Rose M. Xavier
PhD, MS, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP
Associate Professor
Department of Research
Dr. Xavier is an interdisciplinary scholar, a board certified psychiatric mental-health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) and a nationally and internationally recognized leader in psychiatry and mental health nursing. She specializes in genetics and genomics, schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, and biobehavioral methodologies, combining clinical expertise with cutting-edge scientific research. With over two decades of clinical experience, Dr. Xavier has worked across diverse psychiatric care settings, including involuntary and voluntary treatment facilities, community hospitals, state mental health systems, and outpatient psychiatry clinics, supporting individuals with mental health disorders. Her program of research is centered on precision psychiatric care, with a focus on two key areas:(1) understanding neurobiological mechanisms that influence clinical and treatment outcomes in psychosis and schizophrenia, and (2) advancing psychiatric genomics to enhance clinical applications. Dr. Xavier's research spans mechanistic studies to clinical translation, while also focusing on empowering clinicians to integrate biological insights into existing psychiatric care models.
Education
Neuropsychiatry Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Duke University
PhD Nursing (focus on Psychiatric Genetics)
Duke University
Doctoral Certificate in Cognitive Neuroscience
NIH/NINR Summer Genetics Institute
Molecular Genetics
Arizona State University
MS Nursing (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
Kerala University, India
BS Nursing
Clinical/Research Focus
Mental health, Severe mental illnesses, Genetics & Genomics, Neuropsychiatry, Schizophrenia & Psychosis, Biobehavioral Methods, Psychiatric–mental health advanced practice nursing
Publications
- Pharmacogenomic testing and implications for psychiatric medication prescribing
- Medical Multimorbidity in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Psychosis and Rare Copy Number Variants: A Retrospective Case Series of 24 Patients
- Mental Health and Service Utilization Among Asian Indians in the United States: A Scoping Review
- The Potential and Challenges of Genomics Informed Precision Care for Substance Use Disorders
- A Retrospective Analysis of Early 20th Century Asylum Records of Patients with Dementia Praecox