Kristen Nishimi, PhD, MPH

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    University of California, BerekelyBAPsychology
    Harvard TH Chan School of Public HealthMPHSocial and Behavioral Sciences
    Harvard UniversityPhDPopulation Health Sciences
    San Francisco VA Healthcare SystemPostdocMental Health and Data Science
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    Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health2019  - 2020PreDoctoral Fellowship, T32 in Psychiatric Genetics and Translational Research (NIMH)
    Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health2019  - 2020Harvard Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness Dissertation Award
    International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies2019ISTSS Student Poster Award Winner
    American Psychosomatic Society2022Young Investigator Colloquium Scholar
    UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences2022Trainee Research Award
    Society of Biological Psychiatry2023Early Career Investigator Travel Fellowship Award
    American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2023Travel Award

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    Dr. Kristen Nishimi is a social and psychiatric epidemiologist, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at UCSF in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and a research health science specialist in Mental Health at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California Berkeley, followed by an MPH at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, a PhD in Population Health Sciences at Harvard University, and a post-doctoral fellowship at UCSF and the San Francisco VA Health Care System.

    Her research has focused on understanding the relationships between trauma, mental, and physical health across the lifecourse. She has developed expertise in applying advanced epidemiological methods to observational and clinical data, to identify relationships between adversity and trauma exposure across the life course, with mental, behavioral, and physical health endpoints. Her research seeks to understand the pathways and mechanisms by which trauma, mental, and physical health intertwine, particularly via impacts on systemic inflammation and immune system functioning. Dr. Nishimi is also interested in an assets-based perspective in understanding the manifestation of psychological resilience to trauma, and its potential broad benefit to physical health and chronic disease.

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    Inflammatory challenge and fear extinction: A model to enhance understanding of posttraumatic stress disorder
    NIMH R01MH135076Jan 1, 2024 - Oct 31, 2028
    Role: Postdoctoral Fellow
    Gut Reactions: The Microbiome in Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Faculty Pilot Award: Microbiome Research ProgramNov 1, 2023 - Nov 1, 2024
    Role: Co-Investigator
    PTSD and Autoimmune Disease: Towards Causal Effects, Risk Factors, and Mitigators
    US Department of Veterans Affairs Research & Development 1IK2CX002627Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2028
    Role: Principal Investigator (Career Development Award)

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    1. Lifetime Trauma Exposure and Arthritis in Older Adults. Psychosom Med. 2024 Oct 01; 86(8):670-680. Nishimi K, Chen R, Schmajuk G, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A. PMID: 38973730; PMCID: PMC11444888.
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    2. The Prevalence, Predictors, and Health Consequences of Disagreement in Reports of Child Maltreatment Exposure. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 May 30. Dunn EC, Ernst SC, Nishimi K, Choi KR. PMID: 38816628.
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    3. Prepandemic Resilience to Trauma and COVID-19 Infection in Older Women. Psychosom Med. 2024 Sep 01; 86(7):625-632. Scoglio AAJ, Choi KW, Nishimi K, Sampson L, Koenen KC, Roberts AL, Jha S, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 38573019; PMCID: PMC11371542.
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    4. Prior resilience to trauma & coping during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2024; 19(5):e0297169. Scoglio AAJ, Nishimi K, Choi KW, Koenen KC, Sampson LA, Jha SC, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 38713693; PMCID: PMC11075842.
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    5. Association of psychiatric disorders with clinical diagnosis of long COVID in US veterans. Psychol Med. 2024 Jul; 54(9):2024-2032. Nishimi K, Neylan TC, Bertenthal D, Seal KH, O'Donovan A. PMID: 38311905; PMCID: PMC11345858.
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    6. Coping and emotion regulation: A conceptual and measurement scoping review. Can Psychol. 2024 Aug; 65(3):149-162. Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Boucher G, Morin C, Mondragon P, Guimond AJ, Nishimi K, Choi KW, Denckla C. PMID: 39371329; PMCID: PMC11449430.
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    7. Psychological resilience to lifetime trauma and risk for cardiometabolic disease and mortality in older adults: A longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2023; (175):111539. K Nishimi, D Bürgin, A O'Donovan. View Publication.
    8. Coping and emotion regulation: A scoping conceptual and measurement review. Canadian Psychology. 2023; In press. Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Boucher G, Morin C, Mondragon C, Guimond AJ, Nishimi K, Choi K, Denckla C .
    9. Psychological resilience to lifetime trauma and risk for cardiometabolic disease and mortality in older adults: A longitudinal cohort study. J Psychosom Res. 2023 Oct 27; 175:111539. Nishimi K, Bürgin D, O'Donovan A. PMID: 39491282.
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    10. Psychological Resilience to Trauma and Risk of COVID-19 Infection and Somatic Symptoms Across 2 Years. Psychosom Med. 2023 Jul-Aug 01; 85(6):488-497. Nishimi K, Tan J, Scoglio A, Choi KW, Kelley DP, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A. PMID: 37199425; PMCID: PMC10524129.
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    11. Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for hospitalization and death following COVID-19 infection. Transl Psychiatry. 2022 11 22; 12(1):482. Nishimi K, Neylan TC, Bertenthal D, Dolsen EA, Seal KH, O'Donovan A. PMID: 36411283; PMCID: PMC9678873.
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    12. A life course approach to understanding stress exposures and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults. Soc Sci Med. 2022 12; 314:115448. Chen R, Williams DR, Nishimi K, Slopen N, Kubzansky LD, Weuve J. PMID: 36274453; PMCID: PMC10069937.
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    13. Identifying correlates of suicide ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional analysis of 148 sociodemographic and pandemic-specific factors. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 12; 156:186-193. Dolsen EA, Nishimi K, LeWinn KZ, Byers AL, Tripp P, Woodward E, Khan AJ, Marx BP, Borsari B, Jiha A, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A. PMID: 36252348; PMCID: PMC9553642.
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    14. Pre-pandemic resilience to trauma and mental health outcomes during COVID-19. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2023 Mar; 58(3):453-465. Choi KW, Nishimi K, Jha SC, Sampson L, Hahn J, Kang JH, Koenen KC, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 36169684; PMCID: PMC9514982.
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    15. Trauma, psychological distress and markers of systemic inflammation among US women: A longitudinal study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2022 11; 145:105915. Lawn RB, Murchland AR, Kim Y, Chibnik LB, Tworoger SS, Rimm EB, Sumner JA, Roberts AL, Nishimi KM, Ratanatharathorn AD, Jha SC, Koenen KC, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 36115323; PMCID: PMC10448736.
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    16. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Accelerated Aging: Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Nurses' Health Study II. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci. 2023 Jul; 3(3):510-518. Ratanatharathorn A, Roberts AL, Chibnik LB, Choi KW, De Vivo I, Kim Y, Nishimi K, Rimm EB, Sumner JA, Kubzansky LD, Koenen KC. PMID: 37519465; PMCID: PMC10382693.
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    17. Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and timing of menopause and gynecological surgery in the Nurses' Health Study II. J Psychosom Res. 2022 08; 159:110947. Nishimi K, Thurston RC, Chibnik LB, Roberts AL, Sumner JA, Lawn RB, Tworoger SS, Kim Y, Koenen KC, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 35644086; PMCID: PMC9197996.
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    18. Prior trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 07; 151:399-404. Nishimi K, Borsari B, Tripp P, Jiha A, Dolsen EA, Woolley JD, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A. PMID: 35588548; PMCID: PMC9096691.
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    19. Association of Psychiatric Disorders With Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infection Among Vaccinated Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 04 01; 5(4):e227287. Nishimi K, Neylan TC, Bertenthal D, Seal KH, O'Donovan A. PMID: 35420660; PMCID: PMC9011123.
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    20. Psychological resilience and diurnal salivary cortisol in young adulthood. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2022 06; 140:105736. Nishimi K, Koenen KC, Coull BA, Segerstrom SC, Austin SB, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 35339812; PMCID: PMC9081221.
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    21. Worse sleep, worsening post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Poor sleep quality associated with increases in PTSD symptoms amongst those experiencing high threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Sleep Res. 2022 10; 31(5):e13568. Straus LD, Dolsen EA, Nishimi K, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A. PMID: 35199399; PMCID: PMC9115198.
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    22. Sexual Violence and Risk of Hypertension in Women in the Nurses' Health Study II: A 7-Year Prospective Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 03; 11(5):e023015. Lawn RB, Nishimi KM, Sumner JA, Chibnik LB, Roberts AL, Kubzansky LD, Rich-Edwards JW, Koenen KC, Thurston RC. PMID: 35189695; PMCID: PMC9075082.
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    23. Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms associated with protective and risky behaviors for coronavirus disease 2019. Health Psychol. 2022 Feb; 41(2):104-114. Nishimi K, Borsari B, Marx BP, Tripp P, Woodward E, Rosen RC, Cohen BE, Maven D, Jiha A, Woolley JD, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A. PMID: 35238581; PMCID: PMC8932400.
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    24. Clusters of COVID-19 protective and risky behaviors and their associations with pandemic, socio-demographic, and mental health factors in the United States. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Feb; 25:101671. Nishimi K, Borsari B, Marx BP, Rosen RC, Cohen BE, Woodward E, Maven D, Tripp P, Jiha A, Woolley JD, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A. PMID: 34926133; PMCID: PMC8669937.
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    25. Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Treatment Among Middle-Aged and Older Women in the Nurses' Health Study II. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2022 05; 30(5):588-602. Sampson L, Jha SC, Roberts AL, Lawn RB, Nishimi KM, Ratanatharathorn A, Sumner JA, Kang JH, Kubzansky LD, Rimm EB, Koenen KC. PMID: 34916131; PMCID: PMC8983445.
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    26. Master-planned communities in the United States as novel contexts for individual and population-level research. Prev Med. 2022 01; 154:106864. Nishimi K, Glickman E, Smith K, Ben-Joseph E, Carson S, Vranceanu AM, Dunn EC. PMID: 34740677.
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    27. Association of Psychological Resilience With Healthy Lifestyle and Body Weight in Young Adulthood. J Adolesc Health. 2022 02; 70(2):258-266. Nishimi KM, Koenen KC, Coull BA, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 34521575; PMCID: PMC8792157.
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    28. Psychological resilience predicting cardiometabolic conditions in adulthood in the Midlife in the United States Study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 08 10; 118(32). Nishimi KM, Koenen KC, Coull BA, Chen R, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 34341103; PMCID: PMC8364125.
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    29. COVID-19 related moral injury: Associations with pandemic-related perceived threat and risky and protective behaviors. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 10; 142:80-88. Khan AJ, Nishimi K, Tripp P, Maven D, Jiha A, Woodward E, Inslicht S, Richards A, Neylan TC, Maguen S, O'Donovan A. PMID: 34330024; PMCID: PMC9749911.
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    30. Association between psychological resilience and cognitive function in older adults: effect modification by inflammatory status. Geroscience. 2021 12; 43(6):2749-2760. Jung SJ, Lee GB, Nishimi K, Chibnik L, Koenen KC, Kim HC. PMID: 34184172; PMCID: PMC8238632.
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    31. Associations of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder with aldosterone in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2021 10; 132:105341. Nishimi K, Adler GK, Roberts AL, Sumner JA, Jung SJ, Chen Q, Tworoger S, Koenen KC, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 34217044; PMCID: PMC8487934.
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    32. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Likelihood of Hormone Therapy Use among Women in the Nurses' Health Study II: A 26-Year Prospective Analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 03; 30(3):492-498. Lawn RB, Nishimi KM, Kim Y, Jung SJ, Roberts AL, Sumner JA, Thurston RC, Chibnik LB, Rimm EB, Ratanatharathorn AD, Jha SC, Koenen KC, Tworoger SS, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 33355196; PMCID: PMC8049954.
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    33. Compounding Stress: Childhood Adversity as a Risk Factor for Adulthood Trauma Exposure in the Health and Retirement Study. J Trauma Stress. 2021 02; 34(1):124-136. Bürgin D, Boonmann C, Schmeck K, Schmid M, Tripp P, Nishimi K, O'Donovan A. PMID: 33200440; PMCID: PMC7887022.
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    34. The mental health effects of pet death during childhood: is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021 Oct; 30(10):1547-1558. Crawford KM, Zhu Y, Davis KA, Ernst S, Jacobsson K, Nishimi K, Smith ADAC, Dunn EC. PMID: 32910227; PMCID: PMC7943653.
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    35. An Exposure-Wide and Mendelian Randomization Approach to Identifying Modifiable Factors for the Prevention of Depression. Am J Psychiatry. 2020 10 01; 177(10):944-954. Choi KW, Stein MB, Nishimi KM, Ge T, Coleman JRI, Chen CY, Ratanatharathorn A, Zheutlin AB, Dunn EC, 23andMe Research Team, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Breen G, Koenen KC, Smoller JW. PMID: 32791893; PMCID: PMC9361193.
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    36. Features of Childhood Maltreatment and Resilience Capacity in Adulthood: Results from a Large Community-Based Sample. J Trauma Stress. 2020 10; 33(5):665-676. Nishimi K, Choi KW, Davis KA, Powers A, Bradley B, Dunn EC. PMID: 32537815; PMCID: PMC7828462.
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    37. Measures of adult psychological resilience following early-life adversity: how congruent are different measures? Psychol Med. 2021 11; 51(15):2637-2646. Nishimi K, Choi KW, Cerutti J, Powers A, Bradley B, Dunn EC. PMID: 32406816; PMCID: PMC7863576.
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    38. Posttraumatic stress disorder and changes in diet quality over 20 years among US women. Psychol Med. 2021 01; 51(2):310-319. Kim Y, Roberts AL, Rimm EB, Chibnik LB, Tworoger SS, Nishimi KM, Sumner JA, Koenen KC, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 31769371; PMCID: PMC8063582.
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    39. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Inflammation: Untangling Issues of Bidirectionality. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 05 15; 87(10):885-897. Sumner JA, Nishimi KM, Koenen KC, Roberts AL, Kubzansky LD. PMID: 31932029; PMCID: PMC7211139.
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    40. Nursing education partnerships between western high-income universities and non-governmental agencies and low-income local agencies: A scoping review of the literature. J Prof Nurs. 2020 May - Jun; 36(3):147-157. Nishimi K, Street NW. PMID: 32527637.
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    41. Time-Dependent Effects of Exposure to Physical and Sexual Violence on Psychopathology Symptoms in Late Childhood: In Search of Sensitive Periods in Development. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 02; 59(2):283-295.e4. Dunn EC, Nishimi K, Neumann A, Renaud A, Cecil CAM, Susser ES, Tiemeier H. PMID: 31078631; PMCID: PMC7448802.
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    42. Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and television viewing patterns in the Nurses' Health Study II: A longitudinal analysis. PLoS One. 2019; 14(3):e0213441. Jung SJ, Winning A, Roberts AL, Nishimi K, Chen Q, Gilsanz P, Sumner JA, Fernandez CA, Rimm EB, Kubzansky LD, Koenen KC. PMID: 30897111; PMCID: PMC6428392.
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    43. Posttraumatic stress disorder and incidence of thyroid dysfunction in women. Psychol Med. 2019 11; 49(15):2551-2560. Jung SJ, Kang JH, Roberts AL, Nishimi K, Chen Q, Sumner JA, Kubzansky L, Koenen KC. PMID: 30488818.
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    44. Developmental timing of trauma exposure and emotion dysregulation in adulthood: Are there sensitive periods when trauma is most harmful? J Affect Disord. 2018 02; 227:869-877. Dunn EC, Nishimi K, Gomez SH, Powers A, Bradley B. PMID: 29254068; PMCID: PMC5805641.
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    45. Is developmental timing of trauma exposure associated with depressive and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in adulthood? J Psychiatr Res. 2017 01; 84:119-127. Dunn EC, Nishimi K, Powers A, Bradley B. PMID: 27728852; PMCID: PMC5479490.
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    46. Elevated risk for autoimmune disorders in iraq and afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Feb 15; 77(4):365-74. O'Donovan A, Cohen BE, Seal KH, Bertenthal D, Margaretten M, Nishimi K, Neylan TC. PMID: 25104173; PMCID: PMC4277929.
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