based emotion regulation strategies using a wearable sensor: Feasibility and usability among homeless adolescent mothers. Journal of Medical Internet Research: Pediatrics and Parenting, 1(1), published online.

Rajan S, Vasudevan LV, Ruggles KV, Brown B, & Verdeli H. (2017). Firearms in K-12 schools: what is the responsibility of the education community? Teachers College Record, published online October 5, 2017 (22187).

Rajan S, Roberts K, *Guerra L, *Pirsch M, & Morrell E. (2017). Integrating health education into core curriculum middle school classrooms: Successes, challenges, and implications for urban youth. Journal of School Health, 87(12), 949-957.

Rajan S, *Weishaar T, & Keller B. (2016). Weight and skin color as predictors of vitamin D status: Results of an epidemiological investigation using nationally representative data. Public Health Nutrition, 20(10), 1857-1864.

Simmons J, Rajan S, Elliot L, & Goldsamt L. (2016). Implementation of online opioid overdose prevention, recognition, and response trainings for professional first responders: Year 1 survey results. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 169, 1-4. 

*Pelcher A & Rajan S. (2016). After-school program implementation in urban environments: Increasing engagement among adolescent youth. Journal of School Health, 86(8), 585-594.

*Weishaar T, Rajan S, & Keller B. (2016). Probability of vitamin D deficiency by body weight and race-ethnicity. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 29(2), 226 – 232.

Aronson I, Cleland C, Perlman D, Rajan S, Sun W, Ferraris C, Mayer J, Ferris D, & Bania T. (2016).  Mobile screening to identify and follow-up with high risk, HIV negative youth. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine, 4(3), 5(1), 9-18.

Rajan S, Namdar R, & Ruggles KV. (2015).  Aggressive and violent behaviors in the school environment among a nationally representative sample of adolescent youth. Journal of School Health, 85(7), 446 - 457.

Aronson ID, Marsch LA, Rajan S, Koken J, & Bania TC. (2015). Computer-based video to increase HIV testing among emergency department patients who decline. AIDS and Behavior, 19(3), 516 - 522.

Ruggles KV & Rajan S. (2014). Gun possession among American youth: A discovery-based approach to understand gun violence. PLOS ONE, 9 (11): e111893.

Leonard NR, Rajan S, Aregbesola T, & Gwadz M. (2014). HIV testing patterns among urban YMSM of color. Health Education and Behavior, 41(6), 673-681.

Aronson ID, Rajan S, Marsch LA, & Bania TC. (2013). How patient interactions with a computer-based video intervention affect decisions to test for HIV. Health Education and Behavior, 41(3), 259-266.

Rajan S, Leonard NR, Fletcher R, Casarijan B, Casarijan R, & Cisse C. (2012). Ambulatory autonomic activity monitoring among at-risk adolescent mothers. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine, 1(3), 25 - 31.

Rajan S & Basch CE. (2012). Fidelity of after-school program implementation targeting adolescent youth: Identifying successful curricular and programmatic characteristics. Journal of School Health, 82(4), 159-165.