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.
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- 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
Elina A. Stefanovics, PhD
Peter Jongho Na, MD, MPH
Marc Potenza, PhD, MD
531Publications
11,781Citations
Housing
Mental Health Services
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Publications
2026
Sex-Specific Associations Between Cannabis Use, Suicidal Intent, and Suicidal Ideation Among Low-Income U.S. Veterans
Stefanovics E, Potenza M, Tsai J. Sex-Specific Associations Between Cannabis Use, Suicidal Intent, and Suicidal Ideation Among Low-Income U.S. Veterans. Journal Of Community Health 2026, 1-8. PMID: 41814038, DOI: 10.1007/s10900-026-01553-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderLifetime cannabis useCannabis useLifetime suicidal ideationSuicidal ideationSuicidal intentU.S. veteransAssociated with lifetime suicidal ideationLifetime prevalence of suicidal ideationPrevalence of suicidal ideationDepressive disorderSuicidal behaviorIdeationNon-white veteransWhite veteransVeteransSex-specific associationsCannabisSex-SpecificSociodemographic measuresSuicideVeteran homelessnessClinical factorsYounger ageMultivariate analysisTraumatic Brain Injury among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Veterans accessing Veterans Health Administration Homeless Services: A Preliminary Examination.
Holliday R, Lum S, Kindler C, Jordan S, Aase D, Iwamasa G, Liu S, Tsai J, Molella L, Monteith L. Traumatic Brain Injury among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Veterans accessing Veterans Health Administration Homeless Services: A Preliminary Examination. Hawai‘i Journal Of Medicine & Public Health 2026, 85: 64-72. PMID: 41853296, PMCID: PMC12995371, DOI: 10.62547/untk4831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHomeless veteransHomeless servicesVeterans Health AdministrationTraumatic brain injuryRates of traumatic brain injuryNative HawaiiansVeterans Health Administration servicesHealth service deliveryPosttraumatic stress disorderVA service-connected disabilityService deliveryService useComparing samplesBrain injuryMilitary serviceService-connected disabilityElevated ratesTBI-related sequelaeWhite veteransVeteran subgroupsStress disorderPacific IslandersMental healthSociocultural differencesTBI sequelaePermanent Supportive Housing and Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis
Khatana S, Wu J, Groeneveld P, Reina V, Tsai J, Roberts E. Permanent Supportive Housing and Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2026, 1-10. PMID: 41792542, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10219-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsPermanent supportive housingHUD-VASHSupportive housingDepartment of HousingHomelessnessDiD estimatesPercentage pointsHousingVouchersVeteransED visitsCardiovascular diseaseBurden of cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular ED visitsAssistanceProbabilityBackgroundVeteransChronic cardiovascular diseaseYears of ageOutcomesHealthPrevalence of Civil Legal Needs and Associated Characteristics Among US Department of Veterans Affairs Patients: A National Survey
Griesemer I, Peltzman T, Rupcic S, Rice K, Byrne T, Tsai J, Shiner B, Hausmann L. Prevalence of Civil Legal Needs and Associated Characteristics Among US Department of Veterans Affairs Patients: A National Survey. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2026, 1-10. PMID: 41787221, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10268-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVA patientsVeterans AffairsStratified random sampleRandom sample of VA patientsPatient needsBackgroundThe DepartmentHealth-related social needsDepartment of Veterans AffairsVA administrative dataMedical-legal collaborationDepartment of Veterans Affairs patientsProportion of participantsCivil legal needsMode of screeningVeterans Affairs patientsLegal needsUS DepartmentHealthcare patientsVA's abilityVA benefitsFinancial strainAdministrative dataBivariate associationsClinical characteristicsLogistic regressionFunctional Limitations and Associated Factors among Older Low-Income U.S. Veterans: Results from the National Veteran Homeless and Other Poverty Experiences Study
Liang J, Tsai J. Functional Limitations and Associated Factors among Older Low-Income U.S. Veterans: Results from the National Veteran Homeless and Other Poverty Experiences Study. Military Medicine 2026, usag085. PMID: 41780502, DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usag085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInstrumental activities of daily livingInstrumental activities of daily living limitationsLow-income veteransADL limitationsFunctional limitationsInstrumental activitiesVeteran homelessnessMental healthSurvey-weighted logistic regression modelsU.S. veteransActivities of daily livingIntegrated care modelHigher anxietyMental health screeningAssociated with higher anxietyPrevalence of activitiesDescriptive subgroup analysisLogistic regression modelsCare modelSocial determinantsMental diagnosesDaily livingPsychosocial factorsChronic conditionsADLPathways into homelessness and perspectives on prevention: A qualitative study of army veterans.
Koh K, D'Olympia J, Hooshyar D, Vranceanu A, Garde S, Ginsburg Z, Ré K, Spaulding M, Naifeh J, Nock M, Wagner J, Ursano R, Tsai J. Pathways into homelessness and perspectives on prevention: A qualitative study of army veterans. PLOS ONE 2026, 21: e0342060. PMID: 41770827, PMCID: PMC12952654, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVA disability benefitsHybrid deductive-inductive approachQualitative studyDisability benefitsIndividual semi-structured interviewsMental health careArmy veteransCivilian lifeDeductive-inductive approachPrevention of homelessnessEpisodes of homelessnessUS Army veteransSemi-structured interviewsVeterans' perspectivesMental illnessHealth careLack of awarenessVeteran homelessnessHomelessness preventionInterview transcriptsAdequate employmentHomelessnessSubthemesArmy Study To Assess RiskSTARRS-LSSynthEHR-eviction: enhancing eviction SDoH detection with LLM-augmented synthetic EHR data
Yao Z, Zhao Y, Mitra A, Levy D, Druhl E, Tsai J, Yu H. SynthEHR-eviction: enhancing eviction SDoH detection with LLM-augmented synthetic EHR data. Npj Digital Medicine 2026 PMID: 41760885, DOI: 10.1038/s41746-026-02473-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsElectronic health recordsSynthetic EHR dataInformation extraction tasksHuman-in-the-loopMacro F1-scoreCost-effective deploymentExtraction taskAnnotation effortDataset creationModel sizeEHR dataHealth recordsDatasetAnnotationDownstream applicationsClinical notesBioBERTSocial determinantsPipelineMental healthDeploymentHousing instabilityStructured fieldsDetectionSDOHMapping food access: how neighborhood deprivation shapes healthy food availability in the United Kingdom
Beydoun M, Georgescu M, Banerjee S, Beydoun H, Noren Hooten N, Khubchandani J, Maldonado A, Tsai J, Weiss J, Evans M, Zonderman A. Mapping food access: how neighborhood deprivation shapes healthy food availability in the United Kingdom. BMC Public Health 2026, 26: 1048. PMID: 41731433, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-26664-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsIndex of Multiple DeprivationNational Index of Multiple DeprivationLower Layer Super Output AreaHealthy food availabilityArea-level deprivationFood access barriersSmall area geographiesSuper Output AreasSocioeconomic deprivationHealth inequalitiesDeprivation indexDeprivation domainsUnited KingdomLow deprivationNational indexMultiple DeprivationEmployment deprivationRural settingsStructural disadvantageDeprivation measuresBackgroundLimited accessAccess barriersOutput areasMultinomial regressionCensus boundariesSpiritual Supports for Formerly Unhoused US Veterans: A Quality Improvement Evaluation
Palmer J, Kertesz S, Harvey K, Tsai J, S. Roncarati J, Sista A, Hyde J. Spiritual Supports for Formerly Unhoused US Veterans: A Quality Improvement Evaluation. Journal Of Religion And Health 2026, 1-24. PMID: 41721180, DOI: 10.1007/s10943-026-02592-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsHUD-VASH programVeterans Health AdministrationHUD-VASHSupportive housingSpiritual supportQuantitative web-based surveyUS Department of HousingPermanent supportive housingDepartment of HousingQuantitative analysis of survey dataAnalysis of survey dataFocus groupsVeterans Health Administration providersWell-beingUS Veterans Health AdministrationVeteran-centered careSurvey of VeteransHousing outcomesAt-risk veteransVeteran homelessnessMixed-methods evaluationFocus group dataSurvey response rateVeteran clientsRapid qualitative analysisProvider and Veteran Perspectives on the Resources Needed to Mitigate Veteran Homelessness
Misedah‐Robinson L, Kinney R, Tsai J. Provider and Veteran Perspectives on the Resources Needed to Mitigate Veteran Homelessness. Journal Of Community Psychology 2026, 54: e70093. PMID: 41697231, PMCID: PMC12908693, DOI: 10.1002/jcop.70093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVeteran homelessnessFinancial supportHousing optionsSupportive housingMental health resourcesMental health servicesProgram service providersHomelessnessJob trainingExternal supportVeterans SurveyVeterans' perspectivesHealth servicesHealth resourcesHousingQualitative dataLocal educationVeteransService providersProvidersServicesQualitative analysisSupportResourcesEmployment
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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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