OliviaIOkerekeMD
Geriatrics • Boston, MAAssociate Professor of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Office
55 Fruit St
149-2691
Boston, MA 02114Phone+1 617-726-2000Fax+1 617-726-7541- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry, 2003 - 2004- Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1999 - 2002
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2002 - 2024- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Clinical Trials
- VITAL-DEP: Depression Endpoint Prevention in the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL Start of enrollment: 2010 Jul 01
- The Care for America's Aging Study Start of enrollment: 2024 Jun 01
Roles: Principal Investigator
- Comparing the Effectiveness of Two Programs for Pain Management and Cognitive Health in Older Black Adults Start of enrollment: 2024 Oct 01
Roles: Principal Investigator
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Effect of multivitamin-mineral supplementation versus placebo on cognitive function: results from the clinic subcohort of the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcome...Vyas, C., Manson, J., Sesso, H., Cook, N., Rist, P., Weinberg, A., Moorthy, M., Baker, L., Espeland, M., Yeung, L., Brickman, A., Okereke, O.> ;The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2024 Mar 1
- 2 citationsProjection of Care Partners' Preferences in the Proxy Assessments of Everyday Preferences for Persons With Cognitive Impairment.James M Wilkins, Joseph J Locascio, Teresa Gomez-Isla, Bradley T Hyman, Deborah Blacker, Brent P Forester, Olivia I Okereke> ;The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 1
- 3 citationsRelationship between pet ownership and risk of high depressive symptoms in adolescence and young adulthood.Magdalena Żebrowska, Susanne Strohmaier, Carri Westgarth, Curtis Huttenhower, Astrid C Erber, Shahab Haghayegh, A Heather Eliassen, Tianyi Huang, Francine Laden, Jaime...> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2023 Feb 15
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Journal Articles
- Association of Race and Ethnicity with Late-Life Depression Severity, Symptom Burden, and CareDavid Mischoulon, Olivia I Okereke, JAMA Network Open
- Assessment of Instruments for Measurement of Delirium SeverityTamara G Fong, Sevdenur Cizginer, Eran D Metzger, Lauren Massimo, Kumar Dharmarajan, Olivia I Okereke, Laura A Rabin, Tammy T Hshieh, Esther Oh, Lauren J Gleason, Edwa..., JAMA
- The Challenging Task of Addressing the Role of Vitamin D in Late-Life Depression: Considerations of Measures, Confounders, Mediators and ModeratorsOlivia Okereke, MD, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Authored Content
- Association of Race and Ethnicity with Late-Life Depression Severity, Symptom Burden, and CareMarch 2020
- From Bereavement to Grief to Cognitive Decline: A Call for Novel Treatment and Prevention ApproachesJanuary 2018
Press Mentions
- Harvard Study: Fish Oil Doesn’t Prevent DepressionMarch 1st, 2022
Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D?September 23rd, 2020
Cancer Survivors May Have Lower Odds for DementiaJune 22nd, 2019- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Vital-Dep: Depression Endpoint Prevention In The Vitamin D And Omega-3 TrialNational Institute Of Mental Health2010–2011
- Dietary Fat Composition, Plasma Lipids, And Cognitive DeclineNational Institute On Aging2008–2011
Hospital Affiliations
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
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