PTSD: National Center for PTSD

Jillian C. Shipherd, PhD

Deputy Director of LGBTQ+ Health for Patient Care Services

Women's Health Sciences Division

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Academic Appointment

• Boston University School of Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry

Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo, Clinical Psychology, PhD, 2001
• State University of New York at Buffalo, Psychology, MA, 1998
• State University of New York at Albany, Psychology, BA, 1991

Expertise and Interests

• Sexual minority treatment
• Interface of mental and physical health in trauma recovery
• Risk and resilience factors in PTSD

Membership in Professional Societies

• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
• American Psychological Association
• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
• World Professional Association for Transgender Health

Awards and Honors

• 2020 Certificate of Commitment: Diversity & Inclusion Modernization Team VHA
• 2019 Laura Brown Award: American Psychological Association Division 35, Psychology of Women, Section 4 Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns.
• 2018 Achievement Award: GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality
• 2016 Carol Weisman and Gary Chase Gender-Based Research Award: The Women and Gender Health Interest Group of Academy Health. For the paper Factors Affecting Sexual and Gender Minority Women Veterans.
• Award for Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training for 2014: Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues (Division 44) of the American Psychological Association

Selected Publications

Lehavot, K., Beaver, K., Rhew, I., Dashtestani, K., Upham, M., Shipherd, J. C., Kauth, M., Kaysen, D., & Simpson, T. (2022). Disparities in mental health and health risk behaviors for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Veteran subgroups in a national US survey. LGBT Health, 9(8), 543-554. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2022.0039

Webermann, A. R., Dardis, C. M., Shipherd, J. C., & Iverson, K. M. (2022). A two-year examination of intimate partner violence and associated mental and physical health among sexual minority and heterosexual women Veterans. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2022.2053260

Livingston, N. A., Lynch, K., Hinds, Z., Gatsby, E., DuVall, S. L., & Shipherd, J. C. (2022). Identifying posttraumatic stress disorder and disparity among transgender Veterans using nationwide Veterans Health Administration electronic health record data. LGBT Health, 9(2), 94-102. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2021.0246

Shipherd, J. C., Lynch, K., Gatsby, E., Hinds, Z., DuVall, S. L., & Livingston, N. A. (2021). Estimating prevalence of PTSD among Veterans with minoritized sexual orientations using electronic health record data. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(10), 856-868. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000691.

Ruben, M. A., Kauth, M. R., Meterko, M., Norton, A. M., Matza, A. R., & Shipherd, J. C. (2021). Veterans' reported comfort in disclosing sexual orientation and gender identity. Medical Care, 59(6), 550-556. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001543

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