Brian N. Smith, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Psychiatry

PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
MS, Virginia Commonwealth University
BS, Virginia Commonwealth University



Dr. Smith is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the Deputy Director of the National Center for PTSD Women’s Health Sciences Division at VA Boston Healthcare System, where he is also a Research Health Scientist. His federally funded research program is focused on the effects of traumatic stress and mental health sequelae—PTSD, depression, and salient comorbidities—on outcomes related to physical health, functioning, and well-being. He examines these outcomes and associated risk and resilience factors in populations at heightened risk for trauma exposure, especially military veterans, and often examines psychosocial risk models in epidemiologic samples of women and men from a life course perspective. The examination of trauma-related research questions with public health and clinical services implications is a theme that cuts across his research program. He also has a general interest in the application of advanced statistical methods in health sciences research. More generally, Dr. Smith has a long standing interest in examining the social context of health-related behaviors, mechanisms, and outcomes.

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  1. Serier KN, Burns HM, Magruder KM, Spiro A, Kaiser AP, Kimerling R, Frayne SM, Kilbourne AM, Stock EM, Forsberg CW, Smith NL, Smith BN. Posttraumatic stress disorder and hypertension in older adult Vietnam Era male and female veterans. J Trauma Stress. 2025 May 12.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40353294
     
  2. Lawrence KA, Speaks HR, Abner EL, Schmitt FA, Vasterling JJ, Smith BN, Segerstrom SC. Lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder and longitudinal cognitive decline: A cognitive aging framework in the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center Uniform Data Set. J Trauma Stress. 2025 May 07.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40339160
     
  3. Stellman SD, Pless Kaiser A, Smith BN, Spiro A, Stellman JM. Persistence and Patterns of Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Medical, and Social Dysfunction in Male Military Veterans 50 Years After Deployment to Vietnam. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 May 01; 67(5):306-312.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40335437; PMCID: PMC12059353; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003321;
     
  4. Mitchell KS, Serier KN, Vogt DS, Smith BN, Cooper Z. Eating disorder screening measures in post-9/11 veteran men and women. Psychol Assess. 2025 Apr; 37(4):172-179.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40167541
     
  5. Baier AL, Fox AB, Nillni YI, Matteo RA, Vogt D, Smith BN, Galovski T. Variation in pandemic impacts on the mental health of Black, Hispanic, and White American veterans. J Psychiatr Res. 2025 May; 185:194-203.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40203789
     
  6. Kumar SA, Taverna E, Mitchell KS, Smith BN, Vogt D. Purpose in life and posttraumatic stress symptoms among military veterans: A network analysis. Mil Psychol. 2025 Jan 07; 1-13.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39772860
     
  7. Stellman SD, Pless Kaiser A, Smith BN, Spiro A, Stellman JM. Impact of Persistent Combat-Related PTSD on Heart Disease and Chronic Disease Comorbidity in Aging Vietnam Veterans. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 May 01; 67(5):299-305.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39696828
     
  8. Serier KN, Knutson EK, Vogt D, Smith BN, Kehle-Forbes S, Mitchell KS. Examining the factor structure of the nine-item Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Screen in a national U.S. military veteran sample. Psychol Assess. 2025 Mar; 37(3):123-128.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39666477; PMCID: PMC12022919; DOI: 10.1037/pas0001362;
     
  9. Cooper Z, Smith BN, Kehle-Forbes S, Dorset J, Mitchell KS. Eating Disorders, Co-Morbid Disorders and Early Risk Factors Amongst Post-9/11 Veteran Men and Women. J Clin Psychol. 2025 Mar; 81(3):133-144.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39648640; PMCID: PMC11802485; DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23756;
     
  10. Wright S, Karyotaki E, Cuijpers P, Bisson J, Papola D, Witteveen AB, Back SE, Bichescu-Burian D, Capezzani L, Cloitre M, Devilly GJ, Elbert T, Mello M, Ford JD, Grasso D, Gamito P, Gray R, Haller M, Hunt N, Kleber RJ, König J, Kullack C, Laugharne J, Liebman R, Lee CW, Lely J, Markowitz JC, Monson C, Nijdam MJ, Norman SB, Olff M, Orang TM, Ostacoli L, Paunovic N, Petkova E, Resick P, Rosner R, Schauer M, Schmitz JM, Schnyder U, Smith BN, Vujanovic AA, Zang Y, Duran ÉP, Neto FL, Seedat S, Sijbrandij M. Predictors of study dropout in cognitive-behavioural therapy with a trauma focus for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: An individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ Ment Health. 2024 Nov 13; 27(1). PMID: 39537555; PMCID: PMC11580285; DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301159;
     
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Bar chart showing 84 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2022

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In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

aging
gender differences
PTSD
public health implications of trauma
social and behavioral health
traumatic stress
well-being/quality of life
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