Olivia Okereke, MD
Enriched profileOlga Danieli Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Depression, Harvard Medical School · Massachusetts General Hospital
Olivia Okereke is Olga Danieli Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Depression, Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 296 publications with 10,170 citations (h-index 54); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 3 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 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 (2008–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Neuropsychopharmacology
- Top research focus: Depression (MDD)
- 3 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
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from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
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trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 3 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 27 Aug 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
- The Care for America's Aging Study
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
- VITAL-DEP: Depression Endpoint Prevention in the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL
Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Industry payments
No payments involving this person were reported to CMS in program years 2021–2024. Why? →
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Nervous system
100%Atypical Antipsychotic45.6%Olanzapine100%Part D<11 patientsAminoketone30.9%Bupropion Xl100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 27 Aug 2026
6 NIH research awards on record, funded 2008–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Massachusetts Center for Alzheimer and dEmeNtia behaVIoral reSearch In minOrity agiNg (Mass-ENVISION)
Massachusetts General Hospital
FY2026$687,176P30AG083196 - 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
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 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
Review2026 - Dispositional optimism and depression risk in older women in the Nurses´ Health Study: a prospective cohort study.
European journal of epidemiology
Article2022
Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
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doximity.com/pub/olivia-okereke-md
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Facebook
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees 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 roles
journal 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 & honors
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Secondary affiliations
appointments 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
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →wimlf.org ↗ - Mentor faculty
Mass-ENVISION Research Education Component
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Media & interviews
press, 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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