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Jack Tsai

Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry
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Director, Yale Division of Mental Health Services and Treatment Outcomes Research

Research Director, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, VHA

Contact Info

Psychiatry

950 Campbell Ave., 151D

West Haven, CT 06511

United States

About

Titles

Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry

Director, Yale Division of Mental Health Services and Treatment Outcomes Research

Positions outside Yale

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.

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Research

Overview

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

Mental Health; Substance Use, Addiction; Health Systems Reform

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Jack Tsai's published research.

Publications

2024

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Chair for Committees in Div. 18 and 56, American Psychological Association

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    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

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    Commissioner, New Haven Commission on Disabilities

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    Chair, Caucus on Homelessness, American Public Health Association

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    Lead, VA VISN 1 Initiative to Expand Education and Research

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Psychiatry

950 Campbell Ave., 151D

West Haven, CT 06511

United States