Research Scientists

Archana Basu

Research Scientist

Epidemiology

arbasu@hsph.harvard.edu

Other Positions

Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Part-time

Psychiatry-Massachusetts General Hospital

Harvard Medical School

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Associations of alcohol and cannabis use with change in posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms over time in recently trauma-exposed individuals.

Hinojosa CA, Liew A, An X, Stevens JS, Basu A, van Rooij SJH, House SL, Beaudoin FL, Zeng D, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Jovanovic T, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Kurz MC, Swor RA, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Chang AM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Miller MW, Pietrzak RH, Joormann J, Pizzagalli DA, Sheridan JF, Harte SE, Elliott JM, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, McLean SA, Ressler KJ, Fani N.

Psychol Med. 2024 Jan. 54(2):338-349. PMID: 37309917

Use of serial smartphone-based assessments to characterize diverse neuropsychiatric symptom trajectories in a large trauma survivor cohort.

Beaudoin FL, An X, Basu A, Ji Y, Liu M, Kessler RC, Doughtery RF, Zeng D, Bollen KA, House SL, Stevens JS, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Jovanovic T, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Kurz MC, Swor RA, Murty VP, McGrath ME, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Datner EM, Chang AM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, Neil BJO, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Baker JT, Joormann J, Miller MW, Pietrzak RH, Barch DM, Pizzagalli DA, Sheridan JF, Smoller JW, Harte SE, Elliott JM, Koenen KC, Ressler KJ, McLean SA.

Transl Psychiatry. 2023 01 07. 13(1):4. PMID: 36609484

Brief report of protective factors associated with family and parental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in an outpatient child and adolescent psychiatric clinic.

Urban TH, Friedman D, Kaskas MM, Caruso AJ, Canenguez KM, Rotter N, Wozniak J, Basu A.

Front Psychol. 2022. 13:883955. PMID: 36172224

COVID-19 perceived impacts on sleep, fitness, and diet and associations with mental health during pregnancy: A cross-national study.

Choi KW, Kim HH, Basu A, Kwong ASF, Hernandez-Diaz S, Wyszynski DF, Koenen KC.

J Affect Disord Rep. 2022 Jan. 7:100288. PMID: 34927121

Frequency and source of worries in an International sample of pregnant and postpartum women during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Wyszynski DF, Hernandez-Diaz S, Gordon-Dseagu V, Ramiro N, Basu A, Kim HH, Koenen KC.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Nov 12. 21(1):768. PMID: 34772345

Prioritize systemic approaches for young people's mental health.

Basu A.

Nat Hum Behav. 2021 10. 5(10):1264-1265. PMID: 34545235

Correction: The AURORA Study: a longitudinal, multimodal library of brain biology and function after traumatic stress exposure.

McLean SA, Ressler K, Koenen KC, Neylan T, Germine L, Jovanovic T, Clifford GD, Zeng D, An X, Linnstaedt S, Beaudoin F, House S, Bollen KA, Musey P, Hendry P, Jones CW, Lewandowski C, Swor R, Datner E, Mohiuddin K, Stevens JS, Storrow A, Kurz MC, McGrath ME, Fermann GJ, Hudak LA, Gentile N, Chang AM, Peak DA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Sergot P, Peacock WF, Diercks D, Sanchez LD, Rathlev N, Domeier R, Haran JP, Pearson C, Murty VP, Insel TR, Dagum P, Onnela JP, Bruce SE, Gaynes BN, Joormann J, Miller MW, Pietrzak RH, Buysse DJ, Pizzagalli DA, Rauch SL, Harte SE, Young LJ, Barch DM, Lebois LAM, van Rooij SJH, Luna B, Smoller JW, Dougherty RF, Pace TWW, Binder E, Sheridan JF, Elliott JM, Basu A, Fromer M, Parlikar T, Zaslavsky AM, Kessler R.

Mol Psychiatry. 2021 Jul. 26(7):3658. PMID: 32989243

A cross-national study of factors associated with women's perinatal mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Basu A, Kim HH, Basaldua R, Choi KW, Charron L, Kelsall N, Hernandez-Diaz S, Wyszynski DF, Koenen KC.

PLoS One. 2021. 16(4):e0249780. PMID: 33882096

Associations of intimate partner violence and financial adversity with familial homelessness in pregnant and postpartum women: A 7-year prospective study of the ALSPAC cohort.

Chan CS, Sarvet AL, Basu A, Koenen K, Keyes KM.

PLoS One. 2021. 16(1):e0245507. PMID: 33449965

Incident psychiatric comorbidity following stress disorder diagnoses in Danish school-aged children: prospective population-based study.

Basu A, Farkas DK, Jiang T, Koenen KC, Lash TL, Sørensen HT, Gradus JL.

Br J Psychiatry. 2020 07. 217(1):377-382. PMID: 31755399

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