Christopher Gurguis, MD, MS – PGY4

Posters/ Presentations:

  • Gurguis, C. I., R. Nesse, C. Walss-Bass. 2023. Darkness illuminated: how evolutionary psychiatry can shed new light on depression and improve clinical care. APA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
  • NIMH Outstanding Resident Award Program, Honorable Mention, 2022
  • South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, Clinical Center BEST Awardee, 2022

Publications:

  • Gurguis, C. I. and R. Duckworth. 2022. Dynamic changes in begging signal short-term information on hunger and need. American Naturalist 199 (5): 705-718. doi: 10.1086/719030
  • Jones, G., C. Rong, C. M. Vecera, C. I. Gurguis, R. Chudal, E. Leung, C. Vecera, A. Ruiz, L. Shahani, M. Zanetti, R. T. de Sousa, G. Busatto, J. Soares, W. Gattaz, and R. Machado-Vieira. 2022. The role of lithium treatment on comorbid anxiety symptoms in patients with bipolar depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 308: 71-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.025.
  • Lavagnino, L., C. I. Gurguis, and S. D. Lane. 2021. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in hospitalized patients with severe mental illness. Psychiatry Research Oct. 304 (Epub Aug.):114148. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114148.

Abstracts/ Presentations:

  • McInturff, S., C. I. Gurguis, A. Ruiz, S. Lane, S. Thomas. 2024. The Complex Impact of Substance Use on Symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Psychiatric Inpatient Cohort. American Psychiatric Association, Annual Conference. New York, NY.
  • Shamoon, U., C. I. Gurguis, S. McInturff, A. Adaralegbe, T. S. Kimm. 2023. Religiosity Predicts Severity of Mania But Not Hospitalization Outcomes in Patients with Severe Mental Illness. Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, Annual Conference. Fort Worth, TX.
  • Gurguis, C. I., R. Duckworth, N. Bucaro, C. Walss-Bass. 2022. Fitness consequences of depression vary across generations: evidence from a large cohort study of women across the 20th Century. Evolution 2022, Cleveland, OH.
  • Jin, J., A. Actor, C. I. Gurguis, T. Kimm, and T. Pigott. 2022. Childhood Sexual Trauma Increases Impulsivity in Patients with Schizophrenia and Decreases Length of Hospital Admission. American Psychiatric Association, Annual Meeting 2022, New Orleans, LA.
  • Nania, C. V., C. I. Gurguis, A. C. Ruiz, and T. Kimm. 2022. Integration of psychiatric traits clusters around history of trauma and psychosis-mania in hospitalized patients with severe mental illness. American Psychiatric Association, Annual Meeting 2022, New Orleans, LA.
  • Gurguis, C. I., H. N. Malone, N. M. Bucaro, S. R. Anderson. 2021. Is depression adaptive? Patterns of natural and sexual selection on depressive symptoms in women. American Psychiatric Association, Annual Meeting 2021, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Gurguis, C. I., V. K. Nguyen, J. Findley, A. Ruiz, S. Hernandez, T. Pigott. 2021 Flexibility versus stability in structure of impulsivity in hospitalized patients with severe mental illness. American Psychiatric Association, Annual Meeting 2021, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Nguyen, V. K., A. M. Ward, C. I. Gurguis, A. Ruiz, S. Hernandez, J. Findley, T. Pigott. 2021. The Prevalence of Impulsivity and Substance Use among Psychiatric Inpatients with Schizophrenia Related Diagnosis. American Psychiatric Association, Annual Meeting 2021, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Thomason, N., Bertini, C., Gurguis, C. I., Rios, A. 2021. “Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution” – why medical education needs evolutionary medicine. Shine Academy Innovations Conference, Houston, TX.