Assistant Professor in-Residence, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
School of Medicine

schizophrenia, clinical high-risk, homelessness, health disparities, stress, inflammation

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Novacek, D. M., Wynn, J. K., McCleery, A., Reavis, E. A., Senturk, D., Sugar, C. A., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2024). Sustained mental health and functional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Black and White Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 172, 102-107.

Hampton-Anderson, J. N., Novacek, D. M., Zhen-Duan, J., Latimer, S., Perry, T., & Renard, D. (2023). Redefining the role of public health professionals serving black youth seeking mental healthcare: Implications for training and mentoring. American Journal of Public Health, 113(S2), S114-S148.

McCleery, A., Wynn, J. K., Novacek, D. M., Reavis, E. A., Senturk, D., Sugar, C. A., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2023). The impact of psychological strengths on Veteran populations’ mental health trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59, 111-120.

Mertens, G., Engelhard, I. M., Novacek, D. M., & McNally, R. J. (2023). Managing fear during pandemics: Risks and opportunities. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Novacek, D. M., Wynn, J. K., McCleery, A., Reavis, E. A., Senturk, D., Sugar, C. A., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2022). Racial differences in the psychosocial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 92(5), 590-598.

Wynn, J. K., McCleery, A., Novacek, D. M., Reavis, E. A., Senturk, D., Sugar, C., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and functional outcomes in Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness: A 15-month longitudinal study. PLOS ONE, 17(8), e0273579.

Galan, C. A., Tung, I., Tabachnick, A., Sequeira, S., Novacek, D. M., Kahhale, I., Orozoco, N. J., Gonzalez, J. C., Bowdring, M. A., Boness, C. L., & Bekele, B. M. (2022). Combatting the conspiracy of silence: Clinician recommendations for talking about racism-related events with youth of color. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(5), 586-590.

DeLuca, J.S., Novacek, D. M., Adery, L. H., Herrera, S. N., Landa, Y., Corcoran, C. M., & Walker, E. F. (2022). Equity in mental health services for youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis: Considering marginalized identities and stressors. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 7(2), 176-197.

Novacek, D. M., Wynn, J. K., Gabrielian, S., Glynn, S. M., Hellemann, G., Horan, W. P., Kern, R. S., Lee, J., Marder, S. M., Sugar, C. A, & Green, M. F. (2022). Examining racial differences in community integration between Black and White homeless Veterans. Psychiatry Research, 308.

Sanchez Russo, R., Gambello , M. J., Murphy, M. M., Aberizk, K., Black, E., Burrell, T. L., Carlock, G., Cubells, J. F., Epstein, M. T., España R. A., Goines, K. B., Guest, R., Klaiman, C., Koh, S., Leslie, E. J., Li, L., Novacek, D. M., Saulnier, C. A., Sefik, E., Schultz, S., Walker, E. F., White, S., The Emory 3q29 Project, & Mulle, J. G. (2021). Deep phenotyping in 3q29 deletion syndrome: Recommendations for clinical care. Genetics in Medicine, 23, 872-880.

Schwarzbold, M. L., Kern, R. S., Novacek, D. M., McGovern, J. E., Catalano, L. T., & Green, M. F. (2021). Self-stigma in psychotic disorders: Clinical, cognitive, and functional correlates in a diverse sample. Schizophrenia Research, 28, 145-150.

McCleery, A., Wynn, J. K., Novacek, D. M., Reavis, E. A., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2021). Socioeconomic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic for Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e2169-e2178.

Loeb, T. B., Ebor, M. T., Smith, A. M., Chin, D., Novacek, D. M., Hampton-Anderson, J. N., Norwood-Scott, E., Hamilton, A., Brown, A. F., & Wyatt, G. E. (2021). How mental health professionals can address disparities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Traumatology, 27(1), 60-69.

Novacek, D. M., Hampton-Anderson, J. N., Ebor, M. T., Loeb, T. B., & Wyatt, G. E. (2020). Mental health ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Black Americans: Clinical and research recommendations. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(5), 449-451.

Novacek, D. M., LoPilato, A. M., Goines, K. B., Trotman, H. D., Compton, M. T., & Walker, E. F. (2019). Cultural considerations in the treatment of African American youth with attenuated psychosis syndrome: The importance of socio-contextual and clinical factors. In H. Li, L. Seidman, & D. Shapiro (Eds.), Handbook of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Across Cultures: International Perspectives on Early Identification and Intervention. New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Macdonald, A. N., Goines, K. B., Novacek, D. M., & Walker, E. F. (2016). Prefrontal mechanisms of comorbidity from a transdiagnostic and ontogenic perspective. Development and Psychopathology, 28, 1147-1175.

Waford, R. N., Macdonald, A. N., Goines, K. B., Novacek, D. M., Trotman, H. D., Walker, E. F., Addington, J. Bearden, C. E., Cadenhead, K. S., Cannon, T. D., Cornblatt, B. A., Heinssen, R., Mathalon, D. H., Tsuang, M. T., Perkins, D. O., Seidman, L. J., Woods, S. W., & McGlashan, T. (2015). Demographic correlates of attenuated positive psychotic symptoms. Schizophrenia Research, 166, 31-36.

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Last updated
07/17/2025