Yael I. Nillni, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Psychiatry

PhD, University of Vermont
BA, University of Massachusetts Amherst



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




A Non-Inferiority Trial Testing Delivery of Written Exposure Therapy by Community Health Workers for Treatment of PTSD During Pregnancy
08/17/2022 - 07/31/2027 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
5R01HD107282-03

PTSD-Related Neurobiological Mediators of Negative Pregnancy Outcomes
09/01/2017 - 07/31/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
5K23HD087428-04


Facilitation of Extinction Retention and Reconsolidation Blockade by IV Allopregnanolone in PTSD
05/01/2021 - 10/15/2024 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Yael I. Nillni, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine NIH NIMH



Title
Enhancing Exposure Therapy by Capitalizing on Menstrual Cycle Phase
(PI)

Longitudinal Investigation of Gender, Health, and Trauma (LIGHT) Study
(PI)

PTSD-Related Neurobiological Mediators of Negative Pregnancy Outcomes
(PI)


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  1. 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 May 10; 380:118163.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40403591
     
  2. 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
     
  3. Rossi FS, Nillni YI, Miller AN, Fox AB, Eliacin J, Schnurr PP, Duke CC, Gradus JL, Galovski TE. Gender and ethnoracial disparities in Veterans' trauma exposure prevalence across differing life phases. Inj Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 03; 12(1):8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39901188; PMCID: PMC11792560; DOI: 10.1186/s40621-025-00561-5;
     
  4. Nillni YI, Schildroth S, Yland JJ, Brown HL, Wesselink AK, Wise LA. Association between adverse perinatal events and postpartum depressive symptoms in a North American prospective preconception cohort study. J Affect Disord. 2025 Apr 15; 375:525-532.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39848472; PMCID: PMC11969623; DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.01.088;
     
  5. Lovett SM, Orta OR, Boynton-Jarrett R, Wesselink AK, Ncube CN, Nillni YI, Hatch EE, Wise LA. Childhood adversity and time to pregnancy in a preconception cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 04; 193(11):1553-1563.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38794905; PMCID: PMC12096293; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae085;
     
  6. Willis MD, Campbell EJ, Selbe S, Koenig MR, Gradus JL, Nillni YI, Casey JA, Deziel NC, Hatch EE, Wesselink AK, Wise LA. Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Development and Mental Health in a North American Preconception Cohort Study: 2013-2023. Am J Public Health. 2024 Sep; 114(9):923-934.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38991173; PMCID: PMC11306607; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307730;
     
  7. Nillni YI, Fox AB, Fernando M, Perez J, Galovski TE. Ethnoracial Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes Among Women Veterans. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Jul; 33(7):863-869.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38639054
     
  8. Nillni YI, Horenstein A, McClendon J, Duke CC, Sawdy M, Galovski TE. The impact of perceived everyday discrimination and income on racial and ethnic disparities in PTSD, depression, and anxiety among veterans. PLoS One. 2023; 18(9):e0291965.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37751447; PMCID: PMC10521990; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291965;
     
  9. Valentine SE, Godfrey LB, Gellatly R, Paul E, Clark C, Giovannini K, Saia KA, Nillni YI. Supporting the implementation of written exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in an obstetrics-substance use disorder clinic in the Northeastern United States. SSM Ment Health. 2023 Dec 15; 4.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38645900; PMCID: PMC11027481; DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100256;
     
  10. Fox AB, Baier AL, Alpert E, Nillni YI, Galovski TE. Psychosocial and Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Veteran Men and Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 Oct; 32(10):1041-1051.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37610854
     
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Bar chart showing 70 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2023

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