Samira Soleimanpour, PhD
Associate Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies
School of Medicine

Her primary research interests focus on the influences of school environments and health services on children’s health care access and outcomes, with a particular focus on school-based health centers (SBHCs), school-based mental health services, and community-based participatory research. She has evaluated several local and statewide initiatives to improve physical and mental health and outcomes for school-aged children and contributed to the development of national performance measures for SBHCs. She is committed to the translation of research and evaluation findings into policies and programs that improve children's health and educational outcomes.

• Constructing Adolescent-Friendly Settings to Facilitate Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences.
  The Journal for Nurse Practitioners 2024 Naomi A. Schapiro, Samira Soleimanpour, Claire D. Brindis
• Youth Mental Health First Aid Training: Impact on the Ability to Recognize and Support Youth Needs.
  The journal of behavioral health services & research 2024 Geierstanger S, Yu J, Saphir M, Soleimanpour S
• Equity in Mental Health Care Receipt among Youth Who Use School-Based Health Centers.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2024 Soleimanpour S, Simmons C, Saphir M, Ng S, Jenks K, Geierstanger S
• Mental Health Needs, Barriers, and Receipt of Care Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adolescents.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2024 Lucas R, Geierstanger S, Soleimanpour S
• Case Management for Social Needs of Youth and Families in School-Based Health Centers.
  The Journal of school health 2024 Keeton VF, Soleimanpour S, Geierstanger S, Schapiro NA
• Developing National Standardized Performance Measures for School-Based Health Centers: The National Quality Initiative.
  The Journal of school health 2022 Soleimanpour S, Geierstanger S, Goddard A, Cushing K, Fields P, Love H
• Investigating Asian American Adolescents' Resiliency Factors and Young Adult Mental Health Outcomes at 14-year Follow-up: A Nationally Representative Prospective Cohort Study.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2022 Iyer P, Parmar D, Ganson KT, Tabler J, Soleimanpour S, Nagata JM
• Risk and Resilience Factors Associated With Frequency of School-Based Health Center Use.
  The Journal of school health 2022 Soleimanpour S, Geierstanger S, Lucas R, Ng S, Ferrey I
• Access to Contraceptives in School-Based Health Centers: Progress and Opportunities.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2021 Sullivan EE, Love HL, Fisher RL, Schlitt JJ, Cook EL, Soleimanpour S
• Mental Health Service Provision at School-Based Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Findings From a National Listening Session.
  Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 2021 Sullivan E, Geierstanger S, Soleimanpour S
• School-Based Health Center Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Study.
  Health promotion practice 2021 Sullivan E, Brey L, Soleimanpour S
• Adolescents’ use of school-based health centers and receipt of mental health supports.
  Children and Youth Services Review 2021 Margaret Hodges, Sylvia Guendelman, Samira Soleimanpour
• A Preliminary Study Examining the Validity of Brief Trauma Screening Tools for Young Adolescents in School-Based Health Centers.
  Journal of nursing measurement 2020 Soleimanpour S, Schapiro NA, Faxio A, Brindis CD
• School-Based Health Centers: At the Intersection of Health and Education.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020 Soleimanpour S
• The Use of Telehealth in School-Based Health Centers.
  Global pediatric health 2019 Love H, Panchal N, Schlitt J, Behr C, Soleimanpour S
• Twenty Years Of School-Based Health Care Growth And Expansion.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2019 Love HE, Schlitt J, Soleimanpour S, Panchal N, Behr C
• 25 Reaching Out to Youth About Trauma: Adolescent Rapid Screening Validation Pilot.
  Journal of Adolescent Health 2018 Naomi A. Schapiro, Samira Soleimanpour, Claire D. Brindis
• Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience: Addressing the Unique Needs of Adolescents.
  Academic pediatrics 2017 Soleimanpour S, Geierstanger S, Brindis CD
• High school students' experiences of bullying and victimization and the association with school health center use.
  The Journal of school health 2015 Lewis C, Deardorff J, Lahiff M, Soleimanpour S, Sakashita K, Brindis CD
• Children's Health and Health Care Policy (1960s–Present).
  Guide to U.S. Health and Health Care Policy 2014 Samira Soleimanpour, Claire D. Brindis
• School-based health centers in an era of health care reform: building on history.
  Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care 2012 Keeton V, Soleimanpour S, Brindis CD
• Chapter 2 The Role of School Health Centers in Health Care Access and Client Outcomes.
  School-Based Health Care: Advancing Educational Success and Public Health 2012 Samira Soleimanpour, Sara P. Geierstanger, Shelly Kaller, Virginia McCarter, Claire D. Brindis
• Mental health characteristics and health-seeking behaviors of adolescent school-based health center users and nonusers.
  The Journal of school health 2011 Amaral G, Geierstanger S, Soleimanpour S, Brindis C
• The role of school health centers in health care access and client outcomes.
  American journal of public health 2010 Soleimanpour S, Geierstanger SP, Kaller S, McCarter V, Brindis CD
• Incorporating youth-led community participatory research into school health center programs and policies.
  Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2008 Soleimanpour S, Brindis C, Geierstanger S, Kandawalla S, Kurlaender T
• Youth Action for Health Through Youth-Led Research.
  Journal of Community Practice 2006 Ahna Ballonoff Suleiman, Samira Soleimanpour, Jonathan London MCP