Namrata Walia, MD, MHA, MPH – PGY2

Awards & Honors:

  • Travel Award APA Foundation 2024
  • Thomas Penders Excellence in Addiction Psychiatry Award by AAAP 2024
  • Regional Travel Award by AAAP 2024
  • Ruth Fox Scholarship by ASAM 2025
  • Travel Award APA Foundation 2025
  • Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrist Investigator 2025-2026

Funding:

  • NIH-NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training 2024-2025

Publications:

  • Understanding the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Non-suicidal Self-Injury in Youth: A Systematic Review; Sheikh Shoib Sadia Suhail Usmani, Meghana Mehendale, Mahnoor Yousif Shaikh, Sourav Sudan, Prathima Guntipalli, Lara Ouellette, Anem Sajid Malik, Naila Siddiqi, Namrata Walia, Kaushal Shah, Fahimeh Saeed, Domenico De Berardis. Alpha Psychiatry. 2024. 25: 150-164
  • Methamphetamine and Other Associated Drugs as Cause of Accidental Overdose Deaths in Harris County, Texas from 2016-2020; Walia, N & Podduturi, V & Shorter, DI. Texas Public Health Association Journal. Texas Public Health Association Journal. 2023. 75 (2): 26-31
  • Feasibility of Cell Phone Surveys in People with Mental Illness Experiencing Homelessness During COVID-19; Tina Thomas, Namrata Walia, Landon Presnall, Jasper Shei, and Jane Elizabeth Hamilton; Journal of Digital Psychiatry 1 (1), 2. Oct 2022
  • Das S, Sekharan L, Prasad S, Abdul Rasool A, Walia N, Bachu A. Olfactory Reference Syndrome Treated With Lurasidone and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Case Report. Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports. 2022;15. doi:10.1177/11795476221139396
  • Addimulam S, Gupta S, Mahalingam S, Walia N. Disparities in Opioid-related Mortality Across United States Census Regions from 1999-2020. Journal of General Practice. 2022, 10(2).
  • Javed, Sana, Usmani, Sadia, Sarfraz, Zouina, Sarfraz, Azza, Hanif, Aunsa, Firoz, Amena, Baig, Rusab, Sharath, Medha, Walia, Namrata, Chérrez-Ojeda, Ivan, and Ahmed, Saeed (2022) “A Scoping Review of Vaping, E-Cigarettes and Mental Health Impact: Depression and Suicidality,” Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives: Vol. 12: Iss. 3, Article 6. DOI: 10.55729/2000-9666.1053
  • Sakshi Prasad, Maanya Rajasree Katta, Shuchi Abhishek, Rishala Sridhar, Sai Sudha, Maha Hameed, Jasmeet Kaur, Namrata Walia. Recent advances in Lewy body dementia: A comprehensive review. Dis Mon. 2022;101441. doi:10.1016/j.disamonth.2022.101441

Abstracts/ Presentations:

  • April 2025, Family Medicine Grand Rounds, UTHealth Houston; Integration of harm reduction into primary care; Namrata Walia, MD, Michael Weaver, MD
  • May 2025, Research Colloquium at American Psychiatric Association; Trauma and substance use; Namrata Walia, MD, Jane Hamilton, PhD
  • May 2024, NY, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; The Birth of SBIRT”h”: Incorporating Harm Reduction Strategies Into the SBIRT Model; Vineeth John, Daryl Shorter, Namrata Walia, Michael Weaver
  • May 2024, NY, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; Benzodiazepines and Beyond: Updates on Management of Alcohol Withdrawal; Michael Weaver, Olaniyi Olayinka, Namrata Walia, Roja Manohar
  • May 2024, NY American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; From homelessness to Recovery and Housing Stability, Addressing Substance Use Among People experiencing Homelessness with Serious Mental Illness; Jane Hamilton, Lokesh Shahani, Angela Heads, Namrata Walia
  • August 2023 Annual Behavioral Health Research Day; Prediction and Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Using Benzodiazepine-Sparing Algorithms; Roja Manohar MD, Namrata Walia MD, Teresa Pigott MD
  • May 2023, CA, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; The Birth of SBIRT”h”: Incorporating Harm Reduction Strategies Into the SBIRT Model; Vineeth John, Daryl Shorter, Namrata Walia, Michael Weaver
  • May 2022 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; Using Mobile Phone Technology to Survey Mental health, and Access to Care during COVID-19 in People Experiencing Homelessness; Namrata Walia, Jasper Shei, Tina Thomas, Jane Hamilton
  • May 2022 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; Exposure, Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards COVID-19 in People Experiencing Homelessness in Houston, Texas; Namrata Walia, Jasper Shei, Tina Thomas, Jane Hamilton

Posters:

  • August 2023 Annual Behavioral Health Research Day; Prediction and Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Using Benzodiazepine-Sparing Algorithms; Roja Manohar MD, Namrata Walia MD, Teresa Pigott MD
  • May 2025 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; Dual Diagnosis Dilemmas: Predicting Readmissions in Psychiatric Care; Namrata Walia, MD, Christina Danna, MD, Olaniyi Olayinka, MD, Scott Lane, PhD
  • May 2025, Research Colloquium at American Psychiatric Association; Trauma and substance use; Namrata Walia, MD, Jane Hamilton, PhD