Additional Titles & Roles
- Director, PGY2 Substance Use Disorders Rotation
Education & Training
- NIDA Transdiciplinary Training in Addictions Research (TranSTAR) T32 Program: Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2023
- Adult Psychiatry Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, 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
- Parker Young Investigator Award, WUSM, 2024
- ASAM Ruth Fox Scholarship, 2023
- WUSM Dept. of Psychiatry Excellence in Teaching Award, 2023
- Eli Robins Award for excellence in research, teaching and clinical psychiatry, WUSM, 2022
- CPDD Travel Award for Early Career Investigators; ASAM NIDA Young Investigator Award; ASCP New Investigator Award, AMERSA Travel Award, 2022
- APA Psychiatric Research Fellowship; APA Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators, 2022
- AAAP John Renner Award, 2021
- Resident of the Year, WUSM Distinguished Service Teaching Award, 2019
Areas of Clinical Interest
Harm reduction, drug use, co-occurring psychiatric disorders in people with substance use disorders
Research Interests
1) Using routinely-collected health care data to examine inequities in psychiatric diagnosis
2) Understanding the risks/benefits associated with prescribing controlled substances
3) Evaluating the rational deprescribing and prescribing of psychotropic medications
Key Publications
- Xu KY, Jones HE, Schiff DM, Martin CE, Kelly JC, Carter EB, Bierut LJ, Grucza RA, (2023 Mar). Initiation and Treatment Discontinuation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnant People Compared With Nonpregnant People. Obstet Gynecol.
Read publication »Initiation and Treatment Discontinuation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnant People Compared With Nonpregnant People. - Liu SA, Brown TR, King AA, Lin LA, Rehman SS, Grucza RA, Xu KY, (2024 Sep). Opioid-related emergency admissions in people with opioid dependence/use disorder with and without sickle cell disease: An analysis of multi-state insurance claims. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 91: 83-88.
Read publication »Opioid-related emergency admissions in people with opioid dependence/use disorder with and without sickle cell disease: An analysis of multi-state insurance claims. - Xu KY, Mintz CM, Presnall N, Bierut LJ, Grucza RA, (2022 May). Comparative Effectiveness Associated With Buprenorphine and Naltrexone in Opioid Use Disorder and Cooccurring Polysubstance Use. JAMA Netw Open. 5(5): e2211363.
Read publication »Comparative Effectiveness Associated With Buprenorphine and Naltrexone in Opioid Use Disorder and Cooccurring Polysubstance Use. - Xu KY, Borodovsky JT, Presnall N, Mintz CM, Hartz SM, Bierut LJ, Grucza RA, (2021 Jul). Association Between Benzodiazepine or Z-Drug Prescriptions and Drug-Related Poisonings Among Patients Receiving Buprenorphine Maintenance: A Case-Crossover Analysis. Am J Psychiatry. 178(7): 651-659.
Read publication »Association Between Benzodiazepine or Z-Drug Prescriptions and Drug-Related Poisonings Among Patients Receiving Buprenorphine Maintenance: A Case-Crossover Analysis. - Xu KY, Schiff DM, Jones HE, Martin CE, Kelly JC, Bierut LJ, Carter EB, Grucza RA, (2023 Dec). Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Buprenorphine and Methadone Utilization Among Reproductive-Age Women with Opioid Use Disorder: an Analysis of Multi-state Medicaid Claims in the USA. J Gen Intern Med. 38(16): 3499-3508.
Read publication »Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Buprenorphine and Methadone Utilization Among Reproductive-Age Women with Opioid Use Disorder: an Analysis of Multi-state Medicaid Claims in the USA. - Ellis MS*, Xu KY*, Tardelli VS, Fidalgo TM, Buttram ME, Grucza RA, (2023 Sep). Gabapentin Use Among Individuals Initiating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry. *=co-first author
Read publication »Gabapentin Use Among Individuals Initiating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder.
Funded Research Projects
8/1/2024-7/31/2028, K08 DA061258 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (PI)
7/1/2023-7/31/2024, K12 DA041449 Career Development Award Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders (K12 scholar)
7/1/2024-6/30/2025, WU Here and Now Award (Co-I)
6/1/2024-5/30/2025, Center for Perioperative Mental Health R03 Pilot and Feasibility Grant (PI)
4/17/2023-4/17/2024, WU ICTS Collaborative Administrative Data Research Award (Co-PI)
7/1/2022-6/30/2024, American Psychiatric Association (APA) Psychiatric Research Award (PI)