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Ping Wu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)
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Dr. Wu is an Associate Professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, with a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Her research interests include adolescent psychiatric epidemiology; adolescent substance use, abuse, and dependence; and service utilization for psychiatric and substance-related problems. Dr. Wu is interested in research on the mental health and substance use issues of Asian-Americans. She has also conducted international research focusing on mental health in China.
Dr. Wu has been Principal Investigator on studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. She is currently conducting studies investigating the co-occurrence of substance abuse with internalizing disorders such as depression or PTSD, and with other psychiatric disorders, among children and adolescents, as well as a study on adolescent service utilization for psychiatric and substance-related problems. She is also co-investigator on two longitudinal epidemiological studies, one focusing on children whose parents are First Responders, and the other on children whose parents have been involved with the criminal justice system.
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Undergraduate: Beijing Normal University, BA, 1982
Graduate: Lehigh University, Ph.D., 1991
Fellowship: Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Post-Doc, Psychiatric Epidemiology, 1997-2000
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Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute
Room 5217 Unit/Box:43
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-543-5190
Fax: 212-781-6050
pw11@columbia.edu
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| Dr. Wu’s research interests are in the areas of adolescent psychiatric epidemiology; adolescent substance use, abuse, and dependence; co-occurrence of substance abuse and psychiatric disorders; and service utilization for psychiatric and substance-related problems.
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1. Wu P, Hoven CW, Liu, X, Fuller C, Fan B, Musa, G, Wicks, J, Mandell D, Cook, JA: Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Substance Use Among Youth with Severe Emotional Disturbance. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2008;64: 520-527
2. Wu P, Duarte CS, Mandell DJ, Fan B, Liu XH, Fuller CJ, Musa G, Cohen M, Cohen P, Hoven CW: Exposure to the World Trade Center Attack and the Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol Among New York City Public High School Students. American Journal of Public Health 2006;96: 6-9
3. Wu P, Bird H, Liu X, Fan B, Fuller C, Shen S, Duarte C, Canino G: Depressive symptoms and onset of alcohol use in children. Pediatrics 2006;118: 1907-1915
4. Wu P, Hoven CW, Liu X, Cohen P, Fuller, CJ, Shaffer D: Substance Use, Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in Children and Adolescents. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 2004;34: 409-421
5. Wu P, Hoven CW, Bird HR, Moore RE, Cohen P, Alegria M, Dulcan M, Goodman S, Horwitz SM, Lichtman J, Narrow WE, Rae DS, Regier DA, and Roper M: Depressive and disruptive disorders and mental health service utilization in children and adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1999;38: 1081-1090
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