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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 1999 - Joseph Zubin Award, American Psychopathological Association
  • 1998 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine
  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

David J. Kupfer is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans several areas within psychology, particularly focusing on digital mental health interventions, mental health research topics, and RNA-related biological processes.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Psychology

Subfields where they have contributed include:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Statistics and Probability

The primary topics of their research work cover:

  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Some of the recent papers by David J. Kupfer include:

  • "A game changer for bipolar disorder diagnosis using RNA editing-based biomarkers," 2022, published in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Personalized digital intervention for depression based on social rhythm principles adds significantly to outpatient treatment," 2022, published in Frontiers in Digital Health
  • "Development and Validation of Computerized Adaptive Assessment Tools for the Measurement of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among US Military Veterans," 2021, published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Can exercise alleviate sleep disturbances during acute nicotine withdrawal in cigarette smokers?," 2020, published in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • "Resurgence of industrial policies in the age of advanced manufacturing," 2020, published in Revista Brasileira de Inovação

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kupfer include:

  • Ellen Frank
  • Nicolas Salvetat
  • Christopher Cayzac
  • Benjamin Dubuc
  • Jean-Daniel Abraham

They have published in multiple venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Frontiers in Digital Health
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Revista Brasileira de Inovação

Throughout their career, David J. Kupfer has been recognized by several awards and honors including:

  • Joseph Zubin Award, American Psychopathological Association, 1999
  • Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine, 1998
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1990
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research.

    Daniel J. Buysse;Charles F. Reynolds;Timothy H. Monk;Susan R. Berman

  • Acute and Longer- Term Outcomes in Depressed Outpatients Requiring One or Several Treatment Steps: A STAR*D Report

    A. John Rush;Madhukar H. Trivedi;Stephen R. Wisniewski;Andrew A. Nierenberg

  • Psychopharmacology: The Fourth Generation of Progress

    Floyd E. Bloom;David J. Kupfer

  • Conceptualization and Rationale for Consensus Definitions of Terms in Major Depressive Disorder: Remission, Recovery, Relapse, and Recurrence

    Ellen Frank;Robert F. Prien;Robin B. Jarrett;Martin B. Keller

  • How Do Risk Factors Work Together? Mediators, Moderators, and Independent, Overlapping, and Proxy Risk Factors

    Helena Chmura Kraemer;Eric Stice;Alan Kazdin;David Offord

  • Coming to Terms With the Terms of Risk

    Helena Chmura Kraemer;Alan E. Kazdin;David R. Offord;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Five-Year Outcome for Maintenance Therapies in Recurrent Depression

    David J. Kupfer;Ellen F. Frank;James M. Perel;Cleon Cornes

  • DSM-5 Field Trials in the United States and Canada, Part II: Test-Retest Reliability of Selected Categorical Diagnoses

    Darrel A. Regier;William E. Narrow;Diana E. Clarke;Helena C. Kraemer

  • Sequenced treatment alternatives to relieve depression (STAR * D): rationale and design

    A.John Rush;Maurizio Fava;Stephen R Wisniewski;Philip W Lavori

  • Relapse prevention with antidepressant drug treatment in depressive disorders: a systematic review

    John R Geddes;Stuart M Carney;Christina Davies;Toshiaki A Furukawa

  • Quantification of subjective sleep quality in healthy elderly men and women using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Daniel J. Buysse;Charles F. Reynolds;Timothy H. Monk;Carolyn C. Hoch

  • Major depressive disorder: new clinical, neurobiological, and treatment perspectives

    David J Kupfer;Ellen Frank;Mary L Phillips

  • Size of treatment effects and their importance to clinical research and practice.

    Helena Chmura Kraemer;David J. Kupfer

  • Complicated grief and bereavement-related depression as distinct disorders : preliminary empirical validation in elderly bereaved spouses

    Holly G. Prigerson;Ellen Frank;Stanislav V. Kasl;Charles F. Reynolds

  • Two-Year Outcomes for Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy in Individuals With Bipolar I Disorder

    Ellen Frank;David J. Kupfer;Michael E. Thase;Alan G. Mallinger

  • Nortriptyline and Interpersonal Psychotherapy as Maintenance Therapies for Recurrent Major Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Patients Older Than 59 Years

    Charles F. Reynolds;Ellen Frank;James M. Perel;Stanley D. Imber

  • A new approach to integrating data from multiple informants in psychiatric assessment and research: mixing and matching contexts and perspectives.

    Helena C. Kraemer;Jeffrey R. Measelle;Jennifer C. Ablow;Marilyn J. Essex

  • Functional Neuroimaging Evidence for Hyperarousal in Insomnia

    Eric A. Nofzinger;Daniel J. Buysse;Anne Germain;Julie C. Price

  • Social Zeitgebers and Biological Rhythms: A Unified Approach to Understanding the Etiology of Depression

    Cindy L. Ehlers;Ellen Frank;David J. Kupfer

  • Amphetamine-induced dopamine release in human ventral striatum correlates with euphoria

    Wayne C. Drevets;Clara H. Gautier;Julie C Price;David J. Kupfer

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Frank
Ellen Frank University of Pittsburgh
Charles F. Reynolds
Charles F. Reynolds University of Pittsburgh
Daniel J. Buysse
Daniel J. Buysse University of Pittsburgh
Patricia R. Houck
Patricia R. Houck University of Pittsburgh
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Andrea Fagiolini
Andrea Fagiolini University of Siena
Jair C. Soares
Jair C. Soares The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Paolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla University of Milan
Mary Amanda Dew
Mary Amanda Dew University of Pittsburgh
Helena C. Kraemer
Helena C. Kraemer Stanford University

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