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Geetha Shivakumar, M.D.

Geetha Shivakumar, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Psychiatry
Graduate Programs
Clinical Psychology

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  • Education
    Undergraduate
    Bangalore University (1997)
    Graduate School
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2009)
  • Research Interest
    • Women's Mental Health
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Association of menopause symptoms with depressive symptom severity in a diverse community-based sample.
    Ji X, Singleterry S, Kulikova A, Harrison Y, Shivakumar G, Brown ES, Maturitas 2021 Jan 143 78-80
    Patterns of Treatment Utilization Across the Perinatal Period in the Center for Maternal and Infant Outcomes and Research in Translation (COMFORT) Veterans Study.
    Shivakumar G, Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Copeland L, Anderson EH, Maydon A, Mattocks K, J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2020 Nov
    Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care.
    Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Kinney R, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Shivakumar G, Copeland L, Med Care 2020 Nov
    Exercise for PTSD in Women Veterans: A Proof-of-Concept Study.
    Shivakumar G, Anderson EH, Surís AM, North CS Mil Med 2017 Nov 182 11 e1809-e1814
    Managing posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression in women veterans during the perinatal period.
    Shivakumar G, Anderson EH, Surís AM J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2015 Jan 24 1 18-22
    Exercise improves depressive symptoms during pregnancy.
    Shivakumar G BJOG 2014 Sep
    Screening to Treatment: Obstacles and Predictors in Perinatal Depression (STOP-PPD) in the Dallas Healthy Start program.
    Shivakumar G, Brandon AR, Johnson NL, Freeman MP Arch Womens Ment Health 2014 Jul
    Progression of Major Depression during Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Preliminary Study.
    Shivakumar G, Johnson NL, McIntire DD, Leveno K J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 2013 Jul
    First controlled treatment trial of bipolar II hypomania with mixed symptoms: Quetiapine versus placebo.
    Suppes T, Ketter TA, Gwizdowski IS, Dennehy EB, Hill SJ, Fischer EG, Snow DE, Gonzalez R, Sureddi S, Shivakumar G, Cosgrove VE J Affect Disord 2013 Mar
    Effects of exercise and physical activity on anxiety.
    Anderson E, Shivakumar G Front Psychiatry 2013 4 27
  • Honors & Awards
    • APA Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators
      (2009)
    • Association for Clinical Research Training (ACRT)-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Trainee Travel Award
      (2008)
    • NCDEU New Investigator Award
      (2006)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Psychiatric Association
    • Dallas County Medical Society
    • Marce′Society
    • Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians