Samar Aisha Jasser MD (She/Her)

PubMed

• Retraction Note: Suppression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 gene expression and invasion in human glioma cells by MMAC/PTEN.
  Dimpy Koul, Ranjani Parthasarathy, Ruijun Shen, Michael A Davies, Samar A Jasser
  Oncogene. 2025-05-01
• 3 citations
  Erratum: Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in anaplastic thyroid cancer, and the EGFR inhibitor gefitinib inhibits the growth of anaplastic thyr...
  Bradley A. Schiff, Andrea B. McMurphy, Samar A. Jasser, Maher N. Youne, Dao Doan
  Clinical Cancer Research. 2019-08-01
• 33 citations
  High-Risk TP53 Mutations Are Associated with Extranodal Extension in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
  Vlad C. Sandulache, Chieko Michikawa, Pranav Kataria, Frederico O. Gleber-Netto, Diana Bell
  Clinical Cancer Research. 2018-04-01

Journal Articles

• Sensitivity of the human circadian system to short wavelength (420 nm) light  
  Brainard G.C., D. Sliney, J.P. Hanifin, G. Glickman, B. Byrne, J.M. Greeson, S. Jasser, E. Gerner, and M.D. Rollag, Journal of Biological Rhythms, 1/1/2008
• Information Technology in Mental Health Research: Impediments and Implications in One Chronic Pain Study Population  
  Jasser S.A., Garvin J.H., Weidemer, N., Roche, D., Gallagher, R.M., Pain Medicine, 1/1/2007
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is Associated with Improved Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study  
  Rosenzweig, S., Reibel, D., Greeson, J., Jasser, S., and McMearty, K., Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 1/1/2007
• Light during darkness and cancer: relationships in circadian photoreception and tumor biology  
  Jasser, S.A., D.E. Blask and G.C. Brainard, Cancer Causes and Control, 1/1/2006
• Dim light adaptation attenuates acute melatonin suppression in humans  
  Jasser, S.A., J.P. Hanifin, M.D. Rollag and G.C. Brainard, Journal of Biological Rhythms, 1/1/2006
• Toward optimizing lighting as a countermeasure to sleep and circadian disruption in space flight  
  Fucci, R.L., J. Gardner, J.P. Hanifin, S. Jasser, B. Byrne, E. Gerner, M. Rollag and G.C. Brainard, Acta Astronautica, 1/1/2005
• Melatonin-depleted blood from premenopausal women exposed to light at night stimulates growth of human breast cancer xenografts in nude rats  
  Blask, D.E., G.C. Brainard, R.T. Dauchy, J.P. Hanifin, L.K. Davidson, J.A. Krause, L.A. Sauer, M.A. Rivera-Bermudez, M.L. Dubocovich, S.A. Jasser, D.T. Lynch, M.D. Rol..., Cancer Research, 1/1/2005
• Ethical Perspectives: Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain in the Context of Addiction  
  Cohen M J M, Jasser S, Herron P D, & Margolis C G, The Clinical Journal of Pain, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters

• The Crescent and the Couch: Cross-Currents Between Islam and Psychoanalysis 
  Chapter: Islam and Family Structure. 
  Jasser, S.A.Editors: Akhtar, S..Jason Aaronson/Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,, Lanham, MD2008
• The Treatment of Opioid Dependence 
  Chapter: Pain Management in Addicted Patients. 
  Cohen, M.J.M. and Jasser, S.A.Editors: Strain E.C. and Stitzer M.L..Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD2006

Abstracts/Posters

• Testing Solid State Lighting Countermeasures to Improve Circadian Adaptation, Sleep, and Performance During High Fidelity Analog and Flight Studies for the Internation...
  G. Brainard, J. Hanifin, B. Warfield, D. Hasher, S. Jasser, L. Balaicuis, L. Panepinto, B. Byrne, C. Pineda, E. Gerner, T. Clark, J. Maida, R. Moomaw, S. Johnston, M. ..., NASA Human Research Program Investigators Workshop, Galveston, TX, 1/8/2016
• Efficacy of blue-enriched fluorescent light for melatonin suppression and circadian phase resetting.
  Hanifin, J., K. Cecil, K. West, M. Jablonski, B. Warfield, M. James, M. Thiessen, S. Jasser, M. Stone, R. Fucci, E. Martin, B. Byrne, E. Gerner, M. Rollag, S. Lockley ..., 11th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, Destin, FL, 1/17/2008
• Studies on blue-enriched fluorescent light as a countermeasure for circadian and sleep disruption during space flight.
  Brainard, G., J. Hanifin, B. Warfield, M. James, K. Cecil, K. West, M. Jablonski, S. Jasser, M. Stone, R. Fucci, E. Martin, B. Byrne, E. Gerner, M. Thiessen and M. Rollag, NASA Human Research Program Investigators Workshop, League City, TX, 1/4/2008
• The effects of nighttime exposure to blue-deficient polychromatic light on human melatonin suppression.
  Cecil, K., R. Fucci, B. Warfield, M. Jablonski, M. James, E. Martin, S. Jasser, M. Stone, J. Hanifin, B. Byrne, E. Gerner, M. Rollag and G. Brainard, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 1/1/2008
• Testing polychromatic light as a countermeasure for circadian disruption in space exploration.
  Brainard, G.C., J.P. Hanifin, M. James, K.S. Cecil, M.R. Jablonski, E. Martin, B. Byrne, S. Jasser, E. Gerner and M.D. Rollag, Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 1/1/2008
• Fluence-response curve for melatonin suppression with blue-enriched fluorescent light.
  Brainard G., M. Rollag, B. Warfield, M. Stone, E. Martin, R. Fucci, B. Byrne, S. Jasser, B. Durkan, M. James, E. Gerner and J. Hanifin, 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, Quebec City, Canada, 1/13/2006
• Evidence for light at night as a new risk factor for breast cancer.
  Blask, D.E., G.C. Brainard, R.T. Dauchy, J.P. Hanifin, L.K. Davidson, J.A. Krause, L.A. Sauer, S.A. Jasser and D.T. Lynch, 8th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology, Kamakura, Japan, 1/9/2006
• Pilot-Study of the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on glycemic control and psychological well-being in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
  Rosenzweig, S., Reibel, D., Greeson, J., Jasser, S.A., and McMearty, K., Center for Mindfulness 3rd Annual International Scientific Conference, Worcester, MA, 1/7/2006
• Light at night: cancer risks of shift work.
  Blask, D.E., G.C. Brainard, R.T. Dauchy, J.P. Hanifin, L.K. Davidson, J.A. Krause, L.A. Sauer, S.A. Jasser and D.T. Lynch, CIE Expert Symposium on Light and Health, Ottawa, Canada, 1/7/2006
• Light at night-cancer risks of shift work.
  Blask, D.E., G.C. Brainard, R.T. Dauchy, J.P. Hanifin, L.K. Davidson, J.A. Krause, L.A. Sauer, S.A. Jasser and D.T. Lynch, Proceedings of the 2nd Expert Symposium on Light and Health, International Commission on Illumination (CIE), Vienna, 1/1/2006
• Lighting for humans living in advanced habitation systems: relevance to vision, circadian regulation and performance.
  Brainard, G.C., B. Warfield, R.L. Fucci, M. Stone, E. Martin, J.P. Hanifin, M.D. Rollag, B. Byrne, S. Jasser and E. Gerner, Habitation, 1/1/2006
• Optimizing light spectra for countermeasures to circadian disruption in space flight.
  Fucci, R.L., S.W. Lockley, S. Tavener, S. Jasser, J.P. Hanifin, B. Byrne, M.D. Rollag, C.A. Czeisler and G.C. Brainard, 15th Annual International Academy of Astronautics Humans in Space Symposium, Graz, Austria, 1/22/2005
• Adapting the human circadian system to ambient light on Mars.
  Brainard, G.C., S. Tavener, R.L. Fucci, B. Byrne, S.A. Jasser, J.P. Hanifin and M.D. Rollag, 10th Congress of the European Pineal and Biological Rhythms Society, Frankfurt, Germany, 1/1/2005
• Melatonin suppression by ocular light exposure during darkness and cancer growth: implications for cancer risk in humans.
  Blask, D.E., G.C. Brainard, R.T. Dauchy, J.P. Hanifin, L.K. Davidson, J.A. Krause, D.T. Lynch, L.A. Sauer and S.A. Jasser, CIE Expert Symposium on Light and Health, Vienna, Austria, 1/30/2004
• Monochromatic light-induced melatonin suppression in humans with freely reactive pupils: potential application to light therapy.
  Glickman, G., J. Hanifin, R. Fucci, M. Rollag, E. Gerner, B. Byrne, S. Jasser, J. Gardner and G.C. Brainard, 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, Toronto, Canada, 1/26/2004
• Stimulation of tumor signal transduction, linoleic acid metabolism, and growth in rat hepatoma, induced by ocular light exposure during darkness, is a function of ligh...
  Dauchy, R., D. Blask, G. Brainard, L. Sauer, D. Lynch, J. Krause, L. Davidson and S. Jasser, Proceedings of the American Association of Cancer Research, 1/1/2004
• Melatonin suppression by ocular light exposure during darkness: impact on cancer growth and implications for cancer risk in humans.
  Blask, D., G.C. Brainard, R.T. Dauchy, J.P. Hanifin, L.K. Davidson, J.A. Krause, D.T. Lynch, L.A. Sauer and S.A. Jasser, Symposium '04 'Light and Health: Non-Visual Effects, International Commission on Illumination (CIE), Vienna, 1/1/2004
• Effect of freely reactive pupils on the potency of light-induced melatonin suppression in humans.
  Jasser, S., G. Glickman, J.P. Hanifin, R.L. Fucci, M.D. Rollag, E. Gerner, B. Byrne and G.C. Brainard, 85th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1/20/2003
• Optimizing lighting as a countermeasure to circadian disruption in long duration space flight.
  Fucci, R.L., G. Glickman, S. Jasser, B. Byrne, J. Gardner, J.P. Hanifin, E. Gerner, M. Rollag and G.C. Brainard, 14th IAA Humans In Space Symposium, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1/18/2003
• Optimizing light spectrum for long duration space flight.
  Brainard, G., B. Byrne, J. Hanifin, G. Glickman, S. Jasser, R. Fucci, E. Gerner and M. Rollag, Bioastronautics Investigators Workshop, Galveston, TX, 1/13/2003
• 460 nm vs. 555 nm monochromatic light in the suppression of melatonin in healthy humans: a within-subjects design.
  Jasser, S., J. Gardner, J. Hanifin, G. Glickman, B. Byrne, M. Rollag and G. Brainard, 30th Annual Meeting American Society for Photobiology, Quebec City, Canada, 1/13/2002
• Effects of gender on human plasma melatonin levels.
  Jasser, S., J. Hanifin, J. Greeson, G. Glickman, B. Byrne, M. Rollag and G. Brainard, Sigma Xi Student Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, 1/9/2002
• Monochromatic 460 nm vs. 555 nm light in the suppression of human melatonin: a within-subjects study design.
  Gardner, J., G. Glickman, J. Hanifin, B. Byrne, S. Jasser, M. Rollag and G. Brainard, Sigma Xi Student Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, 1/9/2002
• Intense Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Limited Population.
  Desser, K., Reagan, C., Melendez, L., Nichol, K., Jasser, S., Journal of Investigative Medicine, 1/1/2000
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Lectures

• Mood, Art, & Politics-Vincent Van Gogh, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Winston Churchill, and Abraham Lincoln. 
  1/1/2014
• Coding and Mental Health Research 
  1/1/2007
• "Ethical Decision Making: A Hierarchical Model" 
  Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - 1/27/2003

Other

• Two Worlds 
  Jasser S, Treasures of the Imagination: The International Library of Poetry (Owing Mills, MD: Watermark Press)
  1/1/2000