Stacy S. Drury, MD, PhD
Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Leon Eisenberg Chair of Psychiatry, Professor and Chair, Harvard Medical School
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Stacy S. Drury, MD, PhD
Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Leon Eisenberg Chair of Psychiatry, Professor and Chair, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
University of Virginia
1993
Charlottesville
VA
Graduate School
University of Michigan
1994
Ann Arbor
MI
Medical School
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
2002
New Orleans
LA
Residency
Psychiatry
Tulane University
2005
New Orleans
LA
Fellowship
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Tulane University
2007
New Orleans
LA
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Professional History
Dr. Stacy Drury is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and the Psychiatrist in Chief at Boston Children’s Hospital since March of 2023. Dr. Drury came to Boston Children’s Tulane University where she served as the Associated Director of the Tulane Brain Institute, the Executive Director of the Tulane Violence Prevention Institute, the Vice Chair of Research for Pediatrics, and the Chief Research Officer for Children’s Hospital New Orleans.
Both her clinical work in medically ill children with co-morbid mental illness and her own research focus on the parent-child relationship as a critical buffer against the effects adversity. Her transdisciplinary research seeks to define the biological mechanisms through which adversity, including trauma, violence, child abuse and neglect, racism, and structural inequity drive negative health outcomes and health disparities.
In joining Boston Children’s Hospital she recognizes the urgent need for transformative community engaged and culturally responsive efforts targeting the prevention, treatment, and cure of child mental illness.
Publications
Telomere Length and Cognitive Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Participants From Communities Underrepresented in Aging Research: A Preliminary Study. View Abstract
Ebola Virus Disease and Pediatric Mental Health: Long-Term Mediating Effects of Caregiver Mental Health. View Abstract
From Neighborhood to Household: Connections Between Neighborhood Vacant and Abandoned Property and Family Violence. View Abstract
Parent-child relationship quality buffers the association between mothers' adverse childhood experiences and physiological synchrony. View Abstract
Virtual stressors with real impact: what virtual reality-based biobehavioral research can teach us about typical and atypical stress responsivity. View Abstract
Telomere length and cognitive function among middle-aged and older participants from communities underrepresented in aging research: A preliminary study. View Abstract
Editors' Note: 2024 Annual Report Regarding JAACAP's Antiracist Journey. View Abstract
COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects and Long-Term Neutralizing Antibody Response : A Prospective Cohort Study. View Abstract
Monochrome Multiplex Quantitative PCR Telomere Length Measurement. View Abstract
From neighborhood to household: connections between neighborhood vacant and abandoned property and family violence. View Abstract
Editors' Best of 2023. View Abstract
Pre-COVID respiratory sinus arrhythmia moderates associations between COVID-19 stress and child externalizing behaviors: Testing neurobiological stress theories. View Abstract
Prenatal air pollution exposure in relation to the telomere-mitochondrial axis of aging at birth: A systematic review. View Abstract
Editors' Note: Third Annual Report Regarding JAACAP's Antiracist Journey. View Abstract
Cumulative stress, PTSD, and emotion dysregulation during pregnancy and epigenetic age acceleration in Hispanic mothers and their newborn infants. View Abstract
The more symptoms the better? Covid-19 vaccine side effects and long-term neutralizing antibody response. View Abstract
Peer Review in JAACAP Open: Promoting Integrity While Advancing Open Science. View Abstract
Ebola Virus Disease Sensitization: Community-Driven Efforts in Sierra Leone. View Abstract
Our Hopes for JAACAP Open. View Abstract
Transgenerational effect of Mothers' experiences of discrimination on Black youths' hormone coupling in response to laboratory stress. View Abstract
A review and meta-analysis: Cross-tissue telomere length correlations in healthy humans. View Abstract
Predictors of long-term neutralizing antibody titers following COVID-19 vaccination by three vaccine types: the BOOST study. View Abstract
The interaction of socioeconomic stress and race on telomere length in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. View Abstract
The Single and Combined Effects of Prenatal Nonchemical Stressors and Lead Exposure on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Toddlers: Results from the CCREOH Environmental Epidemiologic Study in Suriname. View Abstract
Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2-Specific T-Cell Activation with a Rapid On-Chip IGRA. View Abstract
Editors' Best of 2022. View Abstract
Social distancing, community stigma, and implications for psychological distress in the aftermath of Ebola virus disease. View Abstract
Editors' Note: Second Annual Report Regarding JAACAP's Antiracist Journey. View Abstract
Psychosocial Factors and Telomere Length Among Parents and Infants of Immigrant Arab American Families. View Abstract
Sociodemographic Influences on Perceived Stress during Pregnancy: Results from the CCREOH Environmental Epidemiologic Study, Suriname. View Abstract
The Family is the Patient: Promoting Early Childhood Mental Health in Pediatric Care. View Abstract
Impact of prenatal tobacco smoking on infant telomere length trajectory and ADHD symptoms at 18?months: a longitudinal cohort study. View Abstract
Harnessing Virtual Mom Power: Process and Outcomes of a Pilot Telehealth Adaptation of a Multifamily, Attachment-Based Intervention. View Abstract
Editors' Best of 2021. View Abstract
Racial Differences in the Risk of Prenatal Depression Among Women Experiencing Childhood and Adult Stressors. View Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence rates of children seeking medical care in Louisiana during the state stay at home order. View Abstract
Editors' Note: First Annual Report Regarding JAACAP's Antiracist Journey. View Abstract
Validity, reliability, and transcultural adaptations of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID-III-NL) for children in Suriname. View Abstract
Longitudinal changes in epigenetic age in youth with perinatally acquired HIV and youth who are perinatally HIV-exposed uninfected. View Abstract
Editorial: Analyzing Treatment and Prescribing in Large Administrative Datasets With a Lens on Equity. View Abstract
Building Resilience for Generations: The Tip of the Chromosome. View Abstract
Method comparison studies of telomere length measurement using qPCR approaches: A critical appraisal of the literature. View Abstract
Editors' Best of 2020. View Abstract
Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH) Cohort Study: influences of complex environmental exposures on maternal and child health in Suriname. View Abstract
Evaluating physiologic outcomes of music interventions in the neonatal intensive care unit: a systematic review. View Abstract
Linking preschoolers' parasympathetic activity to maternal early adversity and child behavior: An intergenerational perspective. View Abstract
Our Vision: An Antiracist Journal. View Abstract
Exposure to total and methylmercury among pregnant women in Suriname: sources and public health implications. View Abstract
JAACAP's Role in Advancing the Science of Pediatric Mental Health and Promoting the Care of Youth and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic. View Abstract
Adverse childhood experiences, posttraumatic stress, and FKBP5 methylation patterns in postpartum women and their newborn infants. View Abstract
Editors' Best of 2019. View Abstract
Vision, Aphasia, Neglect Assessment for Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke. View Abstract
Vision, Aphasia, Neglect Assessment to Predict Neurosurgical Intervention in Patients with Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage. View Abstract
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Implications for Offspring Telomere Length and Psychopathology. View Abstract
Understanding barriers to timely identification of infants at risk of neonatal opiate withdrawal syndrome. View Abstract
The transgenerational transmission of maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): Insights from placental aging and infant autonomic nervous system reactivity. View Abstract
Childhood obesity and the associated roles of neighborhood and biologic stress. View Abstract
Telomere Length and Psychopathology: Specificity and Direction of Effects Within the Bucharest Early Intervention Project. View Abstract
Editors' Best of 2018. View Abstract
Life Course Approaches to the Causes of Health Disparities. View Abstract
Study Registration: Encouraging the Practice of Hypothetical-Deductive Research in the Journal. View Abstract
The development of the cortisol response to dyadic stressors in Black and White infants. View Abstract
Telomere length measurement by qPCR - Summary of critical factors and recommendations for assay design. View Abstract
Caregiving Disruptions Affect Growth and Pubertal Development in Early Adolescence in Institutionalized and Fostered Romanian Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial. View Abstract
Polymorphic variation in the SLC5A7 gene influences infant autonomic reactivity and self-regulation: A neurobiological model for ANS stress responsivity and infant temperament. View Abstract
Factor VIII in Acute Cerebral Ischemia Pilot Study: Biomarker in Patients With Large Vessel Occlusion? View Abstract
Reponse to Send et al. telomere length in newborns is related to maternal stress during pregnancy. View Abstract
Bias, the Scientific Method, and the Journal. View Abstract
Conflict of Interest and the Journal Revisited. View Abstract
Simply the Best: Honoring the Outgoing Editorial Team. View Abstract
Shaping long-term primate development: Telomere length trajectory as an indicator of early maternal maltreatment and predictor of future physiologic regulation. View Abstract
Thinking Across Generations: Unique Contributions of Maternal Early Life and Prenatal Stress to Infant Physiology. View Abstract
Impact of Physical Abuse on Internalizing Behavior Across Generations. View Abstract
The differential impact of oxytocin receptor gene in violence-exposed boys and girls. View Abstract
Salivary DNA Methylation Profiling: Aspects to Consider for Biomarker Identification. View Abstract
Association Between Neighborhood Violence and Biological Stress in Children. View Abstract
Measuring the Developing Therapeutic Relationship Between Pregnant Women and Community Health Workers Over the Course of the Pregnancy in a Study Intervention. View Abstract
Differences in placental telomere length suggest a link between racial disparities in birth outcomes and cellular aging. View Abstract
Accelerated telomere shortening: Tracking the lasting impact of early institutional care at the cellular level. View Abstract
Sex Differences in the Contribution of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and Trauma to Children's Psychopathology. View Abstract
Role of Direct and Indirect Violence Exposure on Externalizing Behavior in Children. View Abstract
DNA methylation at stress-related genes is associated with exposure to early life institutionalization. View Abstract
Diurnal and stress-reactive dehydroepiandrosterone levels and telomere length in youth. View Abstract
Secreted Oral Epithelial Cell Membrane Vesicles Induce Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in Latently Infected B Cells. View Abstract
The Neurobiological Impact of Postpartum Maternal Depression: Prevention and Intervention Approaches. View Abstract
When mothering goes awry: Challenges and opportunities for utilizing evidence across rodent, nonhuman primate and human studies to better define the biological consequences of negative early caregiving. View Abstract
Variation in CACNA1C is Associated with Amygdala Structure and Function in Adolescents. View Abstract
Serotonin Transporter Genotype (5HTTLPR) Moderates the Longitudinal Impact of Atypical Attachment on Externalizing Behavior. View Abstract
Unraveling the Meaning of Telomeres for Child Psychiatry. View Abstract
Effects of institutional rearing and foster care on psychopathology at age 12 years in Romania: follow-up of an open, randomised controlled trial. View Abstract
Using cross-species comparisons and a neurobiological framework to understand early social deprivation effects on behavioral development. View Abstract
Not all biofluids are created equal: chewing over salivary diagnostics and the epigenome. View Abstract
A neurogenetics approach to defining differential susceptibility to institutional care. View Abstract
Setting the trajectory: racial disparities in newborn telomere length. View Abstract
Serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) genotype moderates the longitudinal impact of early caregiving on externalizing behavior. View Abstract
A novel microdeletion in LOR causing autosomal dominant loricrin keratoderma. View Abstract
Race moderates the association of Catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype and posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children. View Abstract
Growing up or growing old? Cellular aging linked with testosterone reactivity to stress in youth. View Abstract
The association of telomere length with family violence and disruption. View Abstract
Carefully thinking about telomeres. View Abstract
Ome's, ic's, and ip's: from the bench to the bedside and back again. View Abstract
Indiscriminate behaviors in previously institutionalized young children. View Abstract
Policing the teen brain. View Abstract
Early hits and long-term consequences: tracking the lasting impact of prenatal smoke exposure on telomere length in children. View Abstract
The association of a novel haplotype in the dopamine transporter with preschool age posttraumatic stress disorder. View Abstract
Neighborhood disorder and telomeres: connecting children's exposure to community level stress and cellular response. View Abstract
Cumulative neighborhood risk of psychosocial stress and allostatic load in adolescents. View Abstract
Maternal sensitivity and attachment: softening the impact of early adversity. View Abstract
Recovering from early deprivation: attachment mediates effects of caregiving on psychopathology. View Abstract
A randomized controlled trial comparing foster care and institutional care for children with signs of reactive attachment disorder. View Abstract
Posterior fossa syndrome after surgical removal of a pineal gland tumor. View Abstract
Genetic sensitivity to the caregiving context: the influence of 5httlpr and BDNF val66met on indiscriminate social behavior. View Abstract
Klinefelter's syndrome in a 5-year-old boy with behavioral disturbances and seizures. View Abstract
Telomere length and early severe social deprivation: linking early adversity and cellular aging. View Abstract
Validity of evidence-derived criteria for reactive attachment disorder: indiscriminately social/disinhibited and emotionally withdrawn/inhibited types. View Abstract
Inter-rater reliability of the Pediatric Transplant Rating Instrument (P-TRI): challenges to reliably identifying adherence risk factors during pediatric pre-transplant evaluations. View Abstract
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak at camp for children with hematologic and oncologic conditions. View Abstract
Psychiatric outcomes in young children with a history of institutionalization. View Abstract
Early institutionalization: neurobiological consequences and genetic modifiers. View Abstract
Modification of depression by COMT val158met polymorphism in children exposed to early severe psychosocial deprivation. View Abstract
Abstract thinking: how much do we really know? View Abstract
The role of the dopamine transporter (DAT) in the development of PTSD in preschool children. View Abstract
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. In this issue. View Abstract
In this issue/abstract thinking: thinking inside the box. View Abstract
The traumatic impact of Hurricane Katrina on children in New Orleans. View Abstract
Safety-related knowledge and behavior changes in participants of farm safety day camps. View Abstract
Mouse tales from Kresge: the deafness mouse. View Abstract
Dominant and recessive deafness caused by mutations of a novel gene, TMC1, required for cochlear hair-cell function. View Abstract
Refining the DFNB7-DFNB11 deafness locus using intragenic polymorphisms in a novel gene, TMEM2. View Abstract
Central nervous system involvement of Epstein-Barr virus lymphoproliferative disease in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia. View Abstract
The mouse deafness locus (dn) is associated with an inversion on chromosome 19. View Abstract
Identification and mutation analysis of a cochlear-expressed, zinc finger protein gene at the DFNB7/11 and dn hearing-loss loci on human chromosome 9q and mouse chromosome 19. View Abstract
Assembly of a high-resolution map of the Acadian Usher syndrome region and localization of the nuclear EF-hand acidic gene. View Abstract