Alexander Tsai
Secondary Faculty

Alexander Tsai

Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology

Epidemiology

actsai@mgh.harvard.edu

Other Positions

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Psychiatry-Massachusetts General Hospital

Harvard Medical School


Awards and Honors

Outstanding Mentor of URM Faculty and Trainees Award, MGH Center for Faculty Development2024

Member, American College of Psychiatrists2023

Outstanding Psychiatrist Award for Research, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society2023

Stephanie Robert Mentoring Award, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science2022

Distinguished Alumni Award, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine2022

Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation2021

Exceptional Mentorship in Research Award, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital2016

Excellence in Mentoring Award (Young Mentor Award), Harvard Medical School2015

Health Services Research Early Career Award, American Psychiatric Association2011

Laughlin Fellowship, American College of Psychiatrists2009


Bibliography

Setting research priorities for global pandemic preparedness: An international consensus and comparison with ChatGPT's output.

Song P, Adeloye D, Acharya Y, Bojude DA, Ali S, Alibudbud R, Bastien S, Becerra-Posada F, Berecki M, Bodomo A, Borrescio-Higa F, Buchtova M, Campbell H, Chan KY, Cheema S, Chopra M, Cipta DA, Castro LD, Ganasegeran K, Gebre T, Glasnovic A, Graham CJ, Igwesi-Chidobe C, Iversen PO, Jadoon B, Lanza G, Macdonald C, Park C, Islam MM, Mshelia S, Nair H, Ng ZX, Htay MNN, Akinyemi KO, Parisi M, Patel S, Peprah P, Polasek O, Riha R, Rotarou ES, Sacks E, Sharov K, Stankov S, Supriyatiningsih W, Sutan R, Tomlinson M, Tsai AC, Tsimpida D, Vento S, Glasnovic JV, Vokey LBV, Wang L, Wazny K, Xu J, Yoshida S, Zhang Y, Cao J, Zhu Y, Sheikh A, Rudan I.

J Glob Health. 2024 02 16. 14:04054. PMID: 38386716


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