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Amar Mandavia, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Psychiatry

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

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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.

Psychologist
VA Boston Healthcare System
National Center for PTSD

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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

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 Jun 30.View Related Profiles.

Mandavia, Amar
Gurewich, Deborah
Livingston, Nicholas

PMID: 40588710

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.View Related Profiles.

Mandavia, Amar
Banducci, Anne
Marx, Brian
Meng, Frank
Fonda, Jennifer
Hyde, Justeen
Stein, Michael
Livingston, Nicholas

PMID: 40578052; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112764;

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.View Related Profiles.

Mandavia, Amar
Livingston, Nicholas
Galovski, Tara
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 40403591

Livingston NA, Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Sistad Hall R, Loeffel LB, Davenport M, Mathes-Winnicki B, Ting M, Roth CE, Sarpong A, Newberger N, Hinds Z, Fonda JR, Chen D, Meng F. Identifying opioid relapse during COVID-19 using natural language processing of nationwide Veterans Health Administration electronic medical record data. J Psychopathol Clin Sci. 2025 May; 134(4):448-457.View Related Profiles.

Mandavia, Amar
Banducci, Anne
Meng, Frank
Fonda, Jennifer
Livingston, Nicholas

PMID: 40111824

Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Simpson TL, Marx BP, Hawn SE, Hyde J, Ameral VE, Sistad Hall RE, Roth CE, Sarpong AA, Davenport M, Meng F, Stein MD, Livingston NA. Sex Differences in Suicide, Lethal Means, and Years of Potential Life Lost Among Veterans With Substance Use Disorder. Womens Health Issues. 2025; 35(3):196-204.View Related Profiles.

Mandavia, Amar
Banducci, Anne
Marx, Brian
Meng, Frank
Hyde, Justeen
Stein, Michael
Livingston, Nicholas
Hawn, Sage

PMID: 40113455

Banducci AN, Mandavia AD, Bovin MJ, Adams RS, Maloney MA, Roth CE, McClain L, Livingston NA. Opioid overdose, suicide mortality, and premature death among veterans with alcohol or opioid use disorders: The impact of military sexual trauma. Addict Behav. 2025 Aug; 167:108330.View Related Profiles.

Mandavia, Amar
Banducci, Anne
Bovin, Michelle
Livingston, Nicholas
Adams, Rachel

PMID: 40262404

Livingston NA, Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Loeffel LB, Sistad Hall R, Maloney M, Roth CE, Fonda JR, Davenport M, Meng F, Hyde J, Stein M. Emergency Department Visits, Inpatient Hospitalizations, and Nonfatal and Fatal Drug Overdoses During COVID-19 Among Veterans With Opioid Use Disorder. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2025 Jul; 86(4):582-589.View Related Profiles.

Mandavia, Amar
Banducci, Anne
Meng, Frank
Fonda, Jennifer
Hyde, Justeen
Stein, Michael
Livingston, Nicholas

PMID: 39480692; PMCID: PMC12312094; DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00184;

McQuaid JH, Mandavia A, Cassidy G, Silva MA, Esmail K, Aragula S, Gamez G, McKenzie K. Persecution as stigma-driven trauma: Social determinants, stigma, and violence in asylum seekers in the United States. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Jun; 350:116761. PMID: 38701637

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.View Related Profiles.

Mandavia, Amar
Stein, Michael
Livingston, Nicholas

PMID: 37848765; PMCID: PMC10897116; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08452-5;

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Mandavia AD, Campbell A, Henry BF, Chaple M, Hunt T, Arout C, Wu E, Pincus HA, Nunes EV, Lincourt P, Levin FR, El-Bassel N. Correction to: Support for COVID-19-Related Substance Use Services Policy Changes: a New York State-Wide Survey. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2022 Jul; 49(3):414-415. PMID: 35199281

Mandavia AD, Campbell A, Henry BF, Chaple M, Hunt T, Arout C, Wu E, Pincus HA, Nunes EV, Lincourt P, Levin FR, El-Bassel N. Support for COVID-19-Related Substance Use Services Policy Changes: a New York State-Wide Survey. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2022 Jul; 49(3):262-281. PMID: 35112221

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

Jackson D, Farber BA, Mandavia A. The nature, motives, and perceived consequences of therapist dishonesty. Psychother Res. 2022 Mar; 32(3):372-388. PMID: 34044754

Worthington MA, Mandavia A, Richardson-Vejlgaard R. Prospective prediction of PTSD diagnosis in a nationally representative sample using machine learning. BMC Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 10; 20(1):532. PMID: 33172436

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

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

Yang LH, Ruiz B, Mandavia AD, Grivel MM, Wong LY, Phillips MR, Keshavan MS, Li H, Lieberman JA, Susser E, Seidman LJ, Stone WS. Advancing study of cognitive impairments for antipsychotic-naïve psychosis comparing high-income versus low- and middle-income countries with a focus on urban China: Systematic review of cognition and study methodology. Schizophr Res. 2020 Jun; 220:1-15. PMID: 32269004

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

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

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

Mandavia AD, Bonanno GA. When Natural Disaster Follows Economic Downturn: The Incremental Impact of Multiple Stressor Events on Trajectories of Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2019 Apr; 13(2):173-182. PMID: 29704903

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

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

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