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PTSD: National Center for PTSD

Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH

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Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH

Research Psychologist

Director, Translational Psychiatric Epidemiology Laboratory

Clinical Neurosciences Division

See staff directory for contact information.

Academic Appointment

Yale School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Public Health, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Environmental Medicine and Public Health

Education

University of Connecticut, Clinical Psychology with Concentration in Clinical Neuropsychology, PhD, 2008
University of Connecticut, Public Health, MPH, 2003
Clark University, Psychology, BA, 2001

Expertise and Interests

Psychosocial and genetic epidemiology of PTSD and related disorders
Risk and resilience factors in PTSD
Aging and PTSD
Dimensional models of trauma-related psychopathology
Neurobiology of PTSD (molecular imaging, multi-modal approaches)

Membership in Professional Societies

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology

Awards and Honors

Chaim and Bela Danieli Young Professional Award, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Trauma Psychology by an Early Career Psychologist, American Psychological Association - Division 56
Nelson Butters Award for Research Contributions to Clinical Neuropsychology, National Academy of Neuropsychology

Selected Publications

Mota, N. P., Cook, J. M., Smith, N. B., Tsai, J., Harpaz-Rotem, I., Krystal, J. H., Southwick, S. M., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2019). Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms in U.S. military veterans: A seven-year, nationally representative, prospective cohort study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 119, 23-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.09.005.

Tamman, A., Montalvo-Ortiz, J., Southwick, S. M., Krystal, J. H., Levy, B., Gelernter, J., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2019). Accelerated DNA methylation aging in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27, 528-532. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.01.001.

Mota, N. P., Han, S., Harpaz-Rotem, I., Maruff, P., Krystal, J. H., Southwick, S. M., Gelernter, J., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2018). Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism, trauma burden, and posttraumatic stress symptoms in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Depression and Anxiety, 35, 168-177. doi: 10.1002/da.22698.

El-Gabalawy, R., Blaney, C., Tsai, J., Sumner, J. A., & Pietrzak, R. H. (2018). Physical health conditions associated with full and subthreshold PTSD in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 227: 849-853. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.058

Pietrzak, R. H., Pitts, B. L., Harpaz-Rotem, I., Southwick, S. M., & Whealin, J. M. (2017). Factors protecting against the development of suicidal ideation in military veterans. World Psychiatry, 2016, 326-327. doi: 10.1002/wps.20467

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