Jordan E. DeVylder
Curriculum Vitae
July 2016
Assistant Professor 525 W Redwood Street
University of Maryland School of Social Work Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410)706-6234 E-mail:
Education:
Ph.D.2014Columbia University, Social Work
M.Phil.2013Columbia University, Social Work
M.S.2011Columbia University, Social Work
M.S.2008Georgia Institute of Technology, Experimental
Psychology
B.A.2005New York University, Psychology
Experience in Higher Education:
2014–presentUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work
Assistant Professor
Courses taught: Social Work Research; Nature of Health & Illness; Causal Beliefs and Stigma in Behavioral Health
Faculty field liaison
Ph.D. committees: Hans Oh, doctoral student (Columbia), 4/24/15
2013-2014Columbia University, School of Social Work
Adjunct Professor
Courses taught: Health, Mental Health, and Disabilities: Issues, Policies, Research, and Programs; Normal and Pathological Aspects of Childhood
2008-2009Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Psychology
Adjunct Professor
Courses taught: Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology
Mentor for President’s Undergraduate Research Award program
2006-2008Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Psychology
Teaching Assistant
Courses: Biopsychology; Abnormal Psychology; Human Development through the Lifespan
Experience in other than Higher Education:
2013-2014New York State Psychiatric Institute, Experimental Therapeutics Division, New York, NY
Clinical Researcher
2012-2013New York State Psychiatric Institute, Recovery After First Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) Connection Program, New York, NY
Clinical Rater
2010-2011New York State Psychiatric Institute,Center for Practice Innovations & Center of Prevention and Evaluation, New York, NY
Social Work Intern
2009-2010Harlem Hospital Center, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency program, New York, NY
Social Work Intern
Honors Received:
2011-2013William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fellowship from Columbia University
2010-2011Judith J. Ginsberg Memorial Fellowship from Columbia University
2009-2011 General Scholarship from Columbia University
2010Society for Psychophysiological Research Student Poster Award presented to James Broadway for co-authored poster
2006-2009President’s Fellowship from Georgia Institute of Technology
2005Founder’s Day Award from New York University
2001-2005National Merit Scholarship
2001-2005Baird Scholarship from New York University
Research Support and/or Fellowships:
Principal Investigator:
2016-2018American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Psychotic Experiences as Predictors of Suicidal Behavior in a Pediatric Emergency Department (young investigator grant; mentor: Holly Wilcox). $84,940 (not funded)
2016-2019National Institute of Mental Health, Social Work Training to Reduce Duration of Untreated Psychosis (R34). $450,000 (not funded)
2016-2017Competitive Innovative Research Award, Behavioral Health Correlates of Police Practices. $19,434 (funded)
2015-2017National Institute of Mental Health, Psychotic Experiences as Risk-Factors for Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior (R03). $100,000 (not funded)
2015-2016American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, The Perceived Relationship Between Psychotic Experiences and Suicide Attempts. $30,000 (not funded)
2015-2016Competitive Innovative Research Award, Do Psychotic Experiences Independently Predict Suicide Risk? A Prospective Cohort Study. $4,000 (funded)
2015-2016National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program, amount to be determined by NIMH if accepted (not funded)
2014-2015Competitive Innovative Research Award, Psychotic Experiences and Suicide Attempts: Causation versus Environmental Confounding. $18,343 (funded)
2006Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate Student Career Development Grant, Sensory Gain Control at Fixation, $600 (funded)
Consultant:
2015-2016Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Behavioral Health Workforce Integration Service and Education (BHWISE) Training for Professionals. $1,183,182 (funded)
Publications:
Articles in Refereed Journals
DeVylder, J.E.Koyanagi, A. (in press).Pregnant and peripartum women are not at
increased risk for psychotic experiences at the population level: evidence from 46 countries.Schizophrenia Research.
Stickley, A., Ng, C.F.S., Inoue, Y., Yazawa, A., Koyanagi, A., Kodaka, M., DeVylder, J.E., &
Watanabe, C. (in press). Birthdays are associated with an increased risk of suicide in Japan: evidence from 27,007 deaths in Tokyo in 2001-2010. Journal of Affective Disorders.
DeVylder, J., Koyanagi, A., Unick, G., Oh, H., Nam, B., & Stickley, A. (in press). Stress
sensitivity and psychotic experiences in 39 low- and middle-income countries. Schizophrenia Bulletin.
Chen, F., Gearing, R.E., DeVylder, J.E., & Oh, H.Y. (2016).Pathway model of parental help-
seeking for adolescents experiencing first episode psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 10, 122-128.
Jahn, D. R., DeVylder, J.E., Drapalski, A. L., Medoff, D., & Dixon, L. B. (in press). Personal
recovery as a protective factor against suicide ideation in individuals with schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Jahn, D.R., DeVylder, J.E., & Hilimire, M.R. (in press). Explanatory variables in the
relationships between schizotypy and indicators of suicide risk.Psychiatry Research.
Lehmann, M., Hilimire, M., Yang, L., Link, B., & DeVylder, J. (in press). Investigating the
relationship between self-esteem and stigma among young adults with history of suicide attempts. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide prevention.
Demmin, D.L., DeVylder, J.E., & Hilimire, M.R. (in press). Screening for sub-threshold
psychotic experiences and perceived need for psychological services. Early Intervention in Psychiatry.
Oh, H., Singh, F., Koyanagi, A., Jameson, N., Schiffman, J., & DeVylder, J. (2016). Sleep
disturbance is associated with psychotic experiences: Findings from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Schizophrenia Research, 171, 74-78.
Wilson, C., Smith, M.E., Thompson, E., Demro, C., Kline, E., Bussell, K., Pitts, S.C., DeVylder, J.,
Reeves, G.M., & Schiffman, J. (2016). Context matters: The impact of neighborhood crime and paranoid symptoms on psychosis risk assessment. Schizophrenia Research, 171, 56-61.
Oh, H.Y., Cogburn, C.D., Anglin, D., Lukens, E.P., & DeVylder, J.E. (2016). Major
discriminatory events are associated with increased risk for psychotic experiences among Black Americans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86, 277-285.
DeVylder, J.E., Jahn, D.R., Doherty, T., Wilson, C., Wilcox, H.C., Schiffman, J., & Hilimire, M.R.
(2015). Social and psychological contributions to the co-occurrence of sub-threshold psychotic experiences and suicidal behavior.Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50, 1819-1830.
DeVylder, J.E., Lehmann, M., & Chen, F. (2015). Social and Clinical Correlates of the
Persistence of Psychotic Experiences in the General Population.Schizophrenia Research, 169, 286-291.
Oh, H.Y., Abe, J., Negi, N., & DeVylder, J.E. (2015). Immigration and psychotic experiences
in the United States: Another example of the epidemiological paradox? Psychiatry Research, 229, 784-790.
DeVylder, J.E., & Hilimire, M.R. (2015). Screening for psychotic experiences: social
desirability biases in a non-clinical sample. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 9, 331-334.
DeVylder, J.E., & Hilimire, M.R. (2015). Suicide risk, stress sensitivity, and self-esteem
among young adults reporting auditory hallucinations. Health & Social Work, 40, 175-181.
Oh, H.Y., & DeVylder, J.E. (2015). Possibilities and challenges of online, social media, and
mobile technologies for psychosis treatment. Schizophrenia Research, 166, 347-348.
Hilimire, M.R., DeVylder, J.E., & Forestall, C.A. (2015). Fermented foods, neuroticism, and
social anxiety: an interaction model. Psychiatry Research, 228, 203-208.
DeVylder, J.E., Thompson, E., Reeves, G., & Schiffman, J. (2015). Psychotic experiences as
indicators of suicidal ideation in a non-clinical college sample. Psychiatry Research, 226, 489-493.
Oh, H.Y., DeVylder, J.E., & Chen, F. (2015). To treat or not to treat: Responding to
psychotic-like experiences. British Journal of Social Work, 45, 2003-2019.
DeVylder, J.E., Lukens, E.P., Link, B.G., Lieberman, J.A. (2015). Suicidal ideation and
suicide attempts among adults with psychotic experiences: data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys. JAMA Psychiatry, 72, 219-225.
DeVylder, J.E., Oh, H.Y., Pitts, S., & Schiffman, J. (2015). Young for One’s Grade: A Risk
Factor for Psychotic Experiences among Adults in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication. Psychiatry Research, 226, 353-356.
Hilimire, M.R., Mayberg, H.S., Holtzheimer, P.E., Broadway, J.M., Parks, N.A., DeVylder, J.E., &
Corballis, P.M. (2015). Effects of subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation on negative self-bias in patients with treatment-resistant depression. Brain Stimulation, 8, 185-191.
Gearing, R.E., DeVylder, J.E., Chen, F., Pogge, D.L., & Buccolo, M. (2014). Changing
perceptions of illness in the early course of psychosis: psychological pathways towards self-determination and self-management of treatment. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 77, 344-359.
DeVylder, J.E., Muchomba, F.M., Gill, K.E., Ben-David, S., Walder, D.J., Malaspina, D., &
Corcoran, C.M. (2014). Symptom trajectories and psychosis onset in a clinical high risk cohort: the relevance of disorganized communication. Schizophrenia Research, 159, 278-283.
Ben-David, S., Birnbaum, M., Eilenberg, E., DeVylder, J.E., Gill, K., Schienle, J., Azimov, N.,
Lukens, E., Davidson, L., Corcoran, C.M. (2014). The subjective experience of youths at clinical high risk for psychosis: a qualitative research study. Psychiatric Services, 65, 1499-1501.
Oh, H.Y., Yang, L.H., Anglin, D., & DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Perceived discrimination and
psychotic experiences across multiple ethnic groups in the United States. Schizophrenia Research, 157, 259-265.
DeVylder, J.E., Burnette, D., Yang, L.H. (2014). Comorbidity of psychotic experiences and
common mental health conditions across four racially and ethnically diverse population samples. Psychological Medicine, 44, 3503-3513.
Oh, H.Y., & DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Mental health correlates of homelessness amongst
Latinos and Asians. Community Mental Health Journal, 50, 953-959.
DeVylder, J.E., Oh, H.Y., Corcoran, C.M., & Lukens, E.P. (2014) Treatment-seeking and unmet
need for care for psychosis-like experiences in the general population. Psychiatric Services, 65, 774-780.
DeVylder, J.E., & Oh, H.Y. (2014). A systematic review of the familial coaggregation of
schizophrenia with non-psychotic disorders. Social Work in Mental Health, 12, 280-301.
DeVylder, J.E., Yang, L., Harkavy-Friedman, J., Azimov, N., Walder, D., & Corcoran, C.M.
(2014). Assessing depression in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis: a comparison of three measures. Psychiatry Research, 215, 323-328.
DeVylder, J.E & Gearing, R.E. (2013). Declining social support in adolescents prior to first
episode psychosis: associations with negative and affective symptoms. Psychiatry Research, 210, 50-54.
DeVylder, J.E., Oh, H.Y., Yang, L.H., Cabassa, L.J., Chen, F., & Lukens, E.P. (2013).
Acculturative stress and psychotic-like experience among Asian and Latino immigrants to the United States. Schizophrenia Research, 150, 223-228.
DeVylder, J.E., Wang, J.S-H., Oh, H.Y., & Lukens, E.P. (2013). Child loss and psychosis onset:
evidence for traumatic experience as an etiological factor in psychosis. Psychiatry Research, 205, 90-94.
DeVylder, J.E., Ben David, S., Kimhy, D., & Corcoran, C.M. (2013). Attributional style among
youth at clinical risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 7, 84-88.
DeVylder, J.E., & Lukens, E.P. (2013). Family history of schizophrenia as a risk factor for
axis I psychiatric conditions. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 47, 181-187.
DeVylder, J.E., Ben David, S., Schobel, S.A., Kimhy, D., Malaspina, D., & Corcoran, C.M. (2013).
Temporal association of stress sensitivity and symptoms in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Psychological Medicine, 43, 259-268.
DeVylder, J.E. (2013). The fall and rise of Adolf Meyer’s psychogenic etiology of dementia
praecox (schizophrenia): 1903-1910, and beyond. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 83, 2-17.
DeVylder, J.E., Oh, A.J., Ben David, S., Azimov, N., Harkavy-Friedman, J., & Corcoran, C.M.
(2012). Obsessive compulsive symptoms in individuals at clinical risk for psychosis: association with depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Schizophrenia Research, 140, 110-113.
DeVylder, J.E. (2012). An ecological systems perspective on the clinical high risk state
preceding schizophrenia onset. Social Work in Mental Health, 10, 478-495.
Broadway, J.M., Holzheimer, P.A., Hilimire, M.R., Parks, N.A., DeVylder, J.E., Mayberg, H.S., &
Corballis, P.M. (2012). Deep brain stimulation and frontal theta power in severely depressed patients. Neuropsychopharmacology, 37, 1764-1772.
DeVylder, J.E. (2011). Psychosis risk and prevention of severe and persistent mental
illness: implications for social work practice. Columbia Social Work Review, 2, 59-72.
DeVylder, J.E. (2010). Dialectical behavior therapy for the treatment of borderline
personality disorder: an evaluation of the evidence. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 15, 63-73.
Book Chapter
Lukens, E.P. & DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Schizophrenia. In A. Gitterman (Ed.), Handbook of
Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Non-Refereed Articles
DeVylder, J.E. (in press). Sleep as an underutilized target for rapid response in the
treatment of depression and suicidal ideation. Health & Social Work.
DeVylder, J.E. (in press). Preventing schizophrenia and severe mental illness: a grand
challenge for social work. Research on Social Work Practice .
Doherty, T., & DeVylder, J.E. (in press).Identifying risk for suicide.Health & Social Work.
Thompson, E., Millman, Z., Okuzawa, N., Mittal, V., DeVylder, J., Skadberg, T., Buchanan,
R.W., Reeves, G., & Schiffman, J. (2015). Evidence-based early interventions for individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: areview of treatment components. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 203, 342-351.
DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Maximizing benefits and minimizing risks in the primary prevention
of schizophrenia. Social Work, 59, 363-365.
Oh, H.Y., & DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Psychotic symptoms predict health outcomes even after
adjusting for substance use, smoking and co-occurring psychiatric disorders: findings from the NCS-R and NLAAS. World Psychiatry.
DeVylder, J.E. (2014). Prevalence of psychotic symptoms. Psychiatric Services, 65, 270.
Oh, H.Y. &DeVylder, J.E. (2013). The pedagogy of recovery. Psychiatric Services, 64, 1068-
1069.
Oh, H.Y., DeVylder, J.E. (2012). Clifford W. Beers. Social Work and Society, 10(2).
DeVylder, J.E., Alexander, N., & Fisher, P.W. (2012). A consultation service to support
participants in psychiatric research. Psychiatric Services, 63, 291-292.
Book Review
DeVylder, J.E. & Lukens, E.P. (2013). Public Mental Health. American Journal of
Epidemiology, 177, 487-488.
Presentations:
Refereed Presentations
DeVylder, J.E.(2016, May). Psychotic experiences as risk factors for suicidal behavior:
evidence from a series of survey studies in the United States. Oral presentation
given at the Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Tokyo, Japan.
Fraser, M.W., Jenson, J.M., Hawkins, J.D., DeVylder, J.E., Shapiro, V.B., & Bender, K.A. (2016,
January).Ensuring healthy development for all youth: unleashing universal, selective, and indicated prevention. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
Nam, B., DeVylder, J.E., Lehmann, M., & Hilimire, M. (2016, January). Factors related to the
transition from suicide ideation to suicidal behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
Lehmann, M., Hilimire, M., & DeVylder, J.E. (2016, January). Investigating the relationship
between self-esteem, stereotype awareness, and suicide attempts. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
Hawkins, J.D., Jenson, J.M, DeVylder, J.E., Catalano, R.F., Fraser, M.W., Botvin, G., Shapiro,
V.B., & Bender, K.A. (2016, January).Ensuring health development for all youth: a Grand Challenge for social work. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
DeVylder, J.E. & Hilimire, H.R. (2015, October). Predicting suicide attempts among young
adults with suicidal ideation: the roles of hopelessness and psychotic experiences. Poster presented at the International Summit on Suicide Research, New York, NY.
Wilson, C., DeVylder, J., Doherty, T., Schiffman, J., & Hilimire, M. (2015, March). Psychotic
experiences and suicide attempts: testing for environmental confounding. Poster presented at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
DeVylder, J. (2015, March). Suicidal behavior among young adults with psychotic
experiences. Oral presentation given at the international conference of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis, New York, NY.
Oh, H. & DeVylder, J. (2014, May). Social work research on mental health recovery as a
public sociological enterprise. Oral presentation given at the 4th International Conference on Sociology and Social Work, Los Angeles, CA.
DeVylder, J.E. (2014, January). The clinical significance of sub-threshold psychosis in the
general population: comorbidity and suicide risk. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX.
Bedi, G., Carillo, F., Cecchi, G., Slezak, D.F., Sigman, M., DeVylder, J.E., Muchomba, F., &
Corcoran, C.M. (2013, December). Automated analysis of disorganized communication predicts transition to psychosis among clinical high risk patients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL.
Chen, F., Gearing, R.E., DeVylder, J.E., & Oh, H.Y. (2013, July). Parental help-seeking for
adolescents during first-episode psychosis. Oral presentation presented at the International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Los Angeles, CA.
DeVylder, J.E., Gill, K., Ben-David, S., & Corcoran, C. (2013, January). Associations of stress
with symptoms in individuals at clinical high risk for developing schizophrenia: implications for the development of social work interventions. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Diego, CA.
Lukens, E.P. & DeVylder, J.E. (2013, January).Separation from a parent through age 16 as a
contributing factor to severe mental health conditions in a general population study in the US: considerations for practice, programming and research. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Diego, CA.
Ben-David, S., Birnbaum, M., Eilenberg, M., Schienle, J., DeVylder, J., Gill, K., Azimov, N., &
Corcoran, C. (2013, January). A qualitative research study on the subjective experience of youths identified as at clinical high risk for developing psychosis. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Diego, CA.
DeVylder, J.E., Ben-David, S., Schobel, S.A., Kimhy, D., & Corcoran, C.M. (2012, April).
Longitudinal association of stress measures with symptoms in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Schizophrenia International Research Society, Florence, Italy.
DeVylder, J.E., Ben-David, S., Schobel, S.A., Kimhy, D., & Corcoran, C.M. (2012, April).
Longitudinal association of stress measures with symptoms in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis. Poster presented at the International Prodromal Research Network meeting, Florence, Italy.
DeVylder, J.E., Golden, E., Alexander, N., & Fisher, P.W. (2012, January). Meeting the needs
of participants in clinical research: an evaluation of the NYSPI social work consultation service. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
Broadway, J.M., Hilimire, M.R., Parks, N.A., DeVylder, J.,E., Corballis, P.M., Mayberg, H.S., &
Holzheimer, P.A. (2010, September). Deep brain stimulation and frontal theta in severely depressed patients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Portland, OR.
Hilimire, M.R., Braodway, J.M., DeVylder, J.E., Parks, N.A., Corballis, P.M., Holtzheimer, P.A.,
Mayberg, H.S. (2010, September) Deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant depression reduces self-negativity bias: EEG and behavioral evidence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Portland, OR.
DeVylder, J.E., Corballis, P.M., & Parks, N.A. (2008, April). Sensory gain control at fixation.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
DeVylder, J.E., Corballis, P.M., & Hilimire, M.R. (2007, October). Emotional stimuli modulate
sensory gain: an ERP study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Savannah, GA.
Kiefer, O.P., Corballis, P.M., & DeVylder, J.E. (2007, October). Establishing functional
connectivity between the superior colliculus and the parietal eye field: a combined fMRI and DTI study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Savannah, GA.
Hilimire, M.R., Corballis, P.M., DeVylder, J.E., & Forth, D. (2007, October). Examining the
nature and time course of attention to emotional facial expressions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Savannah, GA.
Invited Presentations
DeVylder, J.E. (2016, March). The psychosis continuum: implications for prevention and
early intervention. Invited presentation for the University of Maryland School of Social Work’s Board of Advisors, Baltimore, MD.
Harrington, D., & DeVylder, J.E. (2016, March). Writing a publishable paper. Invited
presentation given as part of the Professional Development Series for the University of Maryland School of Social Work Doctoral Program, Baltimore, MD.
Harrington, D., & DeVylder, J.E. (2016, January). Writing a publishable paper – from idea to
submission. Invited workshop given at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
DeVylder, J.E. (2015, February). Suicidal behavior among non-clinical samples of adults
with psychotic experiences. Talk given at the monthly research meeting of the Suicide Prevention Research Group, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
DeVylder, J.E. (2014, April). Suicidal Behavior among Adults with Sub-Threshold Psychosis.
Invited presentation at The New York Academy of Medicine’s Sixth Annual Student Night, New York, NY.
DeVylder, J.E. (2012, February). Obsessive and compulsive symptoms at COPE: aggressive
obsessions and suicidal ideation. Talk given at weekly research meeting of the Center of Prevention and Evaluation at New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.
DeVylder, J.E. (2011, October). Causal attribution biases in the COPE psychosis-risk cohort.
Talk given at weekly research meeting of the Center of Prevention and Evaluation at New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.