Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Psychiatry
Phone (Primary):
410 402 6860
Education and Training
- Boston University, BA, Psychology, 2008
- Boston University, BS (Summa Cum Laude), Public Relations, 2008
- Harvard University Extension School, Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, 2011
- University of Vermont College of Medicine, MD, 2019
- University of Maryland / Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Residency, 2023
Biosketch
Dr. Stephanie Kulaga is board certified in general adult psychiatry and currently serves as faculty at the University of Maryland, Midtown Campus where she practices adult inpatient psychiatry. She also works at the Midtown RAISE program with individuals with recent onset psychosis.
Dr. Kulaga has collaborated with the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center on several occasions and continues to work on research involving the role of inflammation in schizophrenia. She is also interested in improving psychiatric taxonomy & nosology, reducing iatrogenic trauma in psychiatry, and in alternative treatment approaches for psychosis. Outside of work, Dr. Kulaga greatly enjoys boxing and the city of Baltimore.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Psychosis; schizophrenia; severe mental illness; first-episode psychosis; inflammation; trauma-informed care
Highlighted Publications
- Kulaga SS, Miller CWT. Viral respiratory infections and psychosis: A review of the literature and the implications of COVID-19. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2021 Aug;127:520–30. PubMed PMID: 33992695.
- Kulaga SS, Wehring HJ, Demyanovoich HJ, Rubin L, Kelly DL. The hormonal effects of childhood trauma in adult women with and without schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 2023 May;255:155–7. PubMed PMID: 36989673.
- Miller CWT, Kulaga SS. The Quest for K: Bion and Contemporary Neurocognitive Models of Psychosis. Curr Behav Neurosci Rep. 2023 Jul 13; Available from: https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s40473-023-00258-3
- Kulaga SS, Kelly DL. Nutrition in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: Rationale and Review of Recent Evidence. Curr Behav Neurosci Rep. 2023 Jul 20; Available from: https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s40473-023-00259-2
Awards and Affiliations
- 2021 Irving Taylor, M.D. Research Award, University of Maryland, Department of Psychiatry, awarded for outstanding resident research paper “Viral Respiratory Infections and Psychosis: A Review of the Literature and the Implications of COVID-19”
- 2022 Resident-Fellow Paper of the Year, Maryland Psychiatric Society, awarded for outstanding resident research paper “Viral Respiratory Infections and Psychosis: A Review of the Literature and the Implications of COVID-19”
- 2023 Resident-Fellow Poster of the Year Finalist, Maryland Psychiatric Society, awarded for outstanding resident research poster “Metabolic and Hormonal Correlates of Childhood Abuse in Women With and Without Schizophrenia”