Assistant Professor in-Residence, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
School of Medicine

schizophrenia, clinical high-risk, homelessness, health disparities, stress, inflammation

faculty.sites.uci.edu/dereknovacek/

Novacek, D. M., Wynn, J. K., McCleery, A., Reavis, E. A., Senturk, D., Sugar, C. A., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2024). Sustained mental health and functional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Black and White Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 172, 102-107.

Hampton-Anderson, J. N., Novacek, D. M., Zhen-Duan, J., Latimer, S., Perry, T., & Renard, D. (2023). Redefining the role of public health professionals serving black youth seeking mental healthcare: Implications for training and mentoring. American Journal of Public Health, 113(S2), S114-S148.

McCleery, A., Wynn, J. K., Novacek, D. M., Reavis, E. A., Senturk, D., Sugar, C. A., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2023). The impact of psychological strengths on Veteran populations’ mental health trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59, 111-120.

Mertens, G., Engelhard, I. M., Novacek, D. M., & McNally, R. J. (2023). Managing fear during pandemics: Risks and opportunities. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Novacek, D. M., Wynn, J. K., McCleery, A., Reavis, E. A., Senturk, D., Sugar, C. A., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2022). Racial differences in the psychosocial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 92(5), 590-598.

Wynn, J. K., McCleery, A., Novacek, D. M., Reavis, E. A., Senturk, D., Sugar, C., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and functional outcomes in Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness: A 15-month longitudinal study. PLOS ONE, 17(8), e0273579.

DeLuca, J.S., Novacek, D. M., Adery, L. H., Herrera, S. N., Landa, Y., Corcoran, C. M., & Walker, E. F. (2022). Equity in mental health services for youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis: Considering marginalized identities and stressors. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 7(2), 176-197.

Novacek, D. M., Wynn, J. K., Gabrielian, S., Glynn, S. M., Hellemann, G., Horan, W. P., Kern, R. S., Lee, J., Marder, S. M., Sugar, C. A, & Green, M. F. (2022). Examining racial differences in community integration between Black and White homeless Veterans. Psychiatry Research, 308.

Schwarzbold, M. L., Kern, R. S., Novacek, D. M., McGovern, J. E., Catalano, L. T., & Green, M. F. (2021). Self-stigma in psychotic disorders: Clinical, cognitive, and functional correlates in a diverse sample. Schizophrenia Research, 28, 145-150.

McCleery, A., Wynn, J. K., Novacek, D. M., Reavis, E. A., Tsai, J., & Green, M. F. (2021). Socioeconomic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic for Veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e2169-e2178.

Novacek, D. M., Hampton-Anderson, J. N., Ebor, M. T., Loeb, T. B., & Wyatt, G. E. (2020). Mental health ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Black Americans: Clinical and research recommendations. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(5), 449-451.

Novacek, D. M., LoPilato, A. M., Goines, K. B., Trotman, H. D., Compton, M. T., & Walker, E. F. (2019). Cultural considerations in the treatment of African American youth with attenuated psychosis syndrome: The importance of socio-contextual and clinical factors. In H. Li, L. Seidman, & D. Shapiro (Eds.), Handbook of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Across Cultures: International Perspectives on Early Identification and Intervention. New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Macdonald, A. N., Goines, K. B., Novacek, D. M., & Walker, E. F. (2016). Prefrontal mechanisms of comorbidity from a transdiagnostic and ontogenic perspective. Development and Psychopathology, 28, 1147-1175.

Waford, R. N., Macdonald, A. N., Goines, K. B., Novacek, D. M., Trotman, H. D., Walker, E. F., Addington, J. Bearden, C. E., Cadenhead, K. S., Cannon, T. D., Cornblatt, B. A., Heinssen, R., Mathalon, D. H., Tsuang, M. T., Perkins, D. O., Seidman, L. J., Woods, S. W., & McGlashan, T. (2015). Demographic correlates of attenuated positive psychotic symptoms. Schizophrenia Research, 166, 31-36.

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Last updated
07/15/2025