Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2026 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Veteran Mental Health Emergency Care Utilization Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Journal Article Health Serv Res · October 2025 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether Veterans infected with SARS-CoV-2 have an elevated risk for needing mental health emergency care (MHEC) relative to uninfected comparators, as measured by emergency department or urgent care clinic utilization for a mental he ... Full text Link to item CiteAccelerated Epigenetic Aging and Prospective Morbidity and Mortality Among U.S. Veterans.
Journal Article J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci · June 10, 2025 BACKGROUND: Epigenetic aging measures have promise as surrogate health outcomes in randomized control trials and observational cohort studies. The value of these measures, however, will reflect the extent to which they are associated with prospective healt ... Full text Link to item CiteBuprenorphine, Pain, and Opioid Use in Patients Taking High-Dose Long-Term Opioids: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal Article JAMA Intern Med · April 1, 2025 IMPORTANCE: Guidelines recommend dose reduction or discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy when harm outweighs benefit, but strategies to help patients do so are limited. OBJECTIVE: To test optionally switching to buprenorphine as a strategy for improv ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Novel Intervention for Chronic Complex TBI in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2026Improving Veteran Access To Integrated Management of Chronic Back Pain (AIM Back)
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2026Data-driven Approaches to Healthcare Provider Resilience & Burnout during COVID-19
Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2021 - 2023View All Grants
Education
Miami University ·
2002
Ph.D.