Shira Maguen, PhD
Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

415-221-4810 ext. 2511

Shira Maguen, Ph.D. is Mental Health Director of the Post-9/11 Integrated Care Clinic and Staff Psychologist on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team (PCT) at the San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS), and Vice Chair of SFVAHCS and Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF School of Medicine.

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Dr. Maguen was appointed to and served on the Creating Options for Veterans' Expedited Recovery (COVER) Commission. She is also the San Francisco site co-lead for the VA Women’s Practice Based Research Network (PBRN) and Director of the SFVAHCS PTSD MIRECC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Dr. Maguen completed her internship and postdoctoral training at the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System after receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Georgia State University. She is involved with both the research and clinical components of the PTSD program. Her research interests fall under the umbrella of PTSD, moral injury, and suicide, and include risk and resilience factors in veterans, with a particular focus on female veterans. Dr. Maguen was the recipient of a VA Health Services Research and Development Grant that examined the impact of killing in veterans of war and moral injury and is currently conducting a multi-site trial examining a novel treatment for veterans who have killed in war. She has three additional grants to develop an eating disorder screen and self-diagnostic tool for the Veteran population, to examine rates of eating disorders in the military population, and to test a treatment for PTSD and moral injury. She recently completed two additional grants that examine the effectiveness of evidence-based treatments in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans via natural language processing and the effectiveness of a behaviorally-based treatment for insomnia (BBTI) in primary care. Dr. Maguen is the author of over 160 peer-reviewed publications, most of which focus on veteran mental health. She also works in a clinical capacity within the Post-9/11 Integrated Care Clinic and treating veterans with evidence-based treatments for PTSD. She supervises research health fellows and other trainees in evidence-based treatments for PTSD, and provides mentorship for trauma-focused research fellows.

Awards

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  • The James Besyner Award for Lifetime Achievement, American Psychological Association, Division 18, 2023
  • Outstanding Researcher, American Psychological Association, Division 18, 2010
  • John Warkentin Memorial Award, Georgia State University, 2001
  • Women’s Leadership Award, Columbia University, 1993
  • John Bartlow-Martin National Journalism Award, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, 1992
  • Scholastic Gold Circle Award, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, 1991

Education & Training

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  • Psychology Fellowship National Center for PTSD & MAVERIC VA Boston Healthcare System 2005
  • PhD Clinical Psychology Georgia State University 2002
  • Clinical Internship Clinical Psychology Consortium VA Boston Healthcare System 2002
  • MA Clinical Psychology Georgia State University 2000
  • MA Developmental Psychology Columbia University 1996
  • BA Psychology Columbia University 1994

Interests

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  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Moral Injury
  • Women's Health
  • Gender Differences
  • Suicide
  • Health Services
  • Veterans
  • Integrated Care
  • Insomnia
  • Disordered Eating
  • Obesity
  • Evidence-Based PTSD Treatment

Publications (187)

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Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersMilitary PersonnelCombat DisordersHomicideWarfareMoralsSex OffensesIraq War, 2003-2011United States Department of Veterans AffairsImplosive TherapyFeeding and Eating DisordersVeteransAfghan Campaign 2001-Psychotherapy

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