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Adjunct rank detailsJack Tsai
Associate Professor Adjunct of PsychiatryDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry
Director, Yale Division of Mental Health Services and Treatment Outcomes Research
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Research Director, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, VHA
Biography
Dr. Tsai currently serves as Campus Dean and Professor of Public Health at UTHealth, and Research Director for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans. He was full-time faculty at Yale School of Medicine for a decade where he was Director of the Division of Mental Health Services Research, and now serves as Adjunct Faculty remaining active on Yale projects. He has received federally funded grants and published over 400 peer-reviewed articles on topics related to homelessness, severe mental illness, trauma, and health disparities. He is active in the American Psychological Association and the American Public Health Association being in elected leadership positions. He has been a grant reviewer for the VA, PCORI, Social Security Administration, and several foundations. He serves as Editor-in-Chief for npj Mental Health Research and the Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. He is involved in teaching and mentoring trainees at VA, Yale, UTHealth, and other universities.
Last Updated on July 18, 2024.
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- Yale Ventures
- Yale-BI Biomedical Data Science Fellowship
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Medical Research Interests
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Housing; Mental Health Services; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Social Work, Psychiatric; Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Public Health Interests
Substance Use, Addiction; Health Systems Reform; Mental Health
ORCID
0000-0002-0329-648X
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Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, PhD, ABPP
Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH
Peter Jongho Na, MD, MPH
Robert Rosenheck, MD
Wesley Kasprow, PhD, MPH
Elina A. Stefanovics, PhD
455Publications
10,687Citations
Housing
Mental Health Services
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
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2025
Housing status, mental health, and help-seeking among American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans in the Midwest
Umucu E, Lee B, Chang C, Tsai J. Housing status, mental health, and help-seeking among American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans in the Midwest. Frontiers In Public Health 2025, 13: 1613224. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1613224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousing statusService needsVeterans Integrated Service NetworkMental healthBreslow-Day testAlaska Native VeteransHelp-seeking behaviorBreslow-DayMental health conditionsService catchment areaHelp-seekingHousingAlaska NativesAIAN veteransMantel-Haenszel odds ratioIntegrated services networksService networkHealth conditionsOdds ratioVeteransConfidence intervalsStudy cohortHomelessnessServicesMidwestCriminal Justice-Involved Veterans Not Engaged in Primary Care in the Veterans Health Administration.
Tsai J, Lampros A, Clark S, Dunn A, O'Toole T. Criminal Justice-Involved Veterans Not Engaged in Primary Care in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal Of Primary Care & Community Health 2025, 16: 21501319251348134. PMID: 40525421, PMCID: PMC12174793, DOI: 10.1177/21501319251348134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationPrimary care visitsPrimary careJustice-involved veteransCare visitsHealth AdministrationVeterans Health Administration medical recordsMental health/substance use treatmentVeterans Health Administration facilitiesIntegrated care initiativesVA primary careOutpatient medical careMilitary sexual traumaCare initiativesService useAssociated with useCriminal justice systemHealthcare needsService utilizationNon-HispanicRetrospective cohort studySubstance use disordersBehavioral healthcareMental healthSociodemographic characteristicsDevelopment of a Surveillance System to Identify Incidence of Evictions Among Patients in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers Across the United States
Tsai J, Rajan S, Yao Z, Reisman J, Liu W, Yu H. Development of a Surveillance System to Identify Incidence of Evictions Among Patients in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers Across the United States. Journal Of Community Health 2025, 1-10. PMID: 40489043, DOI: 10.1007/s10900-025-01491-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsHealthcare systemVeterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemSurveillance systemHigher area deprivation indexHistory of military sexual traumaArea Deprivation IndexVeterans Affairs Medical CenterNon-Hispanic blacksIntegrated healthcare systemMedical record notesAnnual household incomeMedical record dataAffairs Medical CenterMilitary sexual traumaEstimated incidence rateHistory of homelessnessDrug use disordersDeprivation indexPublic health concernLogistic regression analysisUnited StatesAssociated Patient CharacteristicsDiagnosis of drug use disorderPrevention effortsRecord notesDifferentiating Individual Characteristics Associated with Suicidal Ideations, Plans, and Attempts among low-Income Veterans
Tsai J, Liang J, Maroufy V. Differentiating Individual Characteristics Associated with Suicidal Ideations, Plans, and Attempts among low-Income Veterans. Chronic Stress 2025, 9: 24705470251348749. PMID: 40469920, PMCID: PMC12134512, DOI: 10.1177/24705470251348749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevels of suicidal behaviorSuicidal ideationSuicide attemptsSuicide planSuicidal behaviorMental health functioning scoresLifetime prevalenceLow-income veteransClinical attentionTreatment targetVeteransIdeationNationally Representative SampleRepresentative sampleSuicideVeteran homelessnessBehaviorFunction scoresHomelessnessHigh riskCorrection: Brief Scoping Review of Community Hubs for the Care of Pregnant Mothers and Their Infants
Tsai J, Camacho A, Ganduglia-Cazaban C. Correction: Brief Scoping Review of Community Hubs for the Care of Pregnant Mothers and Their Infants. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2025, 1-1. PMID: 40332637, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-025-04105-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocioeconomic area deprivation and its relationship with dementia, Parkinson's Disease and all-cause mortality among UK older adults: a multistate modeling approach
Beydoun M, Georgescu M, Weiss J, Noren Hooten N, Beydoun H, Tsai J, Maino Vieytes C, Evans M, Zonderman A. Socioeconomic area deprivation and its relationship with dementia, Parkinson's Disease and all-cause mortality among UK older adults: a multistate modeling approach. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 379: 118137. PMID: 40388863, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsArea-level deprivationTownsend deprivation indexSocioeconomic statusCardiovascular healthArea-level socioeconomic statusUK older adultsAll-Cause MortalityDementia deathsArea deprivationDeprivation indexUK BiobankCox proportional hazardsOlder adultsDementiaParkinson's diseasePD dementiaPotential mediatorsZ-scoreProportional hazardsMultistate modeling approachHealthMortalityMultistate modelWeibull regressionMultistate approachMultimorbidity of mental health and substance use disorders among housed and homeless U.S. veterans
Tsai J, Szymkowiak D, Beydoun H. Multimorbidity of mental health and substance use disorders among housed and homeless U.S. veterans. Scientific Reports 2025, 15: 15185. PMID: 40307423, PMCID: PMC12043799, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-99394-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMental health disorder diagnosisHomeless veteransMental health disordersEmergency department careHoused veteransSubstance use disordersSocial determinants of mental healthSUD diagnosisDeterminants of mental healthMental healthU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemVeterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemU.S. veteransHousing instabilityHousing situationComorbid mental health disordersSocial determinantsAdministrative dataHousingPsychiatric epidemiologyHealthcare systemHealth disordersNational cohortVeteransCorrection: Developing an operational definition of housing instability and homelessness in Veterans Health Administration’s medical records
Tsai J, Szymkowiak D, Jutkowitz E. Correction: Developing an operational definition of housing instability and homelessness in Veterans Health Administration’s medical records. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0322834. PMID: 40273065, PMCID: PMC12021128, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricComparing major comorbidity indices as predictors of all-cause mortality in the Veterans Affairs health care system
Beydoun H, Szymkowiak D, Beydoun M, Nixdorff N, Brunner R, Tsai J. Comparing major comorbidity indices as predictors of all-cause mortality in the Veterans Affairs health care system. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2025, 182: 111778. PMID: 40185292, PMCID: PMC12146076, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsFunctional Comorbidity IndexUS Department of Veterans AffairsDepartment of Veterans AffairsFunctional Comorbidity Index scoresElixhauser Comorbidity IndexMeasures of comorbidityVeterans AffairsCharlson Comorbidity IndexHarrell's concordance statisticMortality riskNonhomeless veteransVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemComorbidity indexHomeless individualsHigh-risk patient populationVA healthcare servicesHigh riskClinical measuresHealth care servicesHealth care systemLow riskAll-Cause MortalityPatient populationAssociated with homelessnessPredictor of all-cause mortalityMixed-Methods Study of Use and Attitudes About Psychedelics for Therapeutic Purposes Among Low-Income U.S. Veterans Nationally
Tsai J, Witte L, Fate T. Mixed-Methods Study of Use and Attitudes About Psychedelics for Therapeutic Purposes Among Low-Income U.S. Veterans Nationally. Journal Of Psychoactive Drugs 2025, ahead-of-print: 1-10. PMID: 40126357, DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2025.2483705.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQualitative dataNationally Representative SurveyVeteran homelessnessPoverty experienceBehavioral health issuesLow-income veteransRepresentative surveySocial problemsU.S. veteran populationMixed-methods studyLow-incomePsychedelic useHomelessnessNational studyNegative attitudesPsychosocial problemsVeteran populationModerate supportU.S. veteransHealth issuesLifetime prevalenceNationalAttitudesPositive attitudesVeterans
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activity Chair for Committees in Div. 18 and 56, American Psychological Association
10/14/2015 - PresentCommitteesMemberactivity Editorial Boards for: Psychological Services; Psychological Injury and Law; Housing, Care, and Support; International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare; Advances in Dual Diagnosis; Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science; Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
09/25/2013 - PresentPublic ServiceEditorial Boardactivity Commissioner, New Haven Commission on Disabilities
10/24/2013 - 01/01/2020CommitteesMemberactivity Chair, Caucus on Homelessness, American Public Health Association
11/01/2016 - 11/28/2019CommitteesChairactivity Lead, VA VISN 1 Initiative to Expand Education and Research
08/31/2016 - 09/30/2018CommitteesChair
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- September 08, 2023Source: Psychiatric Services
Distribution of CARES Act Provider Relief Funding to Psychiatric Care Organizations
- January 11, 2023
Discoveries & Impact (January 2023)
- November 06, 2022Source: Psychiatric Quarterly
Does Street Outreach Engage Its Intended Target Population? Clinical Experience in the Veteran’s Health Administration Homeless Service Programs
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