BensonKuMDPhD

Psychiatry • Atlanta, GA

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Office
12 Executive Park Dr NE
# 200
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone+1 404-778-5526

Education & Training

Maastricht UniversityPhD, Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2022 - 2024
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Psychiatry, 2018 - 2022
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellClass of 2018

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2019 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

14 citations
Associations Between Primary Care Provider Shortage Areas and County-Level COVID-19 Infection and Mortality Rates in the USA.
Benson S. Ku, Benjamin G. Druss
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2020-08-21
23 citations
Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation blocks stress-induced activation of Interleukin-6 and interferon-γ in posttraumatic stress disorder: A double-blind, randomized,...
J. Douglas Bremner, Nil Z. Gurel, Yunshen Jiao, Matthew T. Wittbrodt, Oleksiy Levantsevych
Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health. 2020-09-11
23 citations
Associations between mental health shortage areas and county-level suicide rates among adults aged 25 and older in the USA, 2010 to 2018.
Benson S. Ku, Jianheng Li, Cathy Lally, Michael T. Compton, Benjamin G. Druss
General Hospital Psychiatry. 2021-02-01

Authored Content

Computational Linguistic Analysis Applied to a Semantic Fluency Task to Measure Derailment and Tangentiality in SchizophreniaFebruary 2018

Press Mentions

Social Activities May Offset Psychosis Risk in Poor CommunitiesJune 13th, 2022

Grant Support

Impact of Neighborhood Characteristics on Conversion to Psychosis Among Youth at Clinical High Risk for PsychosisNational Institute of Mental Health2022–2027