Mohammad Mousavi

Mohammad is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware and a Research Assistant in Stigma & Health Inequities Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Valerie Earnshaw. Broadly, Mohammad’s research interests are in stigma, with a specific focus on stigma regarding HIV/AIDS, mental illness, substance use disorder, and the LGBTQ+ community. Mohammad’s research focuses on two primary lines of scholarly work: 1) Longitudinal research regarding stigma and 2) Developing interventions to address stigma. Mohammad has been working in this area directly with HIV-positive patients and people at risk, such as the LGBTQ+ community, since 2017. He has provided some research and services regarding HIV/AIDS, stigma, STIs, health inequity, HIV testing, intersectionality, de-stigmatization, psychological assessment and intervention, medication and behavioral adherence, disclosure, and promoting resilience and well-being and reducing disparities in health and treatment. He collaborated with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Sexual and Reproductive Health Branch, and UNAIDS. Mohammad comes to the University of Delaware with a Master of Sciences degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Currently, as a research assistant, Mohammad is working on different national and international research projects such as pathways to mental health care: examining the longitudinal impact of stigma mechanisms on treatment engagement in emerging adults, implementing stigma reduction tools via a popular teletraining platform to reduce clinician stigma and disparities in HIV testing, prevention, and linkage to care in Malaysia in this area, and measure whether the enCompass and responding to addiction interventions work, or improve people’s knowledge of addiction, collaboration with Addiction Policy Forum that his mentor Dr. Valerie Earnshaw is a principal investigator on all of them.   

Research Projects

• National Institute of Mental Health (Grant #: R01DA059557) Disclosure Intervention to Reduce Social Isolation and Facilitate Recovery among People in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. Research Assistant: Mohammad Mousavi, Principal Investigator: Dr. Valerie Earnshaw, 2023-2028
• National Institute of Mental Health (Grant #: R01MH126196) Pathways to Mental Health Care: Examining the Longitudinal Impact of Stigma Mechanisms on Treatment Engagement in Emerging Adults. Research Assistant: Mohammad Mousavi, Principal Investigator: Dr. Valerie Earnshaw, 2022-2026
• National Institute of Mental Health (Grant #: R34MH124390) Implementing Stigma Reduction Tools via a Popular Teletraining Platform to Reduce Clinician Stigma and Disparities in HIV Testing, Prevention, and Linkage to Care in Malaysia. Research Assistant: Mohammad Mousavi, Principal Investigator: Dr. Valerie Earnshaw, 2020-2023               
• Addiction Policy Forum Measure whether the enCompass and responding to addiction interventions work, or improve people’s knowledge of addiction. Research Assistant: Mohammad Mousavi, Principal Investigator: Dr. Valerie Earnshaw, 2023
• University of Delaware General University Research Award Parent Capacity for Fostering LGBTQ+ Adolescent Socialization, Research Assistant: Mohammad Mousavi, Principal Investigator: Dr. Eric. Layland, 2023

Recent Publications

• Valerie A. Earnshaw, Natalie M. Brousseau, E. Carly Hill, Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, Karen R. Sepucha, Xueli Qiu, Mohammad Mousavi, Lynn F. Morrison, John F. Kelly. Stigma during Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Is Family More Harmful? Stigma and Health Journal. Under Review
• Samaneh Akbarpour, Safieh Mohammadnejhad, Arezu Najafi, Valerie Earnshaw, Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, Akbar Fotouhi. Sleep Patterns and Related Risk Factors Among People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Two-Step Clustering Analysis. Under Review
• Mousavi, M.E., Nejad, S.M., Shafaati, M. et al. Association between psychological discomforts and sleep quality among people living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Research and Therapy Journal.
• Fatemeh Hadavandsiri, Maryam Shafaati, Safieh Mohammad Nejad, Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, Arezu Najafi, Mohammad Mirzaei, Sakineh Narouee, Samaneh Akbarpour. Non-communicable disease comorbidities in HIV patients—diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and obstructive sleep apnea as a neglected issue. Scientific Reports Journal.
• Imaneh Abasi, Azin Farzin, Amin Sohrabzadeh Fard, Abbas Masjedi Arani, Hamid Poursharifi, Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, Ali Mehrabi. Investigating the Psychological Risk and Protective Factors Related to Fear of COVID-19 During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Practice in Clinical Psychology Journal.
• Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, Parvaneh MohammadKhani, Abbas Pourshahbaz, Mercedeh Samiei, Behzad Rigi Kooteh. Non-adherence Effective Factors in Bipolar Disorder with Previous Rehospitalization. Practice in Clinical Psychology Journal.
• Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, Mercedeh Samiei, Parvaneh Mohammad Khani, Abbas Pourshahbaz, Imaneh Abbasi, Negin Ansari, Sarah Aminoroaya. Effective Factors of Non-adherence and Admission in Bipolar Disorder. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Journal.
• P Mohammadkhani, M Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, B Rigi Kooteh, M Yousefi Tapsi, S Khoshdel Daryamari. Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders SCID-5-RV (Research Version). Publishing Center of University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences.
• Negin Ansari, Shima Shakiba, Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, Parvaneh Mohammadkhani, Sarah Aminoroaya, Naser Sabzainpoor. Role of Emotional Dysregulation and Childhood Trauma in Emotional Eating Behavior, Practice in Clinical Psychology Journal.
• Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, Parvaneh Mohammad Khani, Negin Ansari, Amir Akbari Esfahani, Sarah Aminoroaya yamini ,Behzad Rigi Kooteh. Comorbidity of Eating Disorder and Body Dysmorphic Disorder Symptoms and their Correlation with Psychopathology. Journal of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences.
• Fateme Aghaie Meybodi, Parvaneh Mohammadkhani, Abbas Pourshahbaz, Behrooz Dolatshahi, Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, Hadiseh Heydari. Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Emotion Regulation Checklist. World Family Medicine/Middle east Journal of Family Medicine.

Professional Experiences

• Clinical Psychologist at Behavioral Disease Counseling Center, Collaboration with UNFPA and UNAIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health Branch. (Focus on LGBTQ+ Community and People Who Live with HIV)

• Clinical Psychologist at Section of Clinical Psychology, Rofaydeh Rehabilitation Hospital