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Meredith Gansner, M.D.

Meredith Gansner, M.D.

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About Me

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Child & Adoles Serv (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital. 2017 - 2019

Residency, Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital. 2013 - 2017

Education

MD | Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. 2013

Publications

Journal Articles

An examination of digital media and device-related problems in pediatric hospital visits for psychiatric crises.

Gansner M; Nikam P; Wang W; Levy S; Schuman-Olivier Z.

JAACAP Open. 2026; 4(3): 498-508.

Digital media and device-related conflicts during pediatric mental health boarding.

Gansner M; Nikam P; Wang W; Huntley N; Ramrajesh S; Levy S; Schuman-Olivier Z.

Pediatric Emergency Care. 2026; .

Participant Attrition Associated with Longitudinal Use of Safety Flag Protocols in Adolescent Substance Use Research.

Gansner, M.; Minegishi, M.; Weitzman, E.; Brogna, M.; Shrier, L.; Garvey, K.; Dedeoglu, F.; Fishman, L.; Levy S.

Substance Use & Addiction Journal. 2026; .

Social media contagion of high-risk behaviors in youth.

Gansner M; Berson C; Javed Z.

Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2025; 72(2): 213-224.

Exposure to drug-related online content and drug use among racial/ethnic minority youth in the United States.

Gansner M; Horton AK; Singh R; Cook B; Schuman-Olivier Z.

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. 2025; .

Exploring relationships between social media use, online exposure to drug-related content, and youth substance use in real time: a pilot ecological momentary assessment study in a clinical sample of adolescents and young adults.

Gansner M; Horton AK; Singh R; Schuman-Olivier Z.

Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2024; 3(1369810).

Piloting Smartphone Digital Phenotyping to Understand Problematic Internet Use in an Adolescent and Young Adult Sample

Gansner M; Nisenson M; Lin V; Carson N; Torous J.

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023; 54(4): 997-1004.

Problematic Internet Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Youth in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment: App-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.

Gansner M; Nisenson M; Lin V; Pong S; Torous J; Carson N.

JMIR Ment Health. 2022; 9(1).

Digital Phenotyping in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Perspective

Nisenson, M.; Lin, V.; Gansner, M.

Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2021; 29(6): 401-408.

Evaluation and Treatment of New-Onset Psychotic Symptoms in a Patient with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Multiple Autoimmune Disorders

Macenski, C. L.; Kimball, A.; Gansner, M.; Levy, M.; Megargel, E.; McDougle, C. J.; Thom, Robyn.

Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2021; 29(5): 378-387.

When Your Patients are "Binge Watching": Challenges Associated with Streaming Television in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Gansner, M.

2021; : 31-34.

An Assessment of Digital Media-related Admissions in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents. Adolescent Psychiatry

Gansner, M.; Belfort, E.; Leahy, C.; Mirda, D.; Carson, N.

Adolescent Psychiatry. 2020; 9(3): 220-231.

A pilot study using ecological momentary assessment via smartphone application to identify adolescent problematic internet use.

Gansner, M.; Nisenson, M.; Carson, N.; Torous, J.

Psychiatry Research. 2020; 293.

Problematic Internet Use and Associated Self-Aggression and High-Risk Behavior in the Adolescent Clinical Sample: Results from a Survey of Psychiatrically Hospitalized Youth

Gansner M; Belfort E; Cook B; Leahy C; Colon-Perez A; Mirda D; Carson, NJ.

Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2019; 22(5).

Assessment of Digital Media Use in the Adolescent Psychiatric Evaluation

Carson NJ; Gansner M; Khang J.

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2018; 27(2): 133-143.

Short communication: Vascular smooth muscle cell stiffness as a mechanism for increased aortic stiffness with aging.

Qiu H; Zhu Y; Sun Z; Trzeciakowski JP; Gansner M; Depre C; Resuello RR; Natividad FF; Hunter WC; Genin GM; Elson EL; Vatner DE; Meininger GA; Vatner SF.

Circ Res. 2010; 107(5).

Molecular evolution of gypc: Evidence for recent structural innovation and positive selection in humans

Wilder JA; Hewett EK; Gansner ME.

Mol Biol Evol. 2009; 26(12).

Books

Teen Depression Gone Viral: Why Kids Are More Vulnerable Than Ever and How You Can Protect Your Child's Health and Happiness (2025)

Authors: Meredith Gansner

Publisher: Guilford Press 2025

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