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

DSc, Boston University School of Public Health
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
BA, Stony Brook University

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Jaimie L. Gradus is a Professor of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. 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 Health, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and foundation grant awards to conduct psychiatric epidemiologic research in both veterans and the general population. Dr. Gradus is a Board Member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Epidemiology and the Journal of Traumatic Stress, a Scientific Advisor to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and a standing study section member for the Health Services Research and Development Scientific Merit Review Board - Mental and Behavioral Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs. She has also served on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee to contribute PTSD expertise to a report for the Social Security Administration. In 2023, she was named Director of the Boston University School of Public Health Center for Trauma and Mental Health.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

Dr. Gradus consistently strives to fully incorporate DEIJ principles throughout her work. With regard to research, a large proportion of Dr. Gradus's work has been aimed at improving the health and well-being of United States veterans, a population in which the proportion of historically underrepresented groups is increasing. Some of the recent work that Dr. Gradus is the most proud of is a publication in Annual Review of Public Health, which was one of the first to show that while the United States suicide rate is decreasing overall in recent years, this is mostly due to decreases in the suicide rate among white Americans. The suicide rate has stayed stable or increased among all other racial and ethnic groups - information that is crucial to intervention and prevention efforts. With regard to teaching, in 2021 Dr. Gradus developed a new DEIJ-focused final project for her epidemiologic methods course (intermediate epidemiology) for which students have to review an article from the social epidemiology literature and think about the ways in which epidemiologic methods fall short on capturing and examining social constructs (e.g., race, ethnicity, sexual orientation). Students frequently remark that the session in which we discuss these projects, a session which is co-led with one of the department's social epidemiology course instructors, is the most informative and engaging session of the semester. Dr. Gradus is also the host of a BUSPH community-wide mental health research group meeting, which has focused on bringing in speakers from diverse backgrounds and speakers who demonstrate strong values around DEIJ in their research, including formally co-hosting a session with the Center for Anti racist Research. Finally, Dr. Gradus continues to participate in available racial literacy and DEIJ trainings offered by BUSPH and beyond, including being one of eight participants from the department of epidemiology in a year-long racial literacy boot camp that concluded in 2022.

Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Psychiatry


Director
Boston University School of Public Health
Center for Trauma & Mental Health


VA Boston Healthcare System




Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir for the Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
10/01/2022 - 09/15/2026 (Subcontract PI)
Veterans Education and Research Association of Northern New England, Inc. DOD ArmyMedResMatCmd


Identifying Cardiotoxic Manifestations of Posttraumatic Psychopathology: A Population-based Longitudinal Investigation
12/15/2021 - 11/30/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Jaimie L. Gradus, DMSc, DSc, MPH
University of California, Los Angeles NIH NHLBI
5R01HL160850-02

Real World Effectiveness of Long-Acting Injectable versus Oral Naltrexone for Co-occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder
09/01/2022 - 08/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
Veterans Education and Research Association of Northern New England, Inc. DOD ArmyMedResMatCmd


Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Jaimie Gradus
07/01/2022 - 06/30/2024 (PI)
Minneapolis VA Health Care System


Integrating signals of suicide risk from DoD and VHA data to improve upon suicide risk prevention strategies for combat Veterans
09/01/2019 - 06/30/2024 (Co-Investigator of Sub-Project / SP)
PI: Rachel Sayko Adams, PhD, MPH
Regents of the University of Colorado, on behalf of The University of Colorado Denver NIH NIMH
5R01MH120122-04

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Anthony Rosellini
05/01/2023 - 04/30/2024 (PI)
VA Maryland Health Care System


Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Jaimie Gradus
05/01/2023 - 04/30/2024 (PI)
VA Maryland Health Care System


Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Eleanor Murray
05/01/2023 - 04/30/2024 (PI)
VA Maryland Health Care System


Identification of Novel Agents to Treat PTSD using Clinical Data
05/01/2020 - 02/29/2024 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH121397-04

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

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


Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2023 Identifying the longitudinal outcomes of suicide loss in a population-based cohort 1R01MH133670-01
2023 Identifying Cardiotoxic Manifestations of Posttraumatic Psychopathology: A Population-based Longitudinal Investigation 5R01HL160850-02
2023 Identification of Novel Agents to Treat PTSD using Clinical Data 5R01MH121397-04
2022 Identifying Cardiotoxic Manifestations of Posttraumatic Psychopathology: A Population-based Longitudinal Investigation 1R01HL160850-01
2022 Identification of Novel Agents to Treat PTSD using Clinical Data 5R01MH121397-03
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
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  1. Gradus JL, Galea S. Moving From Traumatic Events to Traumatic Experiences in the Study of Traumatic Psychopathology. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Oct 10; 192(10):1609-1612.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37218615; PMCID: PMC10558183; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwad126;
     
  2. Sayer NA, Nelson DB, Gradus JL, Sripada RK, Murdoch M, Teo AR, Orazem RJ, Cerel J. The Effects of Suicide Exposure on Mental Health Outcomes Among Post-9/11 Veterans: Protocol for an Explanatory, Sequential, Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Sep 26; 12:e51324. PMID: 37751271; PMCID: PMC10565621; DOI: 10.2196/51324;
     
  3. Elser H, Horváth-Puhó E, Gradus JL, Smith ML, Lash TL, Glymour MM, Sørensen HT, Henderson VW. Association of Early-, Middle-, and Late-Life Depression With Incident Dementia in a Danish Cohort. JAMA Neurol. 2023 Sep 01; 80(9):949-958.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37486689; PMCID: PMC10366950; DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2309;
     
  4. Gradus JL, Smith ML, Szentkúti P, Rosellini AJ, Horváth-Puhó E, Lash TL, Galea S, Schnurr PP, Sumner JA, Sørensen HT. Antihypertensive Medications and PTSD Incidence in a Trauma Cohort. J Clin Psychiatry. 2023 Aug 02; 84(5).View Related Profiles. PMID: 37530605; PMCID: PMC10545136; DOI: 10.4088/JCP.22m14767;
     
  5. Hasin DS, Wall MM, Alschuler D, Mannes ZL, Malte C, Olfson M, Keyes KM, Gradus JL, Cerdá M, Maynard CC, Keyhani S, Martins SS, Fink DS, Livne O, McDowell Y, Sherman S, Saxon AJ. Chronic Pain, Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis Use Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Patients, 2005 to 2019. medRxiv. 2023 Jul 12. PMID: 37503049; PMCID: PMC10370240; DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.10.23292453;
     
  6. Fink DS, Malte C, Cerdá M, Mannes ZL, Livne O, Martins SS, Keyhani S, Olfson M, McDowell Y, Gradus JL, Wall MM, Sherman S, Maynard CC, Saxon AJ, Hasin DS. Trends in Cannabis-positive Urine Toxicology Test Results: US Veterans Health Administration Emergency Department Patients, 2008 to 2019. J Addict Med. 2023 Jul 07. PMID: 37418654
     
  7. Brenner LA, Forster JE, Gradus JL, Hostetter TA, Hoffmire CA, Walsh CG, Larson MJ, Stearns-Yoder KA, Adams RS. Associations of Military-Related Traumatic Brain Injury With New-Onset Mental Health Conditions and Suicide Risk. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jul 03; 6(7):e2326296.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37523186; PMCID: PMC10391302; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.26296;
     
  8. Shiner B, Park JA, Rozema L, Hoyt JE, Watts BV, Gradus JL. Safety of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir for hepatitis C in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: A post-marketing surveillance study. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2023; 84:268-270. PMID: 37380536
     
  9. Mannes ZL, Malte CA, Olfson M, Wall MM, Keyes KM, Martins SS, Cerdá M, Gradus JL, Saxon AJ, Keyhani S, Maynard C, Livne O, Fink DS, Gutkind S, Hasin DS. Increasing risk of cannabis use disorder among U.S. veterans with chronic pain: 2005-2019. Pain. 2023 Sep 01; 164(9):2093-2103. PMID: 37159542; PMCID: PMC10524371; DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002920;
     
  10. Karstoft KI, Eskelund K, Gradus JL, Andersen SB, Nissen LR. Early prediction of mental health problems following military deployment: Integrating pre- and post-deployment factors in neural network models. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Jul; 163:109-117. PMID: 37209616
     
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Can hepatitis C drugs fight PTSD?

Futurity 8/23/2022

SPH Launches Series of Panels on Suicide Prevention Thursday

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

2020 American Journal of Epidemiology: Top 10 Article of the Year
2009 Society for Epidemiologic Research: Lilienfeld Student Prize

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