Muniza Majoka, MBBS
Assistant Professor of PsychiatryDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Psychiatry
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Biography
Muniza Anum Majoka is a graduate of Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan. She did her psychiatric residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn. She then went on to complete two fellowships: Geriatric psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Interventional Psychiatry at Yale.
Throughout her psychiatric training she has been a part of the American Psychiatric Association. She was an APAF Diversity Leadership Fellow and was elected as chair of the Minority Fellowship Program. She is currently a corresponding member of the APA Practice Guidelines Committee.
Appointments
Psychiatry
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Interventional Psychiatry Service
- Psychiatry
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale School of Medicine (2022)
- Fellow
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Resident
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- MBBS
- Rawalpindi Medical College
Research
Overview
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Electroconvulsive Therapy; Geriatric Psychiatry; Mood Disorders; Neurocognitive Disorders
Publications
2021
Effect of Social Determinants of Health on Cognition and Risk of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias.
Majoka MA, Schimming C. Effect of Social Determinants of Health on Cognition and Risk of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias. Clinical Therapeutics 2021 PMID: 34103175, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Electroconvulsive Therapy as an Evidence-Based Treatment for Acute Depression in Bipolar Disorder.
Kellner CH, Majoka MA. Electroconvulsive Therapy as an Evidence-Based Treatment for Acute Depression in Bipolar Disorder. The Journal Of ECT 2020, 36: e33. PMID: 31977577, DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000649.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
honor APAF Diversity Leadership Fellow
National AwardAmerican Psychiatric AssociationDetails03/02/2020United Stateshonor ISEN Trainee Travel Award
National AwardInternational Society of ECT and NeuromodulationDetails03/01/2020United Stateshonor AAGP Honors Scholar
National AwardAmerican Association of Geriatric PsychiatryDetails03/01/2019United States