Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, PhD, ABPP
Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, PhD, ABPP
Research Psychologist
Co-Director VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment
Clinical Neurosciences Division
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Academic Appointment
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine
Education
- B.A. Tel Aviv University Double Major (Psychology and Film) 1995
- M.A. The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, The New School for Social Research, NYC (Experimental Psychology) 1998
- Ph.D. The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, The New School for Social Research, NYC (Clinical Psychology) 2002
- Postdoctoral Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry 2002-2004
Expertise and Interests
- Mental health service research
- PTSD exposure therapy
- Neurobiology of PTSD
Membership in Professional Societies
- APA Division 56 (trauma)
- Biological Psychiatry
- ISTSS
- Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR)
- Society of Research in Psychopathology (SRP)
Awards and Honors
- Israeli Defense Forces Field Operation Medal
Selected Publications
Homan, P., Levy, I., Krystal, J., Pietrzak, R., Harpaz-Rotem, I.*, Schiller, D.* (2019). Neural computation of threat in the aftermath of combat trauma. Nature Neuroscience, 22:470-476. *Equal Contribution
Cook, J., Simiola, V., Hoff, R., Schnurr, P., & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2019). A National Investigation of the Effects of Adoption of Two Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for PTSD on Patient Outcomes Measured at VA Residential Program Level. Psychiatric Services, 70, 553-560.
Watkins, L., Sipple, L., Pietrzak, R., Hoff, R. & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2018). Clinically Significant Change in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms is Associated with Lower Levels of Aggression After Residential Treatment Discharge. Journal of Traumatic Stress,31, 265-272.
Smith, N., Tsai, J., Pietrzak, R., Cook, J., Hoff, R. & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2017). Differential Predictive Value of PTSD Symptom Clusters for Mental Health Care Among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Following PTSD Diagnosis. Psychiatric Research, 256, 32-39.
Pietrzak, R. Averill, L., Chadi, A, Krystal, J, Levy, I. & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2015). Amygdala-hippocampal volume and the phenotypic heterogeneity of posttraumatic stress disorder: A cross-sectional study. JAMA Psychiatry, 72, 396-397.
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