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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2017 - 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

Maria A. Oquendo is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their academic and research career is marked by recognition through memberships in prestigious institutions. In 2017, they were admitted as a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). They are also a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Details about their research topics, main fields of study, and subfields are not provided. There is also no available information regarding coauthors, recent papers, frequent publication venues, or book publications related to their work.

Although specifics on scholarly contributions and research areas are not listed, the professional affiliation and awards indicate involvement in the medical or health sciences domain given the nature of the memberships mentioned.

The absence of detailed publication and research data limits the ability to elaborate on their scientific output or areas of expertise beyond institutional recognition and affiliation.

Best Publications

  • The Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale: Initial Validity and Internal Consistency Findings From Three Multisite Studies With Adolescents and Adults

    Kelly Posner;Gregory K. Brown;Barbara Stanley;David A. Brent

  • Columbia Classification Algorithm of Suicide Assessment (C-CASA): classification of suicidal events in the FDA's pediatric suicidal risk analysis of antidepressants.

    Kelly Posner;Maria A. Oquendo;M.P.H. Madelyn Gould;Barbara Stanley

  • Prospective Study of Clinical Predictors of Suicidal Acts After a Major Depressive Episode in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder or Bipolar Disorder

    Maria A. Oquendo;Hanga Galfalvy;Stefani Russo;Steven P. Ellis

  • The relationship of childhood abuse to impulsivity and suicidal behavior in adults with major depression.

    Beth S. Brodsky;Maria Oquendo;Steven P. Ellis;Gretchen L. Haas

  • Religious affiliation and suicide attempt.

    Kanita Dervic;Maria A. Oquendo;Michael F. Grunebaum;Steve Ellis

  • Protective Factors Against Suicidal Acts in Major Depression: Reasons for Living

    Kevin M. Malone;Maria A. Oquendo;Gretchen L. Haas;Steven P. Ellis

  • Volumetric analysis of the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus in major depression.

    Ramin S Hastings;Ramin V Parsey;Ramin V Parsey;Maria A Oquendo;Maria A Oquendo;Victoria Arango;Victoria Arango

  • Familial pathways to early-onset suicide attempt: risk for suicidal behavior in offspring of mood-disordered suicide attempters.

    David A. Brent;Maria Oquendo;Boris Birmaher;Laurence Greenhill

  • Association of a Triallelic Serotonin Transporter Gene Promoter Region (5-HTTLPR) Polymorphism With Stressful Life Events and Severity of Depression

    Gil Zalsman;Yung-yu Huang;Maria A. Oquendo;Ainsley K. Burke

  • Candidate Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Suicidal Behavior

    J. John Mann;Victoria A. Arango;Shelli Avenevoli;David A. Brent

  • Decreased Regional Brain Metabolism After ECT

    Mitchell S. Nobler;Maria A. Oquendo;Lawrence S. Kegeles;Kevin M. Malone

  • Neuropsychological dysfunction in depressed suicide attempters.

    John G. Keilp;Harold A. Sackeim;Beth S. Brodsky;Maria A. Oquendo

  • Altered serotonin 1A binding in major depression : A [carbonyl-c-11]way100635 positron emission tomography study

    Ramin V. Parsey;Maria A. Oquendo;R. Todd Ogden;Doreen M. Olvet

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Comorbid With Major Depression: Factors Mediating the Association With Suicidal Behavior

    Maria Oquendo;David A. Brent;Boris Birmaher;Laurence Greenhill

  • Positron emission tomography of regional brain metabolic responses to a serotonergic challenge and lethality of suicide attempts in major depression.

    Maria A. Oquendo;Giovanni P. A. Placidi;Kevin M. Malone;Carl Campbell

  • The biology of impulsivity and suicidality.

    Maria A. Oquendo;J. John Mann

  • Effects of sex, age, and aggressive traits in man on brain serotonin 5-HT1A receptor binding potential measured by PET using [C-11]WAY-100635.

    Ramin V Parsey;Maria A Oquendo;Norman R Simpson;R.Todd Ogden

  • An association between a functional polymorphism in the monoamine oxidase a gene promoter, impulsive traits and early abuse experiences.

    Yung-yu Huang;Sarah P Cate;Cristina Battistuzzi;Maria A Oquendo

  • Aggressivity, suicide attempts, and depression: Relationship to cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolite levels

    Giovanni P.A Placidi;Maria A Oquendo;Kevin M Malone;Yung-Yu Huang

  • Prospective studies of suicidal behavior in major depressive and bipolar disorders: what is the evidence for predictive risk factors?

    Maria A. Oquendo;Dianne Currier;J. John Mann

Frequent Co-Authors

J. John Mann
J. John Mann Columbia University
Barbara Stanley
Barbara Stanley Columbia University
Hanga Galfalvy
Hanga Galfalvy Columbia University
Leo Sher
Leo Sher Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Enrique Baca-García
Enrique Baca-García Autonomous University of Madrid
David A. Brent
David A. Brent University of Pittsburgh
John G. Keilp
John G. Keilp Columbia University
Ramin V. Parsey
Ramin V. Parsey Stony Brook University
Gil Zalsman
Gil Zalsman Tel Aviv University
Thomas B. Cooper
Thomas B. Cooper Columbia University

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