Amar Mandavia, PhD
Amar Mandavia, PhD
Affiliated Investigator
Behavioral Science Division
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Academic Appointment
- Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- Medical Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship, VA Boston Healthcare System, 2024
- Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Predoctoral clinical internship, 2022
- Teachers College, Columbia University, Clinical Psychology, PhD, 2022
- Teachers College, Columbia University, Clinical Psychology and Research Methods, MA, 2016
- Georgia State University, Psychology, BS, 201
Expertise and Interests
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence
- Morbidity and mortality associated with addiction and psychiatric disorders
- Psychotherapy treatment outcomes and mechanisms
Membership in Professional Societies
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
- American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Awards and Honors
- VA/STARRS-LS Researcher-in-Residency, Suicide Prevention Research Impact NeTwork (SPRINT), 2024
- NIDA-MIT SUD Ventures Fellowship, 2024
- 1st winner VA-MIT Hacking Medicine Suicide Prevention Hackathon, 2024
- Catalyst Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biomedical Technology Innovation, 2023
- Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics, and Culture Fellowship, Columbia University, 2016-2018
Selected Publications
McQuaid, J. H.*, Mandavia, A.D,* Cassidy, G., Silva, M. A., Esmail, K., Aragula, S., Gigi G, & McKenzie, K. (2024). Persecution as stigma-driven trauma: Social determinants, stigma, and violence in asylum seekers in the United States. Social Science & Medicine, 116761. *Shared First Authorship
Livingston, N. Hyde, J., Roth, C.,, Sarpong, A., Meng, F., Davenport, M., Henke, R., LeBeau, L., Head, M., Gibson, T., Camacho-Cook, J., White, M., Banducci, A., Mandavia, A., Stein, M., Chen, D., & Mulvaney-Day N. (2024) Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Study Examining the Impacts of Federal and State Policy Changes on Patient Care and Outcomes. For Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Mandavia, A. Campbell, A., Henry, B. F., Chaple, M., Hunt, T., ... & El-Bassel, N. (2022). Support for COVID-19 Related Substance Use Services Policy Changes: A New York State-wide Survey. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
Worthington, M.*, Mandavia, A.*, & Richardson-Vejlgaard, R. (2020). Prospective prediction of PTSD diagnosis in a nationally representative sample using machine learning. BMC psychiatry, 20(1), 1-10.
Suzuki, J. Y., Mandavia, A., & Farber, B. A. (2019). Clients’ perceptions of positive regard across four therapeutic orientations. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 31(2), 129.
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