Mayur M. Desai, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor,
Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Director, Advanced Professional M.P.H. Program
Professor Desai’s primary research interest lies at the interface between mental health and medical comorbidity. Much of his work focuses on examining the impact of psychiatric and substance use disorders on the utilization, quality, and outcomes of primary and specialty medical care. His other areas of interest include aging, psychiatric epidemiology, mental health services research, and homelessness. Professor Desai directs the Advanced Professional M.P.H. Program and teaches courses focused on epidemiologic research methods and data analysis.
Education
Ph.D., Yale University, 1997
M.P.H., Yale University, 1994
Awards and Honors
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service, 2000
Professional Services
Editorial Board Member, The Open Psychiatry Journal
Section Counselor, Mental Health Section, American Public Health Association, 2005-present
Courses Taught
CDE 516b Principles of Epidemiology II
CDE 534b Approaches to Data Management and Analysis of Epidemiologic Data
CDE 515c Accelerated Epidemiology (summer course)
Yale Affiliations
Core Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Member, Fellowship Advisory Committee, Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program
Member, Yale South Asian Studies Council
Selected Publications
Desai, M.M., Rosenheck, R.A., and Desai, R.A. Time Trends and Predictors of Suicide among Mental Health Outpatients in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research 35: 115-124, 2008.
Henrich, T.J., Lauder, N., Desai, M.M., and Sofair, A.N. Association of Alcohol Abuse and Injection Drug Use with Immunologic and Virologic Responses to HAART in HIV-positive Patients from Urban Community Health Clinics. Journal of Community Health 33: 69-77, 2008.
Desai, M.M., Rosenheck, R.A., and Desai, R.A. Prevalence and Correlates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Posttest Counseling among Outpatients with Serious Mental Illness. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 195: 776-780, 2007.
Desai, R.A., Desai, M.M., and Potenza, M.N. Gambling, Health and Age: Data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 21: 431-440, 2007.
Hashemian, F., Khoshnood, K., Desai, M.M., Falahati, F., Kasl, S., and Southwick, S. Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress in Iranian Survivors of Chemical Warfare. Journal of the American Medical Association 296: 560-566, 2006.
Desai, M.M., Rosenheck, R.A., and Craig, T.J. Screening for Alcohol Use Disorders among Medical Outpatients: The Influence of Individual and Facility Characteristics. American Journal of Psychiatry 162: 1521-1526, 2005.
Desai, M.M., and Rosenheck, R.A. Unmet Need for Medical Care among Homeless Adults with Serious Mental Illness. General Hospital Psychiatry 27: 418-425, 2005.
Desai, M.M., Rosenheck, R.A., Druss, B.G., and Perlin, J.B. Mental Disorders and Quality of Diabetes Care in the Veterans Health Administration. American Journal of Psychiatry 159: 1584-1590, 2002.
For a further list of Dr. Desai’s publications, please see PubMed. |
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