Barbara H Chaiyachati, MD, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Researcher, Lifespan Brain Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Affiliate Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Core Faculty, Clinical Futures, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Core Faculty, PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Member, Provider Response Reserve Corps, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of General Pediatrics
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA
Education:
BA (Biology)
Macalester College, 2006.
PhD (Cell Biology)
Yale University, 2013.
MD
Yale University School of Medicine, 2015.
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Selected Publications

Ratner JA, Chaiyachati BH, Demharter NS, Gannon M, Hossain J, Larkin O, McAllister JM, Peera F, Schiff DM, Sibinga EMS, Rohde JF, Goyal NK: Pediatricians' Attitudes Toward and Use of Terminology About Mothers With Opioid Use Disorder. J Addict Med 19(6): 646-654, Nov-Dec 2025.

Calihan JB, Liu G, Raftery K, Goullaud L, LaFleur J, Walt G, Chaiyachati BH, Bagley SM, Gray JR, Schiff DM: Perspectives of Mothers With Substance Use Disorder on Naloxone Education: "I'm Ready to Have Those Conversations About Who I Was, Because That's Not Who I Am" J Addict Med September 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001531.

Puls HT, Noelke C, Jeffries KN, Lindberg DM, Austin AE, Chaiyachati BH, Hall M : Explanatory capacity of measures of community context for paediatric injury hospitalisations in the USA. Inj Prev 31(5): 428-434, September 2025.

Bakhireva LN, Ma X, Psaras C, Sullivan E, Bogdan R, Chaiyachati BH, Chambers CD, Croff J, Bandoli G: Prevalence of Polysubstance Use among Pregnant Persons who consume Alcohol in Pregnancy: Results from the Large US Multi-Site Study. European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism Conference, Brussels, Belgium September 2025 Notes: Poster.

White LK, Himes MM, Waller R, Njoroge WFM, Chaiyachati BH, Barzilay R, Kornfield SL, Burris HH, Seidlitz J, Parish-Morris J, Brady RG, Gerstein ED, Laney N, Gur RE, Duncan AF: The Influence of Pandemic-Related Worries During Pregnancy on Child Development at 12 Months. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 56(4): 923-937, August 2025.

Croff JM, Bandoli G, Ma X, Chaiyachati B, Bogdan R, Chambers CD, Sullivan EL, Bakhireva L : The association between laboratory cleaning procedures and phosphatidylethanol (PEth) detection in drive blood spot (DBS) samples. Research Society on Alcohol. New Orleans, LA June 2025 Notes: Poster.

White LK, Perlstein S, Gorgone A, Himes MM, Kornfield SL, Shanmugan S, Weitz E, Njoroge WFM, Duncan AF, Burris HH, Laney N, Gur RE, Waller RE, Chaiyachati BH.: Evidence for missed cases of postpartum depression based on paediatric clinical care screenings. Br J Psychiatry 226(6): 421-423, June 2025.

Chaiyachati BH, Catalano JL, Schultz LM, Almasy L, Visoki E, Seidlitz J, Moore TM, Taylor JH, Calkins ME, Gur RE, Barzilay R: Mediating Role of Trauma Connecting Psychiatric Family History and Adolescent Mental Health. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci 5(5): 100525, May 2025.

Lang N, Catalano J, Xu J, White L, Mautone J, Chaiyachati BH: A Descriptive Analysis of PSC-17 Screening Outcomes and Related Diagnoses in 9-year Well-Child Visits. CHOP Research Day, Philadelphia, PA May 2025 Notes: Poster.

Puls H, Lindberg DM, Clemens N, Austin AE, Chaiyachati BH, Hall M : Hospital Encounters for Child Physical Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Levels of Community Advantage Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2025 Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii May 2025 Notes: Poster.

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