Population health, mobile technologies, systems-level interventions, homelessness, military & veterans, PTSD, substance use disorders, bioethics, cultural psychiatry, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ health.
1. Afshar M, Phillips A, Karnik N, Mueller J, To D, Gonzalez R, Price R, Cooper R, Joyce C, Dligach D. Natural language processing and machine learning to identify alcohol misuse from the electronic health record in trauma patients: development and internal validation. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA. 2019; 26(3):254-261. PubMed [journal] PMID: 30602031
2. Horwitz AG, Held P, Klassen BJ, Karnik NS, Pollack MH, Zalta AK. Posttraumatic Cognitions and Suicidal Ideation among Veterans receiving PTSD Treatment. Cognitive therapy and research. 2018; 42(5):711-719. NIHMSID: NIHMS971589 PubMed [journal] PMID: 30505042, PMCID: PMC6261529
3. Winiarski DA, Engel ML, Karnik NS, Brennan PA. Early Life Stress and Childhood Aggression: Mediating and Moderating Effects of Child Callousness and Stress Reactivity. Child psychiatry and human development. 2018; 49(5):730-739. NIHMSID: NIHMS973974 PubMed [journal] PMID: 29435696, PMCID: PMC6089667
4. Zalta AK, Held P, Smith DL, Klassen BJ, Lofgreen AM, Normand PS, Brennan MB, Rydberg TS, Boley RA, Pollack MH, Karnik NS. Evaluating patterns and predictors of symptom change during a three-week intensive outpatient treatment for veterans with PTSD. BMC psychiatry. 2018; 18(1):242. PubMed [journal] PMID: 30053860,
PMCID: PMC6063006
5. Hock LE, Karnik NS. Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions. AMA journal of ethics. 2017; 19(8):753-761. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28846515
6. Adkins EC, Zalta AK, Boley RA, Glover A, Karnik NS, Schueller SM. Exploring the potential of technology-based mental health services for homeless youth: A qualitative study. Psychological services. 2017; 14(2):238-245. NIHMSID: NIHMS881019 PubMed [journal] PMID: 28481610, PMCID: PMC5540313
7. Carrier F, Banayan D, Boley R, Karnik N. Ethical challenges in developing drugs for psychiatric disorders. Progress in neurobiology. 2017; 152:58-69. PubMed [journal] PMID: 28268181
UG1-DA049467 (Karnik & Pollack) 06/15/2019 – 02/29/2024
National Institute of Drug Abuse/NIH
Great Lakes Node of the Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network
This application will establish the Great Lakes Node of the Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network. The creation of this node will help facilitate research on substance and opioid misuse which are key components of NIH and federal government strategy to reduce the mortality and morbidity associated with the current opioid and substance epidemics. This node will support clinical trials relevant to the epidemics and also advance research in novel models of care, data analytics, mobile interventions and training.
Illinois Department of Human Services (Karnik) 07/01/2017 – 06/30/2020
Illinois Opioid-STR/SOR Program
Role: Program Director
This funding provides support to expand opioid screening and interventions including medication assisted therapy at Rush University Medical Center. This program also provides training of providers from across the State of Illinois.
R01-DA041071 (Garofalo & Karnik) 12/01/2015 – 11/30/2020
National Institute of Drug Abuse/NIH
Employing eSBI in a Community-based HIV Testing Environment for At-risk Youth
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
This study aims to test the use of electronic Screening and Brief Intervention (eSBI) for alcohol and other substance use in an HIV at-risk population.
Wounded Warrior Project 06/25/2015 – 06/30/2023
Road Home Program: Center for Veterans & their Families
Role: Senior Advisor (2017-present), Medical Director (2015-2017)
Road Home Program’s outpatient clinic and intensive outpatient treatment program are evidence-based programs that have some of the best outcomes for the treatment of PTSD. The Road Home Program also focuses on the treatment of mood & affective disorders, military sexual trauma, substance use disorders, and traumatic brain injury using evidenced-based modalities and family-centered care.