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Jeffrey Scherrer, Ph.D.

Professor; Director, Division of Research
Department of Family and Community Medicine

Courses Taught

Clinical epidemiologist and health services researcher

Education

Ph.D., Health Services
Saint Louis University

Research Interests

  • Health consequences of psychiatric disorders
  • Health outcomes of chronic prescription opioid use
  • Mind-body interface
  • Improving quality of life among patients with mental illness, pain and prescription opioid use

Publications and Media Placements

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Copeland LA, Stock EM, Ahmedani BK, Sullivan M, Burroughs T, Schneider FD, Bucholz KK, Lustman PJ. Prescription opioid duration, dose, and increased risk of depression in 3 large patient populations. Ann Fam Med.  2016;14 (1):54-62 PMID: 26755784 PMCID PMC4709156

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Lustman P, van den Berk-Clark C, Schnurr PP, Tuerk P, Cohen BE, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, Schneider FD, Chard KM. Role of obesity in the association between PTSD and Incident Diabetes. JAMA Psychiatry. 2018; 75(11):1189-1198. PMID: 30090920, PMCID: PMC6248094

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Norman SB, Schnurr PP, Chard KM, Tuerk P, Schneider FD, van den Berk-Clark C, Cohen BE, Friedman MJ, Lustman PJ. Association between clinically meaningful posttraumatic stress disorder improvement and risk of type 2 diabetes. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019 Aug 21;76(11):1159-1166 PMID: 31433443, PMCID: PMC6704751

Scherrer JF, Tucker J, Salas J, Zidong Zhang, Grucza R. Comparison of Opioids prescribed for patients at risk for opioid misuse before and after CDC opioid prescribing guidelines. JAMA Network Open.2020;3(12):e2027481. PMCID: PMC7711316

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Wiemken TL, Jacobs C, Morley JE, Hoft DF. Lower Risk for Dementia Following Adult Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccination. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021;76(8):1436-1443. PMID: 33856020