Mihaela Aslan, PhD
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Director, Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (CSP-CERC), Veterans Health Administration
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Mihaela Aslan, Ph.D., is a graduate from the Department of Statistics at Yale University. As a mathematical statistician, she conducts methodological research on a range of topics, such as growth mixture models, competing risks methods in survival analysis, and observational methods to emulate randomized clinical trials. Multi-site observational study design represents another major methodological focus of Dr. Aslan's research. Some of her representative studies have focused on clinical topics such as prostate cancer, PTSD, suicidal ideation and behavior in patients with severe mental illness, Gulf War syndrome, and prediabetes. In her 23-year tenure with the Yale University School of Medicine and the VA Cooperative Studies Program (CSP), and in her current role as the Director of Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (CERC), her goals are centered around advancing scientific knowledge, and helping train the next generation of analysts on applied clinical epidemiology methods, for improving translation and implementation of research results into clinical practice, and to benefit the health and healthcare of Veterans, and by extension, of all human beings.
Last Updated on June 18, 2025.
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- PhD
- Yale University (2002)
- MS
- Yale University, Statistics
- MS
- University of Bucharest, Probability and Statistics
- BS
- University of Bucharest, Mathematics (1994)
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Nallakkandi Rajeevan, PhD
Lei Yan, PhD
John Concato, MD, FACP, MS, MPH
Renato Polimanti, PhD, MSc
Yuan Huang, PhD
Hongyu Zhao, PhD
59Publications
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2026
Treatment Selection for Major Depressive Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Outpatients
Aslan M, Tylee D, Chen P, Dai Y, Li Y, Mutalik P, Yan L, Huang X, Polimanti R, Wang Z, Mohamed S. Treatment Selection for Major Depressive Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Outpatients. JAMA Network Open 2026, 9: e2628853. PMID: 42593793, PMCID: PMC13474042, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.28853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricOseltamivir for Treatment of Influenza Among Outpatient Veterans: Target Trial Emulation
Yan L, Li Y, Vergun R, Rajeevan N, Berry K, Mutalik P, Anderson K, Vales J, Hynes D, Bui D, Lin H, Huang Y, Aslan M, Ioannou G, Bajema K. Oseltamivir for Treatment of Influenza Among Outpatient Veterans: Target Trial Emulation. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2026, 13: ofag464. PMID: 42639473, PMCID: PMC13501924, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofag464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricComparative Effectiveness of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Versus Oral Agents for Insulin Discontinuation in Type 2 Diabetes : A Target Trial Emulation.
Lipska K, Yan L, Mutalik P, Li J, Gulanski B, Ioannou G, Aslan M. Comparative Effectiveness of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Versus Oral Agents for Insulin Discontinuation in Type 2 Diabetes : A Target Trial Emulation. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2026, 179: 1128-1139. PMID: 42441965, DOI: 10.7326/annals-25-05216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH KeywordsAssociation between deployment and Gulf War Illness and adverse COVID outcomes in a nationwide cohort of 1990–1991 Gulf Era war veterans in the VA’s Million Veteran Program
White D, NonoDjotsa A, Ahmed S, Boyle S, Gaziano J, Thompson A, Johnson M, Gifford E, Polimanti R, Aslan M, Hauser E, Helmer D, Program O. Association between deployment and Gulf War Illness and adverse COVID outcomes in a nationwide cohort of 1990–1991 Gulf Era war veterans in the VA’s Million Veteran Program. PLOS ONE 2026, 21: e0348594. PMID: 42296096, PMCID: PMC13268159, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0348594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricObservational and genetically-informed characterization of Gulf War Illness symptoms in 1990–1991 Gulf War deployed Veterans and non-deployed Gulf War Era Veterans
He J, Qiu D, Steele L, Quaden R, Harrington K, Gifford E, Aslan M, Helmer D, Hauser E, Polimanti R. Observational and genetically-informed characterization of Gulf War Illness symptoms in 1990–1991 Gulf War deployed Veterans and non-deployed Gulf War Era Veterans. Environmental Health 2026, 25: 71. PMID: 42277823, PMCID: PMC13479420, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-026-01316-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-deployment sleep duration predicts longitudinal posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in US Army soldiers deployed to the Iraq war zone
Bottari S, Pless Kaiser A, Lee L, Aslan M, Vasterling J. Pre-deployment sleep duration predicts longitudinal posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in US Army soldiers deployed to the Iraq war zone. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2026, 122: 103198. PMID: 42284953, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2026.103198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCombining Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Mindfulness Training for Binge Eating Disorder: Protocol for a Feasibility Trial
Sala M, Roos C, Ascarrunz D, Stern C, Bricker J, Feldman J, Levinson C, Aslan M, Hay J, Kober H. Combining Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Mindfulness Training for Binge Eating Disorder: Protocol for a Feasibility Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2026, 15: e91761. PMID: 42061840, PMCID: PMC13135158, DOI: 10.2196/91761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricGenomic interplay between deployment exposures and Gulf War illness in Million Veteran Program participants
Qiu D, He J, Steele L, Quaden R, Harrington K, Ahmed S, Gaziano J, Gifford E, Aslan M, Helmer D, Hauser E, Polimanti R. Genomic interplay between deployment exposures and Gulf War illness in Million Veteran Program participants. Human Genomics 2026, 20: 82. PMID: 41896945, PMCID: PMC13147720, DOI: 10.1186/s40246-026-00951-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsBiological insights into schizophrenia from ancestrally diverse populations
Bigdeli T, Chatzinakos C, Bendl J, Barr P, Venkatesh S, Gorman B, Clarence T, Genovese G, Iyegbe C, Peterson R, Kolokotronis S, Burstein D, Meyers J, Li Y, Natarajan S, Francis M, Rajeevan N, Cheung K, DeLisi L, Kosten T, Zhao H, Achtyes E, Buckley P, Malaspina D, Lehrer D, Rapaport M, Braff D, Pato M, Fanous A, Pato C, Huang G, Muralidhar S, Gaziano J, Pyarajan S, Girdhar K, Lee D, Hoffman G, Aslan M, Fullard J, Voloudakis G, Harvey P, Roussos P. Biological insights into schizophrenia from ancestrally diverse populations. Nature 2026, 651: 404-413. PMID: 41565822, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-10000-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricDurability of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Effectiveness Among US Veterans
Bajema K, Bui D, Yan L, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Vergun R, Sriskantharajah V, Hynes D, Berry K, Huang Y, Lin H, Aslan M, Ioannou G. Durability of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Effectiveness Among US Veterans. JAMA Internal Medicine 2026, 186: 78-88. PMID: 41284307, PMCID: PMC12645397, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.6355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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