Jacyra A.de Araujo
Email: araujoj3@vcu.edu
Pronouns: She/her
Jacyra de Araujo is a postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in psychiatry and mental health research. Originally from Brazil, she earned her medical degree from the University of Brasília.
Before joining VCU, Dr. de Araujo was a research fellow at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Salvador, Brazil, where she published works on the relationship between mental illness and socioeconomic factors among Brazilian youth using linked electronic health records and other public registries. Dr. Araujo is funded by NIAAA on a T32 grant to expand her work on the relation of alcohol use and suicide thoughts and behaviors.
Areas of interest
- Mental Health
- Substance Misuse and Addictive Behaviors
Education and credentials
M.D., University of Brasilia, Brazil
Work
Selected publications
Oliveira Alves, F. J., Fialho, E., Paiva de Araújo, J. A., Naslund, J. A., Barreto, M. L., Patel, V., & Machado, D. B. (2024). The rising trends of self-harm in Brazil: an ecological analysis of notifications, hospitalizations, and mortality between 2011 and 2022. Lancet regional health. Americas, 31, 100691.
Toledo, L., Rodrigues, R., Alves, F., Guedes, F., de Araújo, J. A. P., Naslund, J. A., Barreto, M. L., Patel, V., & Machado, D. B. (2024). Risk of psychiatric hospitalization in low-income youth: longitudinal findings from the 100 million Brazilian Cohort. International journal of epidemiology, 53(6), dyae153.
Paiva de Araujo, J. A., Fialho, É., Oliveira Alves, F. J., Cardoso, A. M., Yamall Orellana, J. D., Naslund, J. A., Barreto, M. L., Patel, V., & Machado, D. B. (2023). Suicide among Indigenous peoples in Brazil from 2000 to 2020: a descriptive study. Lancet regional health. Americas, 26, 100591.
de Araujo, J. A. P., Xavier, É. F. M., Rodrigues, E. D. S., Machado, D. B., Barreto, M. E., Kanaan, R. A., Barreto, M. L., & Castro-de-Araujo, L. F. S. (2022). Main and moderated effects of multimorbidity and depressive symptoms on cognition. Brazilian Psychiatry Journal, 44(6), 644–649.