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Alexandra M. Donovan, PhD

TitleAdjunct Assistant Professor
InstitutionCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
DepartmentInternal Medicine
Address1731 E. 120th Street
Los Angeles CA 90059
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    1. Donovan A, Assari S, Grella C, Shaheen M, Richter L, Friedman TC. Pubertal mediators of early life stress and age on adolescent alcohol initiation: Analysis by sex. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Oct; 180:107559. PMID: 40714296; PMCID: PMC12374368.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. Assari S, Donovan A, Najand B, Akhlaghipour G, Mendez MF. Hippocampus Functional Connectivity, Impulsivity, and Subsequent Substance Use. J Cell Neurosci. 2025; 2(1). PMID: 40297839; PMCID: PMC12037067.
      Citations: 1     
    3. Assari S, Donovan A, Akhlaghipour G, Mendez MF. Resting-State Functional Connectivity Between the Cingulo-Opercular and Default Mode Networks May Explain Socioeconomic Inequalities in Cognitive Development. J Cell Neurosci. 2025; 2(1):1-11. PMID: 40060241; PMCID: PMC11887688.
      Citations: 1     
    4. Assari S, Donovan A. Nucleus Accumbens Resting State Functional Connectivity is Linked to Family Income, Reward Salience, and Substance Use. J Cell Neurosci. 2025; 2(1):12-22. PMID: 40084187; PMCID: PMC11905736.
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    5. Assari S, Donovan A. Trauma Erodes Financial Returns of Educational Attainment. Open J Educ Res. 2025; 5(1):40-53. PMID: 40083479; PMCID: PMC11905213.
      Citations: 1     
    6. Donovan A, Assari S, Grella C, Shaheen M, Richter L, Friedman TC. Early life stress and pubertal predictors of subsequent substance use in a national diverse sample of adolescents: Sex and substance type matter. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Mar 01; 268:112551. PMID: 39848135; PMCID: PMC11849747.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Donovan A, Assari S, Grella C, Shaheen M, Richter L, Friedman TC. Neuroendocrine mechanisms in the links between early life stress, affect, and youth substance use: A conceptual model for the study of sex and gender differences. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2024 Apr; 73:101121. PMID: 38253240; PMCID: PMC11088508.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Gerson JN, Handorf E, Villa D, Gerrie AS, Chapani P, Li S, Medeiros LJ, Wang M, Cohen JB, Churnetski M, Hill BT, Sawalha Y, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri FJ, Kothari S, Vose JM, Bast M, Fenske T, Rao Gari SN, Maddocks KJ, Bond D, Bachanova V, Kolla B, Chavez J, Shah B, Lansigan F, Burns T, Donovan AM, Wagner-Johnston N, Messmer M, Mehta A, Anderson JK, Reddy N, Kovach AE, Landsburg DJ, Glenn M, Inwards DJ, Ristow K, Karmali R, Kaplan JB, Caimi PF, Rajguru S, Evens A, Klein A, Umyarova E, Pulluri B, Amengual JE, Lue JK, Diefenbach C, Fisher RI, Barta SK. Outcomes of patients with blastoid and pleomorphic variant mantle cell lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2023 12 26; 7(24):7393-7401. PMID: 37874912; PMCID: PMC10758713.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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