Gail L. Daumit, MD, MHS

Professional Titles

• Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research

Clinical Trials Summary

Intervention Trial to Decrease Cardiovascular Risk in Persons With Serious Mental Illness (IDEAL)

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:NCT02127671

Videos

• ACHIEVE Trial video

Additional Academic Titles

Joint Appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Contact for Research Inquiries

2024 E. Monument Street, Rm. 2-619
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: (410) 614-6460
Kbyrnes6@jhmi.edu

Research Interests

Access to and quality of primary medical care for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, Epidemiology and prevention of comorbid disease in serious mental illness, Health disparities, Medical comorbidity

Lab Website

Gail Daumit Lab - Lab Website

• Research in the Gail Daumit Lab is devoted to improving overall health and decreasing premature mortality for people with serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We have conducted observational studies to determine and convey the burden of physical health problems in this vulnerable population, and are currently leading a randomized trial funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to test a comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction program in people with serious mental illness.

Research Summary

Dr. Daumit’s research is devoted to improving overall health and decreasing premature mortality for people with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. 

She has conducted observational studies to determine and convey the burden of physical health problems in this vulnerable population, and was the principal investigator of ACHIEVE, a randomized clinical trial of a behavioral weight loss intervention in psychiatric rehabilitation programs funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

Dr. Daumit is currently leading a randomized trial funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, testing a comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction program in people with serious mental illness (IDEAL). She is the principal investigator, with Dr. Evins at Massachusetts General Hospital, of a randomized trial of a tobacco smoking cessation program integrating exercise and weight management for people with serious mental illness (TRIUMPH), funded by NIMH. 

Dr. Daumit also is leading a NIMH-funded study to examine Health Homes in Maryland psychiatric rehabilitation programs. She has a Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient Oriented Research focusing on implementation research from NIMH. Dr. Daumit also completed a fellowship at the NIMH-funded Implementation Research Institute.

Her work bridges mental health and primary care fields, and she works with colleagues and mentors trainees with diverse backgrounds spanning psychiatry, psychology, internal medicine, health policy, physical activity and epidemiology.  

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=daumit+G%5BAuthor%5D

Selected Publications

• Blecker S, Zhang Y, Ford DE, Guallar E, dosReis S, Steinwachs DM, Dixon LB, Daumit GL. Quality of Care for Heart Failure Among Disabled Medicaid Recipients with and without Severe Mental Illness. General Hospital Psychiatry, 2010, 32(3):255-61. Epub 2010 Mar 16. PMCID pending.

• Boulware LE, Marinopoulos S, Phillips KA, Hwang CW, Maynor K, Merenstein D, Wilson RF, Barnes GJ, Bass EB, Powe NR, Daumit GL. Systematic review: the value of the periodic health evaluation. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2007;146(4):289-300.

• Cahoon EK, McGinty, EE, Ford DE, Daumit, GL. Schizophrenia and potentially preventable hospitalization in the United States: A retrospective cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry, 2013 January 25; 13 (1):37. PMID: 23351438

• Casagrande SS, Anderson CA, Jerome GJ, Dalcin A, Dickerson FB, Appel LJ, Gennusa III JV, Campbell LM, Fred-Omojole O, Daumit GL. Dietary intake of adults with serious mental illnesses. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. 2011.35: 137-40. PMID: 22020844

• Cullen BA, McGinty EE, Zhang Y, dosReis SC, Steinwachs DM, Guallar E, Daumit GL. Guideline Concordant Antipsychotic Use and Mortality in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2012 Oct 30. PMID: 23112292.

• Daumit GL, Anthony CB, Fahey M, Skinner EA, Lehman AF, Hwang W, Steinwachs DM. Pattern of Mortality in a Sample of Maryland Residents with Severe Mental Illness. Psychiatry Research, 2010 Apr 30;176(2-3):242-245. Epub 2010 Mar 5. PMCID: PMC2966471

• Daumit GL, Clark JM, Graham CM, Lehman A, Ford DE. Prevalence and Correlates of Obesity in a Community Sample of Individuals with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2003; 191 (12). 799-805. PMID: 14671456

• Daumit GL, Crum RM, Guallar E, Powe NR, Primm AB, Steinwachs DM, Ford DE. Outpatient Prescriptions for Atypical Antipsychotics for African Americans, Hispanics and Whites in the United States, Archives of General Psychiatry, 2003; 60: 121-128. PMID: 14514496

• Daumit GL, Dalcin AT, Jerome GJ, Young DR, Charleston J, Crum RM, Anthony C, Hayes, JH, McCarron PB, Khaykin E, Appel LJ. A behavioral weight loss intervention for persons with serious mental illness in psychiatric rehabilitation centers. International Journal of Obesity. 2010 Nov 2.35(8):1114-23. PMCID: 21042323.

• Daumit GL, Dickerson FB, Wang NY, Dalcin A, Jerome GJ, Anderson CA, Young DR, Frick KD, Yu A, Gennusa JV III, Oefinger M, Crum RM, Charleston J, Casagrande SS, Guallar E, Goldberg RW, Campbell LM, Appel LJ. A behavioral weight loss intervention in persons with serious mental illness. New England Journal of Medicine, 2013 Apr 25;368(17):1594-602. PMID: 23517118

• Daumit GL, Pronovost PJ, Anthony CB, Guallar E, Steinwachs DM, Ford DE. Adverse Events During Medical and Surgical Hospitalizations for Persons with Schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2006 Mar;63(3):267-272. PMID: 16520431

• Dickerson FB, Yu A, Dalcin A, Jerome GJ, Gennusa JV, Charleston J, Campbell L, Oefinger M, Appel LJ, Daumit GL. Cigarette smoking and health characteristics in individuals with serious mental illness. Journal of Dual Diagnosis. 2013 [epub]9:39-43. PMID: 24072987

• Keenan TE, Yu A, Cooper LA, Appel LJ, Guallar E, Gennusa JV 3rd, Dickerson FB, Crum RM, Anderson CA, Campbell LM, Young DR, Daumit GL. Racial patterns of cardiovascular disease risk factors in serious mental illness and the overall US population. Schizophrenia Research. 2013. 150:211-16. PMID: 23916188

• McGinty E, Blasco-Comenares E, Zhang Y, dosReis S, Ford D, Steinwachs D, Guallar E, Daumit G. Post-myocardial infarction quality of care among disabled Medicaid beneficiaries with and without serious mental illness. General Hospital Psychiatry. 34(5): 493-9. (2012). PMID: 22763001

• McGinty EE, Zhang Y, Guallar E, Ford DE, Steinwachs D, Dixon L, Keating N, Daumit GL. Cancer incidence in a sample of Maryland residents with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 2012 July:63(7):714-7. PMID: 22752037

Honors

• Member Delta Omega, Honorary Society in Public Health
• Trial of the Year Award for "The Randomized Trial of Achieving Healthy Lifestyles in Psychiatric Rehabilitation," Society for Clinical Trials, 1/1/14
• Best Published Research Paper of the Year Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/13
• Listed as one of 10 Major Discoveries in 2013 by NARSAD Grantees, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation NIH Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24), National Institute of Mental Health, 1/1/12
• Named as "National Hero of the Year," National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) of Montgomery County, 1/1/10

Graduate Program Affiliations

• 330.639.01 The Intersection of Mental and Physical Health

Memberships

• Society of General Internal Medicine

Professional Activities

• Faculty Senate, Representative, 1/1/14 - 1/1/15
• Mental Health Services Research Committee, Chair, 1/1/12 - 6/30/14