Jaimie L. Gradus, DMSc, DSc, MPH

Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Biography

Jaimie L. Gradus is a Professor of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the both the BUSPH Center for Trauma and Mental Health and the BUSPH Epidemiology Doctoral Program. Her research interests are in the epidemiology of stress and trauma, psychiatric disorders, and suicide. Dr. Gradus has led and been a part of teams that have received numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, and various foundations, totaling almost $30 million in grant funding. She has published over 140 scientific articles within the field of psychiatric epidemiology. Dr. Gradus is a Board Member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Epidemiology and the Journal of Traumatic Stress, a Scientific Advisor to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and a standing study section member for the Health Services Research and Development Scientific Merit Review Board - Mental and Behavioral Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs. In 2024, Dr. Gradus was awarded the Carol J. Rowland Hogue Outstanding Midcareer Achievement Award from the Society for Epidemiologic Research.

Publications

  • Published 9/17/2025

    Selbe SM, Szentkúti P, Evans TC, Lash TL, Sumner JA, Gradus JL. Sex Differences in Antihypertensive Medications and PTSD Incidence. Clin Epidemiol. 2025; 17:779-786. PMID: 40984978.

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  • Published 9/17/2025

    Flesaker M, Kraal AZ, Avila-Rieger JF, Glymour MM, Gradus JL, Briceño EM, Manly JJ, Kobayashi LC, Pescador Jimenez M. Cognitive data harmonization across two racially diverse cohorts in the United States. Alzheimers Dement Behav Socioecon Aging. 2025 Sep 17; 1(3). PMID: 40988999.

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  • Published 8/21/2025

    Fonda JR, Loeffel LB, Livingston NA, Knoff AA, Bravman V, Gradus JL, Adams RS. Sex-Specific Associations Between Deployment-Related Traumatic Brain Injury and Nonfatal Drug Overdose Among a National Cohort of Post-9/11 Veterans. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2025 Aug 21. PMID: 40845918.

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  • Published 8/15/2025

    Keyes KM, Gradus JL. Life has a left truncation problem. Epidemiology. 2025 Aug 15. PMID: 40815054.

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  • Published 4/29/2025

    Laustsen LM, Ejlskov L, Chen D, Lasgaard M, Gradus JL, Østergaard SD, Grønkjær MS, Plana-Ripoll O. Interaction between mental disorders and social disconnectedness on mortality: population-based cohort study: commentary, Laustsen et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2025 Apr; 226(4):249-250. PMID: 40296458.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Psychiatry
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Director, Center for Trauma & Mental Health
    Boston University School of Public Health

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Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, DSc
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Stony Brook University, BA

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