Harvard Catalyst Profiles

Contact, publication, and social network information about Harvard faculty and fellows.

Manjola Van Alphen, Ph.D., M.D.

Title
Institution
Department
Address
Phone
Fax
Profile Picture

Biography
awards and honors
1996 - 1999
University of Tirana Academic Scholarship
2000 - 2002
ARSTUD Grant for International Students
2002 - 2003
University of Bologna Study Grant for International Students
2003
Suma Cum Laude
2007
Partners in Excellence Award

Bibliographic
selected publications
Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.
Newest   |   Oldest   |   Most Cited   |   Most Discussed   |   Timeline   |   Field Summary   |   Plain Text
PMC Citations indicate the number of times the publication was cited by articles in PubMed Central, and the Altmetric score represents citations in news articles and social media. (Note that publications are often cited in additional ways that are not shown here.) Fields are based on how the National Library of Medicine (NLM) classifies the publication's journal and might not represent the specific topic of the publication. Translation tags are based on the publication type and the MeSH terms NLM assigns to the publication. Some publications (especially newer ones and publications not in PubMed) might not yet be assigned Field or Translation tags.) Click a Field or Translation tag to filter the publications.
  1. Lim C, Van Alphen MU, Maclaurin S, Mulligan C, Macri B, Cather C, Freudenreich O. Increasing COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among Patients With Serious Mental Illness: A Pilot Intervention Study. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 11 01; 73(11):1274-1277. PMID: 35414188.
    Citations:    Fields:    
  2. Van Alphen MU, Vyas CM, Paudel S, Makhlouf AT, Arjyal S, Stern TA. Managing Clozapine in Primary Care Settings. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2022 Feb 17; 24(1). PMID: 35180814.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  3. Makhlouf AT, Van Alphen MU, Manzano GS, Freudenreich O. A Seizure After COVID-19 Vaccination in a Patient on Clozapine. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2021 Nov-Dec 01; 41(6):689-690. PMID: 34735102.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  4. Flores EJ, Neil JM, Tiersma KM, Pappano CR, Mulligan C, Van Alphen MU, Park ER, Irwin KE. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Collaborative Lung Cancer Screening Educational Intervention Tailored for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 12; 18(12):1624-1634. PMID: 34375628.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  5. MacLaurin SA, Mulligan C, Van Alphen MU, Freudenreich O. Optimal Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Management During COVID-19. J Clin Psychiatry. 2021 01 12; 82(1). PMID: 33434959.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
  6. Acharya D, Harper DG, Achtyes ED, Seiner SJ, Mahdasian JA, Nykamp LJ, Adkison L, Van der Schuur White L, McClintock SM, Ujkaj M, Davidoff DA, Forester BP. Safety and utility of acute electroconvulsive therapy for agitation and aggression in dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Mar; 30(3):265-73. PMID: 24838521.
    Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  7. Ujkaj M, Davidoff DA, Seiner SJ, Ellison JM, Harper DG, Forester BP. Safety and efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of agitation and aggression in patients with dementia. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012 Jan; 20(1):61-72. PMID: 22143072.
    Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  8. Omayra Nieves, MD and Manjola Ujkaj, MD, PhD. Neuroimaging evidence for lack of ECT seizure induced structural damage. A case report. The Journal of ECT. Abstracts From the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Neurostimulation: (Formerly the Association for Convulsive Therapy) . 2010; 26(2):150-155.
  9. Manjola Ujkaj, MD, PhD, Donald A. Davidoff, PhD, Stephen J. Seiner, MD, James M. Ellison, MD, MPH, David Harper, PhD, and Brent P. Forester, MD. Safety and efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for the treatment of agitation and aggression in patients with dementia. The Journal of ECT. Abstracts From the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Neurostimulation: (Formerly the Association for Convulsive Therapy). 2010; 26(2):150-155.
  10. Omayra Nieves, MD and Manjola Ujkaj, MD, PhD. Delayed right EEG postictal suppression during bitemporal ECT maintenance therapy. A case report. The Journal of ECT. Abstracts From the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Neurostimulation: (Formerly the Association for Convulsive Therapy) . 2010; 26(2):150-155.
  11. Manjola Ujkaj, Donald Davidoff. Factor Structure Of The Geriatric Depression Scale: A Dimensional Description Of Late-Life Depression And Its Association With Disability In The Elderly. Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Research Day, Mysell Lecture. 2010.
  12. Omayra Nieves, Manjola Ujkaj. Delayed Right EEG Postictal Suppression During Bitemporal ECT Maintenance Therapy. A Case Report. Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Research Day, Mysell Lecture. 2010.
  13. Deepa Acharya, Manjola Ujkaj, Donald A Davidoff, Stephen J Seiner, James M Ellison, Caitlin Ravichandran, David Harper, Brent P Forester. . Evaluating the Efficacy and Cognitive Sequelae of ECT for Patients with Dementia Exhibiting Agitation and Aggression. Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Research Day, Mysell Lecture. 2010.
  14. Deepa Acharya, Manjola Ujkaj, Donald A Davidoff, Stephen J Seiner, James M Ellison, Caitlin Ravichandran, David Harper, Brent P Forester. Evaluating the Efficacy and Cognitive Sequelae of ECT for Patients with Dementia Exhibiting Agitation and Aggression. 2010 McLean Hospital Research Day. 2010.
  15. Ujkaj M, Davidoff DA ,Seiner SJ, Ellison JM, Harper D, Forester BP . Safety and Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for the Treatment of Agitation and Aggression in Patients with Dementia. Submitted for publication to the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry on December 2009, currently under revision as of June. 2010.
  16. Ellison JM, Ujkaj M. Recognition and treatment of late-life depression. Schwartz TL, Petersen T (eds). Depression. Treatment Strategies and Management. Second Edition. 2009; 248-265.
  17. Davidoff DA, Ujkaj M, Berlow J, Miles T, Zeranski L, Vuckovic A, Choras P, Savoie J. . Cognitive Profile of Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD): Presence of Abnormal Verbal IQ/Performance IQ (VIQ/PIQ) Split. Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Research Day / Mysell Lecture. Boston, MA. 2009.
  18. Ujkaj M, Forester BP, Seiner S, Ellison J, Harper D, Davidoff D. 2009 Boston, MA. 2009. Safety and Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for the Treatment of Agitation and Other Behavioral Complications of Dementia. Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Research Day / Mysell Lecture: Semifinalist for the Resident Poster Award. 2009.
  19. Serretti A, Olgiati P, Politis A, Malitas P, Albani D, Dusi S, Polito L, De Mauro S, Zisaki A, Piperi C, Liappas I, Stamouli E, Mailis A, Atti AR, Morri M, Ujkaj M, Batelli S, Forloni G, Soldatos CR, Papadimitriou GN, De Ronchi D, Kalofoutis A. Lack of association between interleukin-1 alpha rs1800587 polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease in two Independent European samples. J Alzheimers Dis. 2009; 16(1):181-7. PMID: 19158434.
    Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  20. D.A. Davidoff, Phd, M. Ujkaj, MD, PhD. Interface between Depression and Dementia in the Elderly. Depression and Mood Disorders in Later Life, Second Edition. By J.E. Ellison, H. Kyomen, S.K. Verma . 2008; 368.
  21. Donald A Davidoff, Ph.D., Manjola Ujkaj, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph Berlow, B.A., Tarter Miles, Psy.D., Lauren Zeranski, B.A., Alex Vuckovic, M.D., Ph.D., Peter Choras, M.D., JoAnne Savoie, Ph.D. Cognitive Profile of Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD): Presence of Abnormal Verbal IQ/Performance IQ (VIQ/PIQ) Split. American Psychiatric Association 2008 Annual Meeting. Washington DC,. 2008.
  22. Ujkaj M, Forester BP, Seiner S, Ellison J, Harper D, Davidoff D. Safety and Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for the Treatment of Agitation and Other Behavioral Complications of Dementia. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. American Association of Geriatric Psychitry (AAGP) 21st Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, March 14 – 17, 2008. 2008.
  23. Centorrino F, Talamo A., Lee HB, Ujkaj M., Cincotta SL, Baldessarini RJ. Valproate vs Lamotrigine in Outpatients with Bipolar Disorder. (poster). Presented at Seventh International Conference on Bipolar Disorders (7thICBD). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2007.
  24. Centorrino F, Talamo A., Lee HB, Ujkaj M., Cincotta SL, Baldessarini RJ. A Naturalistic Study of Valproate vs Lamotrigine in Outpatient Setting. (poster). New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit, (NCDEU), Annual Meeting, 2007, Boca Raton, Florida. 2007.
  25. Centorrino F, Talamo A., Lee HB, Ujkaj M., Cincotta SL, Baldessarini RJ. Valproate vs Lamotrigine in Outpatients with Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar Disorders 2007; 7, Supp 1. 2007; 9(Supp 1):27.
  26. Ujkaj M. Assessment of the Depressive Syndrome in the Geriatric Patient: Factor Analisis of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). 2007.
  27. De Ronchi D, Bellini F, Cremante G, Ujkaj M, Tarricone I, Selleri R, Quartesan R, Piselli M, Scudellari P. Psychopathology of first-episode psychosis in HIV-positive persons in comparison to first-episode schizophrenia: a neglected issue. AIDS Care. 2006 Nov; 18(8):872-8. PMID: 17012075.
    Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  28. Olgiati P, Politis A, Serretti A, Albani D, Forloni G, Malitas P, Piperi C, Stamouli E, Mailis A, Atti AR, Morri M, Ujkaj M, Prato F, Batelli S, De Ronchi D, Kalofoutis A. Interleukin-1 alpha gene in sporadic Alzheimer disease. Association with gender and depressive symptoms. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: XIV World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, 2006 The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. 2006; 141B(7):785.
  29. Morri M, De Ronchi D, Atti AR, Ujkaj M, Pioggiosi PP, Caprini C. The combined effect of age, education and stroke on dementia and cognitive impairment in the elderly. Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer's Association 10th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Realated Disorders. Madrid, Spain. 2006; 2(3 Suppl1):S407.
  30. Pioggiosi PP, Ujkaj M, Atti AR, Caprini S, De Ronchi D. Multidomain MCI amnestic is the prevailing diagnosis among cognitively impaired nonagerians and centenarians. Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer's Association 10th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Realated Disorders. Madrid, Spain. 2006; 2(3 Suppl 1):S300.
  31. Caprini S, De Ronchi D, Atti AR, Ujkaj M, Morri M, Pioggiosi PP, Dalmonte E, Karp A, Fratiglioni L. . Mental Activity and dementia risk. Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer's Association 10th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Realated Disorders. Madrid, Spain. 2006; 2(3 Suppl1):S556.
  32. Atti AR, Marchiori A, Ujkaj M, Morri M, Dalmonte E, De Ronchi D. . Visual/hearing impairment and cognitive functions. Affective, Behavior and Cognitive Disorders in the Elderly: ABCDE. Bologna, Italy. 2006.
  33. Tarricone I, Casoria M, Gozzi BF, Grieco D, Menchetti M, Serretti A, Ujkaj M, Pastorelli F, Berardi D. Metabolic risk factor profile associated with use of second generation antipsychotics: a cross sectional study in a Community Mental Health Centre. BMC Psychiatry. 2006 Mar 16; 6:11. PMID: 16542430.
    Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  34. Atti AR , Palmer K, Ujkaj M, Caprini S, Morri M, Ferrari B, Dalmonte E, Fratiglioni L, De Ronchi D. . Visual/Auditory deficit, cognitive impairment and psychiatric disorders. XI Congress of the Italian Society of Psychopathology: SOPSI. Rome, Italy. 2006.
  35. Morri M, Atti AR, Caprini S, Ferrari B, Ujkaj M, Dalmonte E, De Ronchi D. Body mass index (BMI) and dementia association. XI Congress of the Psychopathology Italian Society: SOPSI. Rome, Italy. 2006.
  36. Ujkaj M, Tarricone I, Ferrari B, Atti AR, Caprini S, Morri M, Dalmonte E, De Ronchi D. . Explorative Factor Analysis (EFA) of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). XI Congress of the Italian Society of Psychopathology: SOPSI. Rome, Italy. 2006.
  37. Caprini S, De Ronchi D, Atti AR, Morri M, Ujkaj M, Ferrari B, Dalmonte E, Fratiglioni L. Education and socioeconomic status influence the cognitive status of the elderly. XI Congress of the Italian Society of Psychopathology: SOPSI. Rome, Italy. 2006.
  38. Caprini S, De Ronchi S, Atti AR, Morri M, Ujkaj M, Ferrari B, Dalmonte E, Berardi D, Fratiglioni L. . Mental activity in the adult life may decrease the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment. XV National Meeting of the Italian Society of Neurogeriatrics. Rome, Italy. 2005.
  39. De Ronchi D, Ujkaj M, Boaron F, Muro A, Piselli M, Quartesan R. Symptoms of depression in late luteal phase dysphoric disorder: a variant of mood disorder? J Affect Disord. 2005 Jun; 86(2-3):169-74. PMID: 15935236.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  40. De Ronchi D, Ujkaj M, Boaron F, Muro A, Piselli M, Quartesan R. Symptoms of depression in late luteal phase dysphoric disorder: A variant of mood disorder?. XI Meeting of Medicine and Psychiatry. Assisi, Italy. 2004.
  41. Ujkaj M. Dementia and cognitive disorders, depression and disability in the elderly. A longitudinal population based study of the elderly of Faenza district. 2003.
Local representatives can answer questions about the Profiles website or help with editing a profile or issues with profile data. For assistance with this profile: HMS/HSDM faculty should contact contactcatalyst.harvard.edu. For faculty or fellow appointment updates and changes, please ask your appointing department to contact HMS. For fellow personal and demographic information, contact HMS Human Resources at human_resourceshms.harvard.edu. For faculty personal and demographic information, contact HMS Office for Faculty Affairs at facappthms.harvard.edu.
Van Alphen's Networks
Click the
Explore
buttons for more information and interactive visualizations!
Concepts (86)
Explore
_
Co-Authors (18)
Explore
_
Similar People (59)
Explore
_
Same Department 
Explore
_
Physical Neighbors
_
© 2023 President and Fellows of Harvard College
Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.