Kevin Xu

Kevin Xu

Instructor in Psychiatry

Additional Titles & Roles


  • Director, PGY2 Substance Use Disorders Rotation
  • Physician-Scientist, NIDA K12 Career Development Award Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders

Education & Training


  • NIDA Transdiciplinary Training in Addictions Research (TranSTAR) T32 Program: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2023
  • Adult Psychiatry Residency: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2022
  • MD/MPH: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 2018
  • BA: Biology, Anthropology: Columbia University, New York, NY, 2014

Major Awards


  • American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Ruth Fox Award; ASAM Most Read Scientific Publications of the Year (2022), 2023
  • WUSM Dept. of Psychiatry Excellence in Teaching Award, 2023
  • The Eli Robins Award for excellence in research, teaching and clinical psychiatry, WUSM, 2022
  • College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Travel Award for Early Career Investigators; American Society for Addiction Medicine NIDA Young Investigator Award; American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP) New Investigator Award, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA) Travel Award, 2022
  • APA Psychiatric Research Fellowship Award, APA Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators, 2022
  • Career Development Institute (CDI) for Psychiatry, 2022
  • John Renner Award, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, 2021

Areas of Clinical Interest


Addiction

Research Interests


Substance Use Disorders, Health Equity, Pharmacoepidemiology

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Key Publications


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    Funded Research Projects


    7/1/2023-present, K12 DA041449 Career Development Award Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders (K12 scholar)
    6/1/2024-5/30/2025, Center for Perioperative Mental Health R03 Pilot and Feasibility Grant (PI)
    4/17/2023-4/17/2024, Collaborative Administrative Data Research Award (Co-PI)
    7/1/2022-6/30/2024, American Psychiatric Association (APA) Psychiatric Research Award (PI)