Briana Mezuk, PhD
Education and Training |
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| 2009 | Post-doctoral fellowship |
| Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar Program | |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI | |
| 2007 | PhD, Mental Health |
| NIMH Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program | |
| Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore MD | |
| 2002 | Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience |
| Bachelor of Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science | |
| University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA | |
Contact Information
Department of Epidemiology
and Community Health
830 E. Main Street, Suite 5028
PO Box 980212
Richmond, VA 23298-0212
Phone: 804-628-2511
Fax: 804-828-9773
email: bmezuk@vcu.edu
My research interests are three-fold: (1) To understand the interface between behavior and physiology in order to integrate social, psychological and biological approaches to understanding health and illness over the life course, (2) To explore the multiple pathways linking psychiatric and physiological disorders, particularly chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and (3) To inform interventions which reflect an integrative approach to health to effectively reduce the burden of mental disorders.
Areas of inquiry: psychiatric epidemiology, depressive and anxiety disorders, metabolic disorders, geriatrics, stress and health over the life course, social disparities in health, suicide
Select Publications
Mezuk B, Eaton WW, Golden SH, Ding Y. Depression and risk of type 2 diabetes: The influence of educational attainment. American Journal of Public Health, 2008; 98:1480–1485.
Mezuk B, Eaton WW, Golden SH, Wand G, Lee HB. Depression, antidepressants and bone mineral density in a population-based cohort. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 2008; 63A(12):1410 – 1415
Mezuk B, Prescott MR, Tardiff K, Vlahov D, and Galea S. Suicide among older adults in long-term care: 1990 – 2005. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2008;56: 2107–2111.
Mezuk B, Eaton WW, Albrecht S, Golden SH. Depression and type 2 diabetes over the lifespan: a meta-analysis. Diabetes Care, 2008;31: 2383–2390.
Mezuk B and Rebok GW. Social integration and social support among older adults following driving cessation. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 2008;63(5):S298-303.
Mezuk B, Eaton WW, Zandi P. Participant characteristics that influence consent for genetic research in a population-based survey: the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Followup. Community Genetics, 2008;11:171-178.
Eaton WW, Kalaydjian A, Scharfstein D, Mezuk B, Ding Y. Prevalence and Incidence of Depressive Disorder: the Baltimore ECA Followup, 1981-2004. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2007;116(3):182-188.
