UmaRaoMD

Psychiatry • Irvine, CA

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Physician

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Office
5251 California Ave
Ste 240
Irvine, CA 92617
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Education & Training

Stony Brook Medicine/University HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1988 - 1990
Nassau University Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1985 - 1988
Bangalore Medical CollegeClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1991 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2003 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Outstanding Academician Award Ando-American Psychiatric Association, 2014
Keynote Speaker International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 2011
Visionary Award for Community Service and Research Sierra Tucson Organization, 2010
Young Investigator Award National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, 1999-2002
Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award National Institutes of Health, 1996-2002
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for the Best Paper on Depression or Suicide American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2000
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for the Best Paper on Depression or Suicide – Co-author American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1999
Academic Senate Award University of California, Los Angeles, 1997-1998
Nathan Cummings Foundation Award for the Best Paper on Suicide or Depression American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1995
National Research Service Award National Institutes of Health, 1990-1991
National Scholarship for Meritorious Students Federal Government, India, 1974-1981
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Clinical Trials

Effectiveness of Bupropion for Treating Nicotine Dependence in Young People Start of enrollment: 2004 May 01
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Biobehavioral Predictors of Pain Intensity, Pain Interference, and Chronic Pain Episodes: A Prospective Cohort Study of African-American Adults.
Morris, M., Bruehl, S., Goodin, B., Karlson, C., Carter, C., Nag, S., Huber, F., Bendinskas, K., Hidoyatov, M., Kinney, K., Rochelle, A., Funches, G., Rao, U.> ;The Journal of Pain. 2024 Feb 16
Physical activity, sitting time, and thermal quantitative sensory testing responses in African Americans.
Rao, U., Felicitas A Huber, Rachel Carpenter, Burel R Goodin, Stephen Bruehl, Cynthia Karlson, Uma Rao, Kerry Kinney, Subodh Nag, Matthew C Morris> ;Pain Reports. 2023 Dec 1
Diversity in emotion regulation strategy use: Resilience against posttraumatic stress disorder.
Wen, A., Kinney, K., Yoon, K., Morris, M., Rao, U.> ;Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Adversity type and timing predict temporal summation of pain in African-American adults.
Matthew C Morris, Burel R Goodin, Stephen Bruehl, Hector Myers, Uma Rao, Cynthia Karlson, Felicitas A Huber, Subodh Nag, Chelsea Carter, Kerry Kinney, Harrison Dickens> ;Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2023 Dec 1
2 citations
Dynamics of diurnal cortisol and alpha-amylase secretion and their associations with PTSD onset in recent interpersonal trauma survivors.
Kerry L Kinney, Uma Rao, Brooklynn Bailey, Natalie Hellman, Chris Kelly, Nicholas W McAfee, Matthew C Morris> ;Psychological Medicine. 2023 Apr 1
2 citations
Multidimensional Discrimination Distress, Controlling Parenting, and Parent-Adolescent Attachment Relationships: Racial/Ethnic Differences.
Kelly F M Kazmierski, Jessica L Borelli, Rao, U., Uma Rao> ;The Journal of Social Issues. 2023 Mar 1
4 citations
Cognitive-Affective-Behavioral Pathways Linking Adversity and Discrimination to Daily Pain in African-American Adults.
Harrison Dickens, Stephen Bruehl, Uma Rao, Hector Myers, Burel Goodin, Felicitas A Huber, Subodh Nag, Chelsea Carter, Cynthia Karlson, Kerry L Kinney, Matthew C Morris> ;Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2023 Dec 1
8 citations
Relationships between Depression and Executive Functioning in Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Unpredictable Home Environment.
Marie L Gillespie, Uma Rao> ;Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2022 Sep 1
5 citations
Racial, Gender, and Neighborhood-Level Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care.
Harrison Dickens, Uma Rao, Dustin Sarver, Stephen Bruehl, Kerry Kinney, Cynthia Karlson, Emily Grenn, Matthew Kutcher, Chinenye Iwuchukwu, Amber Kyle, Burel Goodin, He...> ;Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2023 Jun 1
3 citations
Negative affect, childhood adversity, and adolescents' eating following stress.
Kelly F. M. Kazmierski, Jessica L. Borelli, Uma Rao> ;Appetite. 2022 Jan 1
12 citations
Stress-Induced Eating Among Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States: a Systematic Review
Kelly F. M. Kazmierski, Marie L. Gillespie, Sabrina Kuo, Tomas Zurita, Dania Felix, Uma Rao> ;Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2021 Aug 1
2 citations
Predicting pain among female survivors of recent interpersonal violence: A proof-of-concept machine-learning approach
Edward W. Lannon, Francisco Sanchez-Saez, Brooklynn Bailey, Natalie Hellman, Kerry L. Kinney, Amber Williams, Subodh Nag, Matthew E. Kutcher, Burel R. Goodin, Uma Rao,...> ;Plos One. 2021 Jul 29
2 citations
Racial/ethnic differences in dietary intake among a diverse sample of adolescents: An experimental study.
Tomas Zurita, Kelly F. M. Kazmierski, Larissa Wong, Megan Faulkner, Sabrina Kuo, Heather C. Huszti, Uma Rao> ;Pediatric Obesity. 2021 Jun 13
8 citations
Dynamics and determinants of cortisol and alpha-amylase responses to repeated stressors in recent interpersonal trauma survivors.
Matthew C. Morris, Brooklynn Bailey, Natalie Hellman, Amber Williams, Edward W. Lannon, Matthew E. Kutcher, Julie A. Schumacher, Uma Rao> ;Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2020 Dec 1
7 citations
Predicting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Survivors of Recent Interpersonal Violence.
Matthew C. Morris, Francisco Sanchez-Saez, Brooklynn Bailey, Natalie Hellman, Amber Williams, Julie A. Schumacher, Uma Rao> ;Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2020 Nov 30
2 citations
Grant Report on the Effects of Childhood Maltreatment on Neurocircuitry in Adolescent Depression
Marie L. Gillespie, Uma Rao> ;Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science. 2020 Jul 7
16 citations
County-level socioeconomic and crime risk factors for substantiated child abuse and neglect
Matthew C. Morris, Miriam Marco, Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Chrystyna D. Kouros, Wansoo Im, Codi White, Brooklynn Bailey, Uma Rao, Judy Garber> ;Child Abuse & Neglect. 2019 Apr 1
64 citations
Links between depression and substance abuse in adolescents: neurobiological mechanisms.
Uma Rao> ;American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006 Dec 1
12 citations
Psychobiology of cumulative trauma: hair cortisol as a risk marker for stress exposure in women
Matthew C. Morris, James L. Abelson, Alyssa S. Mielock, Uma Rao> ;Stress. 2017 Jun 29
18 citations
Depressive symptom composites associated with cortisol stress reactivity in adolescents.
Matthew C. Morris, Chrystyna D. Kouros, Alyssa S. Mielock, Uma Rao> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2017 Mar 1
11 citations
Adrenocortical sensitivity, moderated by ongoing stress, predicts drinking intensity in alcohol-dependent men
Bryon Adinoff, David Leonard, Julianne L. Price, Martin A. Javors, Robrina Walker, E. Sherwood Brown, Hong Xiao, Uma Rao> ;Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2017 Feb 1
17 citations
Patterns of cortisol and alpha-amylase reactivity to psychosocial stress in maltreated women
Alyssa S. Mielock, Matthew C. Morris, Uma Rao> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2017 Feb 1
89 citations
Cortisol, heart rate, and blood pressure as early markers of PTSD risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Matthew C. Morris, Natalie Hellman, James L. Abelson, Uma Rao> ;Clinical Psychology Review. 2016 Nov 1
8 citations
Salivary stress biomarkers of recent nicotine use and dependence.
Matthew C. Morris, Alyssa S. Mielock, Uma Rao> ;The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 2016 Jul 27
17 citations
Impaired conditioned pain modulation in youth with functional abdominal pain.
Matthew C. Morris, Lynn S. Walker, Stephen Bruehl, Amanda L. Stone, Alyssa S. Mielock, Uma Rao> ;Pain. 2016 Oct 1
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Hospital Affiliations

UCI HealthOrange, California