Jack Tsai

Dr. Tsai currently serves as Campus Dean and Professor at UTHealth School of Public Health, and also as Research Director for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans. He served as 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 at Yale and remains active on projects. He has received federally funded grants and published 200 peer-reviewed articles on topics related to homelessness, severe mental illness, trauma, and health disparities. He has been a grant reviewer for the VA, PCORI, Social Security Administration, and several foundations. He has held leadership positions in the American Psychological Association and the American Public Health Association, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. He is involved in teaching and mentoring trainees at VA, Yale, UTHealth, and other universities.