Amar Mandavia, PhD
Instructor, Psychiatry
Biography
As a Investigator in the Behavioral Health Sciences division of the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System, I combine my clinical psychology and medical informatics expertise to foster healthcare innovation.
With over ten years of experience as clinical research psychologist, I have developed strong expertise in measurement of adverse health outcomes and treatment of persistent and severe mental illness.
At MIT linQ, I work with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, engineers, and entrepreneurs to identify unmet needs in healthcare and develop solutions that address them.
At VA Boston, I support the implementation and evaluation of clinical decision support tools that enhance veteran care.
My mission is to use my skills to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of mental health care and innovation. I am passionate about learning from diverse perspectives and value collaboration and creativity.
Websites
Education
- Teachers College, Columbia University, PhD
- Columbia University, MA
- Georgia State University, BS
Publications
- Published on 10/31/2024
Livingston NA, Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Loeffel LB, Hall RS, Maloney M, Roth CE, Fonda JR, Davenport M, Meng F, Hyde J, Stein M. Emergency department visits, inpatient hospitalizations, and non-fatal and fatal drug overdoses during COVID-19 among Veterans with opioid use disorder. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 Oct 31. PMID: 39480692.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/17/2023
McCann NC, Davenport MJ, Mandavia AD, Stein MD, Livingston NA. HIV Prevalence and HIV Screening History Among a Veterans Association Cohort of People with Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorders. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Feb; 39(3):403-410. PMID: 37848765.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/25/2021
Henry BF, Campbell A, Hunt T, Johnson JK, Mandavia AD, Chaple M, Arout C, Wu E, Pincus HA, Nunes EV, Lincourt P, Levin FR, El-Bassel N. COVID-19 related substance use services policy changes: Policymaker perspectives on policy development & implementation. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Feb; 133:108550. PMID: 34215475.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/15/2020
Becker TD, Poku OB, Chen X, Wong J, Mandavia A, Huang M, Chen Y, Huang D, Ngo H, Yang LH. The impact of China-to-US immigration on structural and cultural determinants of HIV-related stigma: implications for HIV care of Chinese immigrants. Ethn Health. 2022 Apr; 27(3):509-528. PMID: 32668975.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/18/2020
Henry BF, Mandavia AD, Paschen-Wolff MM, Hunt T, Humensky JL, Wu E, Pincus HA, Nunes EV, Levin FR, El-Bassel N. COVID-19, mental health, and opioid use disorder: Old and new public health crises intertwine. Psychol Trauma. 2020 Aug; 12(S1):S111-S112. PMID: 32551759.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/10/2019
Marotta PL, Stringer KL, Mandavia AD, Davis A, Beletsky L, Hunt T, Goddard-Eckrich D, Wu E, Gilbert L, El-Bassel N. Assessing factors associated with discharge from opioid agonist therapy due to incarceration in the United States. J Addict Dis. 2020; 38(1):1-18. PMID: 31821129.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2019
El-Bassel N, Davis A, Mandavia A, Goddard-Eckrich D, Hunt T, Marotta P, Chang M, Wu E, Gilbert L. Men in Community Correction Programs and Their Female Primary Sex Partners: Latent Class Analysis to Identify the Relationship of Clusters of Drug Use and Sexual Behaviors and HIV Risks. J Urban Health. 2019 Jun; 96(3):411-428. PMID: 29948784.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/3/2018
Marotta PL, Terlikbayeva A, Gilbert L, Hunt T, Mandavia A, Wu E, El-Bassel N. Intimate relationships and patterns of drug and sexual risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Kazakhstan: A latent class analysis. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Nov 01; 192:294-302. PMID: 30304712.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2017
Mandavia A, Huang D, Wong J, Ruiz B, Crump F, Shen J, Martinez M, Botcheva L, Vega E, Chu J, Lewis S, Yang LH. Violating Clan and Kinship Roles as Risk Factors for Suicide and Stigma among Lao Refugees: An Application of the Cultural Model of Suicide and "What Matters Most" Frameworks. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2017; 54(1):39-48. PMID: 28857757.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/13/2016
Mandavia A, Robinson GG, Bradley B, Ressler KJ, Powers A. Exposure to Childhood Abuse and Later Substance Use: Indirect Effects of Emotion Dysregulation and Exposure to Trauma. J Trauma Stress. 2016 Oct; 29(5):422-429. PMID: 27622844.
Read at: PubMed