Amar Mandavia, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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.

Publications

  • Published 11/21/2025

    Mandavia AD, Susser LC, Kim S. Editorial: Bridging the knowledge gap: mental health, substance use disorders, and mortality in women. Front Glob Womens Health. 2025; 6:1721670. PMID: 41358332.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 9/5/2025

    Gutiérrez E, Quesada C, DeFraites E, Harper DJ, Mandavia AD. Interpretable LLM-Based Detection of Loose Associations Using Synthetic Speech Data in Early Psychosis. Schizophr Bull. 2025 Sep 05. PMID: 40910283.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/30/2025

    Jones KF, Mandavia AD, Gurewich D, Wyse JJ, Sung ML, Becker WC, Livingston NA. Characteristics of Veterans Receiving Medication for Opioid Use Disorder: An Observational Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Nov; 40(14):3452-3455. PMID: 40588710.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/23/2025

    Mandavia AD, Fonda JR, Banducci AN, Ameral VE, Sistad Hall RE, Loeffel LB, Roth CE, Simpson TL, Stein MD, Marx BP, Hyde J, Davenport M, Meng F, Livingston NA. Sex and race-ethnicity influences on opioid overdose deaths among veterans diagnosed with opioid use disorder between 2016 and 2021. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Sep 01; 274:112764. PMID: 40578052.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/10/2025

    Baier AL, Nillni YI, Mandavia A, Livingston N, Galovski T. Neighborhood context: Understanding the relationship between national indices of neighborhood risk, individual perception, and posttraumatic stress. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Sep; 380:118163. PMID: 40403591.

    Read at: PubMed

View All 25 Publications:   View Full Profile in BUMC

Other Positions

  • Psychologist, National Center for PTSD
    VA Boston Healthcare System

Websites

Education

  • Teachers College, Columbia University, PhD
  • Columbia University, MA
  • Georgia State University, BS

View all profiles