Jaimie L. Gradus, DMSc, DSc, MPH
Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Dept of Epidemiology

MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
DSc, Boston University School of Public Health




Jaimie L. Gradus is an Associate Professor Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. She received her BA in psychology from Stony Brook University, her MPH with a concentration in epidemiology and biostatistics and DSc in epidemiology at Boston University and her DMSc at Aarhus University. Dr. Gradus's research interests are in the epidemiology of trauma and trauma-related disorders, with a particular focus on suicide outcomes. She was the winner of the 2009 Lilienfeld Student Prize from the Society for Epidemiologic Research for her paper on the association between PTSD and death from suicide in the population of Denmark. Dr. Gradus has been the recipient of multiple National Institute of Mental Health and foundation grant awards to conduct psychiatric epidemiologic research in both veterans and the general population.

Associate Professor
Boston University School of Medicine
Psychiatry


VA Boston Healthcare System



2009 Society for Epidemiologic Research: Lilienfeld Student Prize


Identification of Novel Agents to Treat PTSD using Clinical Data
05/01/2020 - 02/29/2024 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH121397-02

Integrating signals of suicide risk from DoD and VHA data to improve upon suicide risk prevention strategies for combat Veterans
09/01/2019 - 06/30/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Regents of the University of Colorado, on behalf of The University of Colorado Denver NIH NIMH
5R01MH120122-02

Characterizing Trauma Outcomes: From Pre-trauma Risk to Post-trauma Sequelae
08/07/2017 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH110453-04

Risk Profiles for Suicidal Behavior in the General Population
07/15/2016 - 03/31/2021 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH109507-04

Personnel Agreement for the Research Services of Jaimie Gradus
10/01/2012 - 09/30/2014 (Subcontract PI)
Boston VA Research Institute, Inc. Am Fdn Suicide Prev


Constructing a Danish Reaction to Severe Stress Cohort
04/01/2012 - 06/30/2014 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R21MH094551-02



Title
Constructing a Danish Reaction to Severe Stress Cohort
Characterizing Trauma Outcomes: From Pre-trauma Risk to Post-trauma Sequelae
Risk Profiles for Suicidal Behavior in the General Population


Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2021 Identification of Novel Agents to Treat PTSD using Clinical Data 5R01MH121397-02
2020 Identification of Novel Agents to Treat PTSD using Clinical Data 1R01MH121397-01
2020 Characterizing Trauma Outcomes: From Pre-trauma Risk to Post-trauma Sequelae 5R01MH110453-04 3
2019 Characterizing Trauma Outcomes: From Pre-trauma Risk to Post-trauma Sequelae 5R01MH110453-03 3
2019 Risk Profiles for Suicidal Behavior in the General Population 5R01MH109507-04 1
2018 Characterizing Trauma Outcomes: From Pre-trauma Risk to Post-trauma Sequelae 5R01MH110453-02 3
2018 Risk Profiles for Suicidal Behavior in the General Population 5R01MH109507-03 1
2017 Characterizing Trauma Outcomes: From Pre-trauma Risk to Post-trauma Sequelae 1R01MH110453-01A1 3
2017 Risk Profiles for Suicidal Behavior in the General Population 5R01MH109507-02 1
2016 Risk Profiles for Suicidal Behavior in the General Population 1R01MH109507-01 1
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  1. Street AE, Jiang T, Horváth-Puhó E, Rosellini AJ, Lash TL, Sørensen HT, Gradus JL. Stress Disorders and the Risk of Nonfatal Suicide Attempts in the Danish Population. J Trauma Stress. 2021 May 28.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34048069
     
  2. Gradus JL, Rosellini AJ, Horváth-Puhó E, Jiang T, Street AE, Galatzer-Levy I, Lash TL, Sørensen HT. Predicting Sex-Specific Non-Fatal Suicide Attempt Risk Using Machine Learning and Data from Danish National Registries. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Apr 20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33877265
     
  3. Gradus JL, Lash TL, Rosellini AJ, Galatzer-Levy I, Street AE, Jiang T, Horváth-Puhó E, Sørensen HT. Preventing suicide-related behaviors: on the need for cumulative scientific evidence and the potential of new methodologic directions. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Apr 20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33878158
     
  4. Nissen LR, Tsamardinos I, Eskelund K, Gradus JL, Andersen SB, Karstoft KI. Forecasting military mental health in a complete sample of Danish military personnel deployed between 1992-2013. J Affect Disord. 2021 Jun 01; 288:167-174. PMID: 33901697
     
  5. Jiang T, Rosellini AJ, Horváth-Puhó E, Shiner B, Street AE, Lash TL, Sørensen HT, Gradus JL. Using machine learning to predict suicide in the 30 days after discharge from psychiatric hospital in Denmark. Br J Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 03; 1-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33653425
     
  6. Adams RS, Jiang T, Rosellini AJ, Horváth-Puhó E, Street AE, Keyes KM, Cerdá M, Lash TL, Sørensen HT, Gradus JL. Sex-Specific Risk Profiles for Suicide Among Persons with Substance Use Disorders in Denmark. Addiction. 2021 Feb 23.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33620758
     
  7. Rosellini AJ, Szentkúti P, Horváth-Puhó E, Smith ML, Galatzer-Levy I, Lash TL, Galea S, Schnurr PP, Sørensen HT, Gradus JL. Latent classes of posttraumatic psychiatric comorbidity in the general population. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 04; 136:334-342.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33636689
     
  8. Jiang T, Gradus JL, Lash TL, Fox MP. Jiang et al. Respond to "Quantitative Bias Analysis can see the Forest for the Trees". Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Feb 01.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33517399
     
  9. Jiang T, Gradus JL, Lash TL, Fox MP. Addressing Measurement Error in Random Forests using Quantitative Bias Analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Feb 01.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33517416
     
  10. Hoffmire CA, Denneson LM, Monteith LL, Dichter ME, Gradus JL, Cappelletti MM, Brenner LA, Yano EM. Accelerating Research on Suicide Risk and Prevention in Women Veterans Through Research-Operations Partnerships. Med Care. 2021 02 01; 59:S11-S16. PMID: 33438877
     
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BU Today 9/30/2020

Zoom Psychiatrists Prep for COVID-19’s Endless Ride

Scientific American 6/8/2020

Physical Illness Ups Suicide Risk in Men, Not Women, Says Study

News 18 12/11/2019

New machine learning tool can identify suicide risk profiles, factors

The Economic Times 12/10/2019

Stress Disorders Linked to Life-threatening Infections

Medscape 10/23/2019

Promotions to Associate Professor Go to 16 on Medical Campus

BU Today 7/6/2018
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