PTSD: National Center for PTSD

Dawne Vogt, PhD

Research Scientist

Women's Health Sciences Division

Email: Dawne.Vogt@va.gov

Academic Appointment

• Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry

Education

• Northeastern University, Experimental Psychology, MA and PhD
• Central Connecticut State University, Psychology, BA

Expertise and Interests

• Impact of stress and trauma on military Veterans' mental health and well-being
• Promoting measurement of under-studied topics in stress and trauma research
• Identifying and reducing attitude and knowledge-based barriers to Veterans' help-seeking
• Improving the health and well-being of women Veterans

Featured Publications

Vogt, D., Borowski, S., Kumar, S. A., Lee, L. O., & Schnurr P. P. (2024). Psychosocial well-being at the time of trauma exposure and risk of PTSD. JAMA Network Open, 7(10) e2440388. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.40388 PTSDpubs id1640374 (PDF)

Vogt, D., Kligler, B., Darchuk, K., Elbogen, E., List, J. M., McMullen, T., Murphy, J. L., & Bokhour, B. (2024). Measuring the well-being of the whole person in clinical care, health research, and population health evaluation: Findings and recommendations from the XVIII Veterans Health Administration (VHA) State of the Art Meeting. Medical Care, 62(12), S4-S12. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000002084 PTSDpubs id1641280 (PDF)

Vogt, D., Borowski, S. C., Godier-McBard, L. R., Fossey, M. J., Copeland, L. A., Perkins, D. F., Finley, E. P. (2022). Changes in the health and broader well-being of U.S. veterans in the first three years after leaving military service: Overall trends and group differences. Social Science & Medicine, 294, 114702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114702 PTSDpubs id1586283 (PDF)

Vogt, D.S., Tyrell, F. A., Bramande, E. A., Nillni, Y. I., Taverna, E. A., Finley, E. P., Perkins, D. F., & Copeland, L. A. (2020). U.S. military veterans' health and well-being in the first year after service. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58(3), 352-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.10.016 PTSDpubs id1553337 (PDF)

Vogt, D., Perkins, D. F., Copeland, L. A., Finley, E. P., Jamieson, C. S., Booth, B., Lederer, S., & Gilman, C. L. (2018). The Veterans Metrics Initiative Study of U.S. Veterans' experiences during their transition from military service. BMJ Open, 8, e020734. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020734 PTSDpubs id50714 (PDF)

Find a full list of my publications on Google Scholar.

Key Projects

• Principal Investigator of The Veterans Metrics Initiative (TVMI), a study of Veterans’ health and well-being during the first three years after military service
• Principal Investigator of Life After Military Service (LAMS), a ten-year follow-up to the TVMI study
• Primary Developer of the following measures: Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory-2 (DRRI-2), Well-Being Inventory (WBI), Endorsed and Anticipated Stigma Inventory (EASI), and Well-Being Signs (WBS)

Membership in Professional Societies

• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Awards and Honors

• Shane J. Lopez Award for Professional Contributions in Positive Psychology, Division 17 (Positive Psychology Section), American Psychological Association, 2025
• “Top Pick” (top 5%) suicide-focused article, VHA Suicide Prevention Taskforce, 2024
• Two “Top Pick” (top 5%) suicide-focused articles, VHA Suicide Prevention Taskforce, 2022

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