Yael Nillni | Profiles RNS

Yael I. Nillni, PhD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Psychiatry

PhD, University of Vermont

Websites

National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Profile

Expertise and Interests:

-Impact of trauma and mental health on women's reproductive health, including pregnancy outcomes and postpartum health

-Impact of the menstrual cycle and its underlying neurobiology on PTSD course and treatment

-Identification of gender-specific vulnerability-stress pathways in the pathogenesis of psychopathology

-Refinement of existing interventions to improve their effectiveness for women

VA Boston Healthcare System

BU Sponsored Research
NIH RePORTER Sponsored Research

PTSD-Related Neurobiological Mediators of Negative Pregnancy Outcomes
09/01/2017 - 07/31/2021 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
1K23HD087428-01A1

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2017	PTSD-Related Neurobiological Mediators of Negative Pregnancy Outcomes	1K23HD087428-01A1
2011	Anxiety Sensitivity, Menstrual Cycle Phase, and Panic-Relevant Responding	5R36MH086170-02	3
2011	Anxiety Sensitivity, Menstrual Cycle Phase, and Panic-Relevant Responding	5R36MH086170-02	3
2010	Anxiety Sensitivity, Menstrual Cycle Phase, and Panic-Relevant Responding	1R36MH086170-01A1	3

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

Pineles SL, Nillni YI, Pinna G, Irvine J, Webb A, Arditte Hall KA, Hauger R, Miller MW, Resick PA, Orr SP, Rasmusson AM. PTSD in women is associated with a block in conversion of progesterone to the GABAergic neurosteroids allopregnanolone and pregnanolone measured in plasma. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018 Jul; 93:133-141.View Related Profiles.

Rasmusson, Ann
Pineles, Suzanne
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 29727810.

Rasmusson AM, Marx CE, Pineles SL, Locci A, Scioli-Salter ER, Nillni YI, Liang JJ, Pinna G. Neuroactive steroids and PTSD treatment. Neurosci Lett. 2017 May 10; 649:156-163.View Related Profiles.

Rasmusson, Ann
Pineles, Suzanne
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 28215878; DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.01.054;.

Nillni YI, Pineles SL, Rohan KJ, Zvolensky MJ, Rasmusson AM. The influence of the menstrual cycle on reactivity to a CO2 challenge among women with and without premenstrual symptoms. Cogn Behav Ther. 2017 Apr; 46(3):239-249.View Related Profiles.

Rasmusson, Ann
Pineles, Suzanne
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 27687294; DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2016.1236286;.

Manikandan S, Nillni YI, Zvolensky MJ, Rohan KJ, Carkeek KR, Leyro TM. The role of emotion regulation in the experience of menstrual symptoms and perceived control over anxiety-related events across the menstrual cycle. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Dec; 19(6):1109-1117. PMID: 27562823.

Pineles SL, Blumenthal TD, Curreri AJ, Nillni YI, Putnam KM, Resick PA, Rasmusson AM, Orr SP. Prepulse inhibition deficits in women with PTSD. Psychophysiology. 2016 Sep; 53(9):1377-85.View Related Profiles.

Rasmusson, Ann
Pineles, Suzanne
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 27237725; DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12679;.

Nillni YI, Wesselink AK, Gradus JL, Hatch EE, Rothman KJ, Mikkelsen EM, Wise LA. Depression, anxiety, and psychotropic medication use and fecundability. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Oct; 215(4):453.e1-8.View Related Profiles.

Hatch, Elizabeth
Gradus, Jaimie
Rothman, Kenneth
Wise, Lauren
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 27131586; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.04.022;.

Pineles SL, Nillni YI, King MW, Patton SC, Bauer MR, Mostoufi SM, Gerber MR, Hauger R, Resick PA, Rasmusson AM, Orr SP. Extinction retention and the menstrual cycle: Different associations for women with posttraumatic stress disorder. J Abnorm Psychol. 2016 Apr; 125(3):349-55.View Related Profiles.

Rasmusson, Ann
King, Matthew
Gerber, Megan
Resick, Patricia
Pineles, Suzanne
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 26866677; DOI: 10.1037/abn0000138;.

Nillni YI, Pineles SL, Patton SC, Rouse MH, Sawyer AT, Rasmusson AM. Menstrual cycle effects on psychological symptoms in women with PTSD. J Trauma Stress. 2015 Feb; 28(1):1-7.View Related Profiles.

Rasmusson, Ann
Pineles, Suzanne
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 25613589; DOI: 10.1002/jts.21984;.

Mahon JN, Rohan KJ, Nillni YI, Zvolensky MJ. The role of perceived control over anxiety in prospective symptom reports across the menstrual cycle. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2015 Apr; 18(2):239-46. PMID: 25269759; DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0456-1;.

Nillni YI, Gradus JL, Gutner CA, Luciano MT, Shipherd JC, Street AE. Deployment stressors and physical health among OEF/OIF veterans: the role of PTSD. Health Psychol. 2014 Nov; 33(11):1281-7.View Related Profiles.

Street, Amy
Gutner, Cassidy
Gradus, Jaimie
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 25020154; DOI: 10.1037/hea0000084;.

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Nillni YI, Berenz EC, Pineles SL, Coffey SF, Zvolensky MJ. Anxiety Sensitivity as a Moderator of the Association Between Premenstrual Symptoms and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity. Psychol Trauma. 2014 Mar; 6(2):167-175.View Related Profiles.

Pineles, Suzanne
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 26973758.

Evans M, Rohan KJ, Sitnikov L, Mahon JN, Nillni YI, Lindsey KT, Vacek PM. Cognitive Change across Cognitive-Behavioral and Light Therapy Treatments for Seasonal Affective Disorder: What Accounts for Clinical Status the Next Winter? Cognit Ther Res. 2013 Dec; 37(6). PMID: 24415812; DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9561-0;.

Sitnikov L, Rohan KJ, Evans M, Mahon JN, Nillni YI. Cognitive predictors and moderators of winter depression treatment outcomes in cognitive-behavioral therapy vs. light therapy. Behav Res Ther. 2013 Dec; 51(12):872-81. PMID: 24211338; DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.09.010;.

Nillni YI, Nosen E, Williams PA, Tracy M, Coffey SF, Galea S. Unique and related predictors of major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and their comorbidity after Hurricane Katrina. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2013 Oct; 201(10):841-7.View Related Profiles.

Galea, Sandro
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 24080670; DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182a430a0;.

Gutner CA, Nillni YI, Suvak M, Wiltsey-Stirman S, Resick PA. Longitudinal course of anxiety sensitivity and PTSD symptoms in cognitive-behavioral therapies for PTSD. J Anxiety Disord. 2013 Oct; 27(7):728-34.View Related Profiles.

Gutner, Cassidy
Resick, Patricia
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 24176804; PMCID: PMC3860054; DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.09.010;.

Nillni YI, Rohan KJ, Mahon JN, Pineles SL, Zvolensky MJ. The role of anxiety sensitivity in the experience of menstrual-related symptoms reported via daily diary. Psychiatry Res. 2013 Dec 15; 210(2):564-9.View Related Profiles.

Pineles, Suzanne
Nillni, Yael

PMID: 23910240; DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.07.016;.

Fairholme CP, Nosen EL, Nillni YI, Schumacher JA, Tull MT, Coffey SF. Sleep disturbance and emotion dysregulation as transdiagnostic processes in a comorbid sample. Behav Res Ther. 2013 Sep; 51(9):540-6. PMID: 23831496; PMCID: PMC3774794; DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.05.014;.

Rohan KJ, Evans M, Mahon JN, Sitnikov L, Ho SY, Nillni YI, Postolache TT, Vacek PM. Cognitive-behavioral therapy vs. light therapy for preventing winter depression recurrence: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2013; 14:82. PMID: 23514124; PMCID: PMC3652773; DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-82;.

Nillni YI, Rohan KJ, Zvolensky MJ. The role of menstrual cycle phase and anxiety sensitivity in catastrophic misinterpretation of physical symptoms during a CO(2) challenge. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2012 Dec; 15(6):413-22. PMID: 22923028; PMCID: PMC3495998; DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0302-2;.

Nosen E, Nillni YI, Berenz EC, Schumacher JA, Stasiewicz PR, Coffey SF. Cue-elicited affect and craving: advancement of the conceptualization of craving in co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol dependence. Behav Modif. 2012 Nov; 36(6):808-33. PMID: 22619397; PMCID: PMC3474354; DOI: 10.1177/0145445512446741;.

Rohan KJ, Nillni YI, Mahon JN, Roecklein KA, Sitnikov L, Haaga DA. Cognitive vulnerability in moderate, mild, and low seasonality. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2011 Dec; 199(12):961-70. PMID: 22134455; DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182392948;.

Nillni YI, Berenz EC, Rohan KJ, Zvolensky MJ. Sex differences in panic-relevant responding to a 10% carbon dioxide-enriched air biological challenge. J Anxiety Disord. 2012 Jan; 26(1):165-72. PMID: 22115836; PMCID: PMC3254702; DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.10.008;.

Nillni YI, Toufexis DJ, Rohan KJ. Anxiety sensitivity, the menstrual cycle, and panic disorder: a putative neuroendocrine and psychological interaction. Clin Psychol Rev. 2011 Nov; 31(7):1183-91. PMID: 21855828; PMCID: PMC3176921; DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.07.006;.

Nillni YI, Rohan KJ, Bernstein A, Zvolensky MJ. Premenstrual distress predicts panic-relevant responding to a CO2 challenge among young adult females. J Anxiety Disord. 2010 May; 24(4):416-22. PMID: 20226625; PMCID: PMC2865427; DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.02.006;.

Nillni YI, Rohan KJ, Rettew D, Achenbach TM. Seasonal trends in depressive problems among United States children and adolescents: a representative population survey. Psychiatry Res. 2009 Dec 30; 170(2-3):224-8. PMID: 19896720; DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.07.011;.

Javaras KN, Pope HG, Lalonde JK, Roberts JL, Nillni YI, Laird NM, Bulik CM, Crow SJ, McElroy SL, Walsh BT, Tsuang MT, Rosenthal NR, Hudson JI. Co-occurrence of binge eating disorder with psychiatric and medical disorders. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008 Feb; 69(2):266-73. PMID: 18348600.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 26 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2013

Bar chart showing 26 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2013

Year	Publications
2008	1
2009	1
2010	1
2011	3
2012	2
2013	7
2014	3
2015	1
2016	5
2017	1
2018	1

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