Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Olivia Okereke, MD, is Olga Danieli Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Depression, Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry. The public record shows 296 publications with 10,170 citations (h-index 54), centered on Depression (MDD). It also documents an investigator role on 3 registered clinical trials, 6 NIH-funded awards (2008–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Neuropsychopharmacology
- Top research focus: Depression (MDD)
- 3 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
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Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 3 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Healthy Aging as Black Adults, In It Together: a Comparative Effectiveness Study of Chronic Pain and Cognitive Decline
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
InvestigatorRecruitingNCT06246929 - The Care for America's Aging Study
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
InvestigatorNot, yet, recruitingNCT06021704 - VITAL-DEP: Depression Endpoint Prevention in the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
InvestigatorCompletedNCT01696435
Industry payments
No payments involving this person were reported to CMS in program years 2021–2024. Why? →
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
6 NIH research awards on record, funded 2008–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- MassaChusetts General Hospital ROybal CeNter For BehavIoral Dyadic ResEarch in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (CONFIDE-ADRD)
Massachusetts General Hospital
FY2025$1,165,684P30AG086562 - Massachusetts Center for Alzheimer and dEmeNtia behaVIoral reSearch In minOrity agiNg (Mass-ENVISION)
Massachusetts General Hospital
FY2025$689,736P30AG083196
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Prevention of late-life depression: a framework and prospectus for research.
Neuropsychopharmacology
2026 - Dispositional optimism and depression risk in older women in the Nurses´ Health Study: a prospective cohort study.
European journal of epidemiology
2022
Contact
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Office address
55 Fruit St., Wang Ambulatory Care Center, Boston, MA 02114
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- MD
Yale School of Medicine
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- Board Certified
Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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Geriatric Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Vice-Chair (2015-2017) and Chair (2017-2019)
Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Research Committee
2019provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →wimlf.org ↗ - Inaugural Director
MGH Psychiatry Center for Racial Equity and Justice
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Mass-ENVISION (Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, RCMAR), first RCMAR in New England in nearly 20 years
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Mass-ENVISION Research Education Component
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- PBS NewsHour interview on ultraprocessed foods and depression risk
discussing her research linking ultraprocessed food/artificial sweetener consumption to higher depression risk
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Facebook
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