Research Summary
Dr. Daumit’s research is devoted to improving overall health and decreasing premature mortality for people with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
She has conducted observational studies to determine and convey the burden of physical health problems in this vulnerable population, and was the principal investigator of ACHIEVE, a randomized clinical trial of a behavioral weight loss intervention in psychiatric rehabilitation programs funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Dr. Daumit is currently leading a randomized trial funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, testing a comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction program in people with serious mental illness (IDEAL). She is the principal investigator, with Dr. Evins at Massachusetts General Hospital, of a randomized trial of a tobacco smoking cessation program integrating exercise and weight management for people with serious mental illness (TRIUMPH), funded by NIMH.
Dr. Daumit also is leading a NIMH-funded study to examine Health Homes in Maryland psychiatric rehabilitation programs. She has a Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient Oriented Research focusing on implementation research from NIMH. Dr. Daumit also completed a fellowship at the NIMH-funded Implementation Research Institute.
Her work bridges mental health and primary care fields, and she works with colleagues and mentors trainees with diverse backgrounds spanning psychiatry, psychology, internal medicine, health policy, physical activity and epidemiology.
Lab
Lab Website: Gail Daumit Lab
Clinical Trials
Intervention Trial to Decrease Cardiovascular Risk in Persons With Serious Mental Illness (IDEAL)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:NCT02127671
Selected Publications
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Daumit GL, Crum RM, Guallar E, Powe NR, Primm AB, Steinwachs DM, Ford DE. Outpatient Prescriptions for Atypical Antipsychotics for African Americans, Hispanics and Whites in the United States, Archives of General Psychiatry, 2003; 60: 121-128. PMID: 14514496
Daumit GL, Clark JM, Graham CM, Lehman A, Ford DE. Prevalence and Correlates of Obesity in a Community Sample of Individuals with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2003; 191 (12). 799-805. PMID: 14671456
Daumit GL, Pronovost PJ, Anthony CB, Guallar E, Steinwachs DM, Ford DE. Adverse Events During Medical and Surgical Hospitalizations for Persons with Schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2006 Mar;63(3):267-272. PMID: 16520431
Boulware LE, Marinopoulos S, Phillips KA, Hwang CW, Maynor K, Merenstein D, Wilson RF, Barnes GJ, Bass EB, Powe NR, Daumit GL. Systematic review: the value of the periodic health evaluation. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2007;146(4):289-300.
Daumit GL, Anthony CB, Fahey M, Skinner EA, Lehman AF, Hwang W, Steinwachs DM. Pattern of Mortality in a Sample of Maryland Residents with Severe Mental Illness. Psychiatry Research, 2010 Apr 30;176(2-3):242-245. Epub 2010 Mar 5. PMCID: PMC2966471
Blecker S, Zhang Y, Ford DE, Guallar E, dosReis S, Steinwachs DM, Dixon LB, Daumit GL. Quality of Care for Heart Failure Among Disabled Medicaid Recipients with and without Severe Mental Illness. General Hospital Psychiatry, 2010, 32(3):255-61. Epub 2010 Mar 16. PMCID pending.
Cullen BA, McGinty EE, Zhang Y, dosReis SC, Steinwachs DM, Guallar E, Daumit GL. Guideline Concordant Antipsychotic Use and Mortality in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2012 Oct 30. PMID: 23112292.
Dickerson FB, Yu A, Dalcin A, Jerome GJ, Gennusa JV, Charleston J, Campbell L, Oefinger M, Appel LJ, Daumit GL. Cigarette smoking and health characteristics in individuals with serious mental illness. Journal of Dual Diagnosis. 2013 [epub]9:39-43. PMID: 24072987
Daumit GL, Dalcin AT, Jerome GJ, Young DR, Charleston J, Crum RM, Anthony C, Hayes, JH, McCarron PB, Khaykin E, Appel LJ. A behavioral weight loss intervention for persons with serious mental illness in psychiatric rehabilitation centers. International Journal of Obesity. 2010 Nov 2.35(8):1114-23. PMCID: 21042323.
Casagrande SS, Anderson CA, Jerome GJ, Dalcin A, Dickerson FB, Appel LJ, Gennusa III JV, Campbell LM, Fred-Omojole O, Daumit GL. Dietary intake of adults with serious mental illnesses. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. 2011.35: 137-40. PMID: 22020844
McGinty EE, Zhang Y, Guallar E, Ford DE, Steinwachs D, Dixon L, Keating N, Daumit GL. Cancer incidence in a sample of Maryland residents with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 2012 July:63(7):714-7. PMID: 22752037
McGinty E, Blasco-Comenares E, Zhang Y, dosReis S, Ford D, Steinwachs D, Guallar E, Daumit G. Post-myocardial infarction quality of care among disabled Medicaid beneficiaries with and without serious mental illness. General Hospital Psychiatry. 34(5): 493-9. (2012). PMID: 22763001
Cahoon EK, McGinty, EE, Ford DE, Daumit, GL. Schizophrenia and potentially preventable hospitalization in the United States: A retrospective cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry, 2013 January 25; 13 (1):37. PMID: 23351438
Daumit GL, Dickerson FB, Wang NY, Dalcin A, Jerome GJ, Anderson CA, Young DR, Frick KD, Yu A, Gennusa JV III, Oefinger M, Crum RM, Charleston J, Casagrande SS, Guallar E, Goldberg RW, Campbell LM, Appel LJ. A behavioral weight loss intervention in persons with serious mental illness. New England Journal of Medicine, 2013 Apr 25;368(17):1594-602. PMID: 23517118
Keenan TE, Yu A, Cooper LA, Appel LJ, Guallar E, Gennusa JV 3rd, Dickerson FB, Crum RM, Anderson CA, Campbell LM, Young DR, Daumit GL. Racial patterns of cardiovascular disease risk factors in serious mental illness and the overall US population. Schizophrenia Research. 2013. 150:211-16. PMID: 23916188
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