Benson S. Ku

ORCID: 0000-0001-6994-8770
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Research Areas
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Human Health and Disease
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Chemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigation
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Emory University
2019-2025

New York State Psychiatric Institute
2020

Grady Memorial Hospital
2020

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2019

Hofstra University
2016-2018

Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
2018

Engineering Associates (United States)
2016

Columbia University
2015

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
2015

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2015

Abstract Background Recent research has demonstrated that domains of social determinants health (SDOH) (e.g. air pollution and context) are associated with psychosis. However, SDOHs have often been studied in isolation. This study investigated distinct exposure profiles, estimated their associations persistent distressing psychotic-like experiences (PLE), evaluated whether involvement physical activity partially explains this association. Methods Analyses included 8,145 young adolescents...

10.1017/s0033291725000224 article EN Psychological Medicine 2025-01-01

Importance The protective ethnic density effect hypothesis, which suggests that minoritized individuals who grow up in neighborhoods with a high proportion of ethnoracial groups are protected from the effects perceived discrimination, has not been examined among at clinical risk psychosis (CHR-P). This level examination may help identify intervention targets for preventing high-risk individuals. Objective To examine association between area-level during childhood, and outcomes CHR-P. Design,...

10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2841 article EN JAMA Psychiatry 2023-08-16

Area deprivation index (ADI) has been shown to be associated with reduced hippocampal volume (HV) among youths. The social environment may interact the association between ADI and HV.

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.16484 article EN cc-by-nc-nd JAMA Network Open 2024-06-12

Early exposure to neighborhood social fragmentation has been shown be associated with schizophrenia. The impact of and friendships on distressing psychotic-like experiences (PLE) remains unknown. We investigate the relationships between fragmentation, number friends, PLE among early adolescents.

10.1017/s0033291724000278 article EN mit Psychological Medicine 2024-02-16

Persistent distressing psychotic-like experiences (PLE) are associated with impaired functioning and future psychopathology. Prior research suggests that physical activities may be protective against However, it is unclear whether interact genetics in the development of psychosis.

10.1093/schbul/sbae141 article EN Schizophrenia Bulletin 2024-07-31

<title>Abstract</title> Persistent distressing psychotic-like experiences (PLE) among children may be driven by genetics and neighborhood environmental exposures. However, the gene-environment interaction to persistent PLE is unknown. The study included 6,449 participants from Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Genetic risk was measured a multi-ancestry schizophrenia polygenic score (SCZ-PRS). Multi-dimensional neighborhood-level exposures were used form exposome (NE) score....

10.21203/rs.3.rs-5830171/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2025-02-18

Background and aims: Problematic gaming has been linked to increased levels of psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in youth, but the role environmental factors remains unclear. Using affordance theory, this study aimed examine association problematic with PLEs factors. Methods: Participants were 6492 youth (39.2% female) who reported playing video games, from Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study U.S. Measures included gaming, peer environment (number close friends), school (teachers,...

10.1101/2025.03.24.25324546 preprint EN cc-by medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025-03-25

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly disabling condition associated with alterations in multiple neurobiological systems, including increases inflammatory function. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) decreases inflammation, however few studies have examined the effects of non-invasive VNS on physiology human subjects, and no patients PTSD. The purpose this study was to assess transcutaneous cervical (tcVNS) responses stress. Thirty subjects history exposure traumatic (N ​= ​10)...

10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100138 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health 2020-09-11
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