Academic Activities

Some of My Past Research

• The Interventional Psychiatry Registry Pilot: Tracking the long-term effectiveness and potential adverse effects of Ketamine, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) services, and newly developed antidepressants.

• The Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD² Study):Understanding the heterogeneity, progression, and underlying biology of bipolar illness and accelerating translation of these findings into day-to-day practice.

• Esketamine Nasal Spray: Understanding the efficacy as a standalone medication for severe depression.

• Improving Depression Via E-Health Access (IDEA) Study: Journal of Participatory Medicine - Integrating Patient Choice and Collaborative Care Managers to Implement eHealth Tools in Depression: Self-Report Pilot Study.

• Study to Promote Innovation in Rural Integrated Telepsychiatry (SPIRIT): A 5-year study conducted in primary care clinics in three states to promote access to care for severe and chronic mental illnesses.

• The BIO-K Study: Developing biomarkers that could help predict response to intravenous ketamine for major depression and bipolar illnesses.

• Public Psychiatry Fellowship, Columbia University, NY

• Visiting Research Fellowship, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, MA

• Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, MA (Now affiliated with University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA)

• Dr. Mario Pagenel Fellowship in Global Mental Health Delivery, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, MA

• Internship, Erasmus Hospital, Belgium

Some of My Publications

• Using IV ketamine for difficult-to-treat depression to identify biomarkers linked to remission of symptoms. CLICK HERE

• Implementing the use of three mental health self-health app into a primary care clinic and supporting patient use of the apps.

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• Looking at the efficacy of group medical visits for adult and older patients with bipolar disorder to promote access to care while facilitating sharing of lived experiences of the illness and its treatment.

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• Looking at the consequences of recurring depression and the cautionary steps to stop antidepressants

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• Evaluating factors influencing decisions for video visits versus phone visits for psychiatric care during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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CURRENT: See my Doximity public profile: https://www.doximity.com/pub/jennifer-severe-md

PAST

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School.

• Assistant Clerkship Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School.

• Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Fellowship as a Public Psychiatry Fellow at Columbia University.

• Chief Resident of Scholarly Activities, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School