Adjunct Faculty
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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.
Departments & Organizations
- Psychology Section
- Tsai Lab
- 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
Robert Rosenheck, MD
Peter Jongho Na, MD, MPH
Elina A. Stefanovics, PhD
Wesley Kasprow, PhD, MPH
501Publications
11,253Citations
Housing
Mental Health Services
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Publications
2026
Transportation needs and associations with healthcare needs among homeless-experienced veterans: Evidence from the 2022 CHALENG survey
Venegas M, Lampros A, Blue-Howells J, Tsai J. Transportation needs and associations with healthcare needs among homeless-experienced veterans: Evidence from the 2022 CHALENG survey. Journal Of Transport & Health 2026, 46: 102221. DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHomeless-experienced VeteransHealth needsPrimary careBehavioral healthHealthcare needsSocial determinantsSocial determinants of health domainsSecondary analysisNational cross-sectional surveySecondary analysis of dataCross-sectional surveyHierarchical logistic regressionHealth domainsEye careHomeless veteransUnmet needsOdds ratioCareDental needsVeteransLogistic regressionHealthAnalysis of dataOddsHygiene care
2025
Standardizing Measurement of Employment Outcomes in Vocational Research
Bond G, Stevenson B, Tsai J, Ottomanelli L, Nelson R, Yoon J, LePage J. Standardizing Measurement of Employment Outcomes in Vocational Research. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2025 PMID: 41359593, DOI: 10.1037/prj0000678.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsMeasures of employment outcomesEmployment outcomesOutcome PackageStandardized measuresCompetitive employmentCriterion validityJob acquisitionTime commitmentEmployment measuresPrimary outcomeMeta-analytic reviewEmployment earningsAmount of timeOutcomesPublished studiesEmploymentConceptual frameworkCriteriaJob stabilityReviewJobStudyMeasurementsRecommendationsVocational researchHepatitis B vaccination series completion among residents of low-income housing in Texas: An exploratory analysis of demographic and clinical factors
Grace A, Schick V, Quan F, Troisi C, Cantu A, Roberts L, Tsai J. Hepatitis B vaccination series completion among residents of low-income housing in Texas: An exploratory analysis of demographic and clinical factors. Vaccine 2025, 70: 128037. PMID: 41344305, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.128037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsResidents of low-income housingThree-dose vaccinationIntravenous drug usersExperience of homelessnessCommunity health workersLow-barrierLow-income housingTeams of community health workersVaccine seriesLow-income housing sitesHBV vaccinationTwo-doseDemographic factorsVaccine series completion ratesKaplan-Meir survival analysisSeries completionAssociated with hepatocellular carcinomaCompletion of vaccine seriesHBV vaccination seriesHBV vaccination programHousing sitesMultivariate logistic regressionSeries completion ratesAssociated with vaccine uptakeSusceptibility to infectionColorectal cancer screening, incidence, and mortality among aging veterans in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system by housing status
Beydoun H, Murthy S, Falker C, Tsai J. Colorectal cancer screening, incidence, and mortality among aging veterans in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system by housing status. GeroScience 2025, 1-12. PMID: 41275069, DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-02020-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsHomeless Patient Aligned Care TeamColorectal cancer screeningColorectal cancerVeterans AffairsU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare systemPatient Aligned Care TeamDepartment of Veterans Affairs healthcare systemOdds ratioU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsColorectal cancer morbidityHazard ratioDepartment of Veterans AffairsVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemCRC-specific mortalityVA healthcare servicesAssociated with lower oddsConfidence intervalsEvidence-based interventionsHigh riskCRC screeningPrimary careCare teamCancer screeningMultivariate regression modelVA databasesScreening for Major Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder in Laundromats As a New Setting for Community- Based Engagement and Intervention
Tsai J, McCann N. Screening for Major Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder in Laundromats As a New Setting for Community- Based Engagement and Intervention. Community Mental Health Journal 2025, 1-9. PMID: 41273661, DOI: 10.1007/s10597-025-01566-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderAlcohol use disorderHealthcare interventionsHealth interventionsHealth screeningNational estimatesUse disorderMental health screeningBehavioral health interventionsBehavioral health servicesFollow-up assessmentUnderserved individualsHealth servicesDepressive disorderMajor depressionFinancial barriersPositive screenPositive experiencesHealthcareAnnual incomeCollege educationPublic healthInterventionDisordersHealthAnthropometric indices of obesity and their relationships with diabetes risk by race and ethnicity among postmenopausal women
Beydoun M, Beydoun H, Tsai J, Tinker L, Gradidge P, Maldonado A, Le Kennedy J, Allison M, Jung S, Zonderman A, Evans M, Manson J. Anthropometric indices of obesity and their relationships with diabetes risk by race and ethnicity among postmenopausal women. Nutrition Metabolism And Cardiovascular Diseases 2025, 104430. PMID: 41387075, DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2025.104430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexWaist circumferenceAnthropometric measurementsDiabetes riskHarrell's C-statisticAnthropometric indicesWomen's Health Initiative participantsAnthropometric indices of obesityPostmenopausal womenPrediction of diabetes riskAssociated with diabetes riskBody shape indexBody roundness indexAbdominal volume indexMeasures of obesityIndices of obesityValues of anthropometric measurementsEthnic groupsPredictive value of anthropometric measurementsAdiposity EstimatorCut-off pointMultivariate Cox regression modelPredictive valueAbdominal adiposityRoundness indexShielded by strength: how character strengths buffer the link between Veteran status and homelessness in a national sample
Umucu E, Wagler A, Tsai J, Perrin P, Beaven P, Hernandez H, Herrera M, Al-Hanna N, Piplai A, Cheever K, Niemiec R, Lee B. Shielded by strength: how character strengths buffer the link between Veteran status and homelessness in a national sample. The Journal Of Positive Psychology 2025, ahead-of-print: 1-11. DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2025.2581997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Mixed-methods Study to Identify Behaviors of High-performing Contact Tracers
Tsai J, Grace A, Johnson P. A Mixed-methods Study to Identify Behaviors of High-performing Contact Tracers. Journal Of Public Health Management And Practice 2025, 31: e435-e440. PMID: 40997255, DOI: 10.1097/phh.0000000000002244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMixed-methods studyQualitative interviewsContact tracersPublic health activitiesProgram administrative dataAssurance of confidentialityContact tracing activitiesHealth activitiesComprehensive data collectionAdministrative dataMixed-methodsRapport buildingDisease surveillanceContact tracingInterviewsData collectionQualitative analysisContainment activitiesCity-wideRegular monitoringCOVID-19PracticeTracing practicesThe role of socioeconomic and structural vulnerability risk factors in employment outcomes for individuals with Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Zencir T, Celik Zencir A, Tekinarslan G, Koc M, Tsai J, Lee B, Umucu E. The role of socioeconomic and structural vulnerability risk factors in employment outcomes for individuals with Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Psychiatry Research 2025, 354: 116782. PMID: 41135203, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVR servicesVocational rehabilitationRehabilitation Services Administration Case Service ReportRisk factorsEmployment outcomesDisability-related characteristicsSocioeconomic risk factorsSeverity of disabilityPsychotic disordersHourly wagesVulnerability risk factorsVulnerability index scoresSociodemographic variablesSecondary disabilitiesService engagementService planningHousing instabilityNegative predictorService reportsHierarchical regression analysisAssociated with lower wagesLanguage limitationsVR service providersChildcare needsIndex scoreUse of and Outcomes in Veterans Affairs and Other Hospitals Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness After Expanded Access
Yoon J, Blonigen D, Tsai J. Use of and Outcomes in Veterans Affairs and Other Hospitals Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness After Expanded Access. Psychiatric Services 2025, 76: 1057-1065. PMID: 41103134, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20250122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNon-VA hospitalsVA-purchased careHomeless veteransVeterans AffairsVeterans' accessNon-VAMedical-surgicalVA hospitalsU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsPsychiatric hospitalHospital outcomesDepartment of Veterans AffairsNon-VA providersQuality of careAt-risk veteransInpatient discharge dataVeterans Choice ActAffordable Care ActRates of hospitalizationAssociated with lower probabilityHomelessness dataMedicaid expansion programVA enrollmentHomelessnessCare Act
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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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