Psychiatry Faculty

John Krystal

Chair

Robert L. McNeil Jr. Professor of Translational Research
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Chief of Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Director: NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism
Director, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA National Center for PTSD
Director, VA Alcohol Research Center
Medical Director, Schizophrenia Biological Research Center, DVA

Research Interests:Neurobiology; pharmacotherapy; genetics; neuroimaging; schizophrenia; alcoholism; PTSD

Nii Addy

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Research Interests:Neurobiology of addiction; In vivo electrochemistry; Behavioral pharmacology; Systems neuroscience; Neurotransmission; Signal transduction

George Aghajanian

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry

Research Interests:Neurotransmission; antipsychotics; antidepressants; hallucinogens; opiates

Jorge Aguilar-Zanatta

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Kyung-Heup Ahn

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:GABA deficit in schizophrenia

Meenakshi Alreja

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology
Director, Minority Recruitment, Psychiatry Department
Director, Postdoctoral Affairs, Psychiatry Department

Research Interests:Prefrontal cortex; Interneurons; Nicotine; Acetylcholine; Electrophysiology; GABA; glutamate; Hypocretin; MCH; Learning and Memory; Neurotransmitters; Signal Transduction; GnRH; Puberty; Fertility; HPG axis; Kisspeptin

Luis Anez

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Hispanic Services, Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests:Hispanic Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Personality Disorders within the Hispanic/ Latino population

Clinical Interests:Co-occurring disorders; Trauma

Aniyizhai Annamalai

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Medicine (General Medicine)
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Refugee clinic

Research Interests:Integrated primary care-behavioral health services; Physician-patient communication; Cross-cultural issues in health care

Clinical Interests:Seriously mentally ill population; Primary care in the mentally ill; Psychological factors in illness

Emily Ansell

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Cumulative adversity and stress; Normative and non-normative social processes; Interpersonal Theory and Assessment; Personality Disorders and Traits; Diagnostic Assessment

Albert Arias

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Alcoholism; Pharmacotherapy for alcoholism; Pharmacogenetics; Dual diagnosis; Drug Addiction

Seth Axelrod

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Team Leader at the Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital Intensive Outpatient Program

Research Interests:Borderline personality disorder and comorbid conditions (e.g., substance use disorders, PTSD); Adaptations of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT); Mindfulness; Emotion regulation; DBT Formulation; Burnout.

Clinical Interests:Borderline Personality Disorder

Gabriela Balf-Soran

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Samuel Ball

Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Chair for Education and Career Development
Director of Research (APT Foundation BIRCWH Scholars Program)
Scientific Director (Psychotherapy Development Research Center)

Research Interests:Personality; Personality Disorders; Psychotherapy; Substance Abuse; Addiction Treatment; Psychodiagnosis; Homelessness; Treatment Dropout

Clinical Interests:Psychotherapy for substance use and personality disorders

Madelon Baranoski

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Vice Chair Human Investigation Committee

Research Interests:Forensic psychology; competency to stand trial evaluations; state of mind evaluations

Andres Barkil-Oteo

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Declan Barry

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director, APT Foundation Pain Treatment Services

Research Interests:Addictions; Chronic Pain; Opioid Dependence; Psychotherapy; Pharmacotherapy; Culture

Clinical Interests:Assessing and treating co-occurring chronic pain and opioid dependence; behavioral and cognitive-behavioral treatments; motivational interviewing; adult psychotherapy

John Beauvais

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Clinical Neuropsychology Consultation Clinic
Director, Predoctoral Training in Psychology Service

Research Interests:Clinical neuropsychology

Luis Bedregal

Lecturer in Psychiatry

Research Interests:Hispanics/Latinos; Mental Health; Natural Recovery; Substance Abuse/Alcohol Abuse; Cross-cultural psychology; Test development and standardization

Clinical Interests:Substance Use Disorders; Mental Health Disorders

Robert Beech

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Addictions Psychiatry; Bipolar Disorder; Molecular Neuroscience

Clinical Interests:stress-related disorders.

Kevin Behar

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory

Research Interests:NMR; 1H NMR; 13C NMR; In vivo brain metabolism; Glutamate; Gamma-aminobutyrate; Glutamine; Neuron-glial trafficking

Richard Belitsky

Harold W. Jockers Associate Professor of Medical Education and Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Deputy Dean for Education

Clinical Interests:General Adult Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry

Morris Bell

Professor of Psychiatry
VA RR&D Senior Research Career Scientist

Research Interests:Cognitive Remediation; Neuropsychology; Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia; Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Schizophrenia; Supported Employment

Chyrell Bellamy

Assistant Professor of and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Sidney Blatt

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Cognitive Schema; Depression; Mental Representation; Psychopathology; Schizophrenia; Therapeutic Process

Hilary Blumberg

Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Diagnostic Radiology
Director, Mood Disorders Research Program

Research Interests:Adolescence; Bipolar Disorder; Brain; Depression; Development; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Emotion; Endophenotype; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mania; Manic Depressive Disorder; Neuropsychiatry; Neuroscience; Women

Clinical Interests:Bipolar Disorder; Depression; Adults; Adolescents

Romain Branch

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Judson Brewer

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic

Research Interests:Addiction; Cognitive Control; Mindfulness training; Relapse Prevention; Smoking Cessation; Meditation

Clinical Interests:Psychiatry, substance abuse, smoking cessation, mindfulness training

Alec Buchanan

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Psychiatric risk assessment and risk management; services for mentally disordered offenders; psychiatric jurisprudence

Clinical Interests:Care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders; psychiatric evaluation in relation to competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility and sentencing; the assessment of the risk of harm to others in psychiatric populations; the preparation of psychiatric reports for use in legal settings.

Benjamin Bunney

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Biological Sciences; Dopamine; Electrophysiology; Neurobiology; Neuropsychopharmacology; Parkinson's Disease; Pharmacology; Psychiatry; Psychosis; Substance Abuse

Kathleen Carroll

Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Psychosocial Research, Division of Addictions
Scientific Director, Psychotherapy Development Center for Drug Abuse

Research Interests:Addiction and treatment; Evidence-based treatments; Treatment development; Computer-assisted therapies; Research-practice partnerships; Clinician training; Psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy combinations; Neurocognitive effects of behavioral therapies

Tara Chaplin

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Emotion regulation; Sex differences

Marek Chawarski

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Substance Abuse; Opiate Dependence; Risk Behaviors; Psychiatry; Psychology

Lara Chepenik

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Catherine Chiles

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Hospitalist care; Delirium/Altered Mental Status; Psychiatric conditions either affecting or caused by medical illnesses; Patient interviewing skills

James Comer

Maurice Falk Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, School of Medicine

Research Interests:Child development; education

Christian Connell

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Child Development and Epidemiological Research at The Consultation Center

Research Interests:Adolescent Risk Behavior; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Development; Child Welfare; Clinical Psychology; Community Studies; Consulting Services; Quantitative Methods

Joan Cook

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Traumatic stress; Geriatric mental health; Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices

Clinical Interests:Trauma psychology; Geropsychology

Ned Cooney

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Alcoholic Beverage Consumption; Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Therapy; Clinical Trial; Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Cooperative Study; Cue Reactivity; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Human Data; Human Subject; Human Therapy Evaluation; Interview; Longitudinal Human Study; Mental Health Counseling; Motivation; Outpatient Care; Prognosis; Psychometrics; Psychotherapy; Substance Abuse; Tobacco Smoking

Clinical Interests:Alcohol dependence, tobacco dependence, integration of mental health and primary care

Philip Corlett

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Research Interests:Schizophrenia; Delusions; Prediction error; Associative learning; fMRI

Kelly Cosgrove

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurobiology

Research Interests:Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography; Positron Emission Tomography; Neuroimaging; Alcohol Dependence; Tobacco Smoking; Nicotine Dependence; Brain; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor; Sex differences

Cindy Crusto

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Program and Service System Evaluation at The Consultation Center

Research Interests:Social determinants of health; Children's exposure to trauma; Family violence; Program and service system evaluation; School-based mental health; Community-academic partnerships; Prevention and health promotion

Larry Davidson

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health

Research Interests:Serious mental illness and addictions; Recovery and recovery-oriented care; System transformation; Self-determination and community inclusion as social policies

Clinical Interests:Individuals with serious mental illnesses and/or refractory substance use disorders

Ivan De Araujo

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Miriam Delphin

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Cultural Competency Programming and Consultation

Research Interests:Behavioral health disparities; Stereotyping biases; Individual, organizational and service system level cultural competence including such areas as training, program design and evaluation, and system level strategic planning geared towards eliminating health disparities

Paul Desan

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Psychiatric Consultation Service

Research Interests:Seasonal Affective disorder; light therapy; circadian rhythms

Clinical Interests:Consultation psychiatry; psychiatry/medical co-morbidity Seasonal Affective Disorder, chronobiologic disorders

Jason Deviva

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Esperanza Diaz

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director Hispanic Clinic and Latino Behavioral Health System
Associate Director Psychiatry Residency Program

Research Interests:Medication adherence in Latinos; Culturally sensitive services; Ethnicity and language influences on mood disorders diagnoses; Teaching methods for cultural sensitivity; Cultural formulation interview pilot

Clinical Interests:Adult Psychiatry, persistent mental illness, adherence to medications, culturally sensitive services, Mental health services for Hispanics, methods to teach cultural competency.

Charles Dike

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Ralph DiLeone

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology

Research Interests:Addictions; Animal Behavior; Ethology; Animal Nutrition; Diseases and Disorders; Drug Abuse; Eating Disorders; Etiology; Evolution; Genetic Manipulation; Natural History; Obesity; Psychiatry

Deepak D'Souza

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director Schizophrenia Research Program VACHS
Director, Neurobiological Studies Unit, VACHS
Director, VA-CMHC Schizophrenia Research Clinic

Research Interests:Schizophrenia; Psychosis; Cognition; Psychopharmacology; Treatment; Glutamate; Cannabinoids; Substance Abuse

Clinical Interests:Schizophrenia Psychotic Disorders Treatment Substance and Alcohol Abuse Dual Diagnosis Cannabinoids

Ronald Duman

Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Neurobiology and of Pharmacology
Director, Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities

Research Interests:Depression; Antidepressants; Stress; Molecular biology; Neuropharmacology Signal transduction pathways; Gene expression; Identifying the molecular and cellular adaptations that underlie the actions of psychotropic drugs and stress

Michael Ebert

Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Dean for Veterans' Affairs

Ellen Edens

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Fellowship Director, Addiction Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Addiction Psychiatry; Addiction and Pain; Addiction and PTSD.

Laurie Edwards

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Post traumatic Stress Disorder; Addiction; Substance Abuse; Forensic Populations; Auricular Acupuncture; Yoga

John Encandela

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Director for Curriculum and Educator Assessment, Teaching & Learning Center (SOM)

Irina Esterlis

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Neuroreceptor imaging; mood disorders; tobacco addiction

Clinical Interests:Uni- and bi-polar depression; tobacco smoking; cognitive impairment

Dwain Fehon

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Chief Psychologist, Psychiatric Services, Yale New Haven Hospital

Research Interests:Behavioral medicine; Psychotherapy development; Coping with chronic illness; Resilience; Quality of life; Stress; Depression; Developmental psychopathology

Clinical Interests:Behavioral medicine; coping with chronic illness; individual psychotherapy; cognitive behavioral therapy; stress management; cancer survivorship; liver transplantation.

Joanna Fiszdon

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Psychosocial rehabilitation; schizophrenia; cognitive remediation; social cognition

Elizabeth Flanagan

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Stigma; Health disparities; Cultural competence; Diagnosis; Classification; Clinicians' conceptualization of mental illness and diagnostic behavior; Subjective experience of mental illness

Ariadna Forray

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Reproductive Psychiatry & Substance Abuse in Pregnancy

Clinical Interests:Women's Mental Health; Perinatal Substance Abuse

Helen Fox

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Lisa Fucito

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Treatments for cigarette smoking and heavy drinking; Moderators and mechanisms of treatment response; Sleep disturbance and substance use

Clinical Interests:Smoking cessation for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders; substance abuse disorders (tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs); insomnia; mood and anxiety disorders

Joel Gelernter

Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics and of Neurobiology
Director, Division of Human Genetics (Psychiatry)

Research Interests:Complex trait genetics; Psychiatric genetics; Population genetics; Substance dependence; Gene mapping

David Glahn

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Linda Godleski

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Derrick Gordon

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Research, Policy and Program on Male Development, The Consultation Center

Joseph Goulet

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:HIV; psychiatric comorbidity; substance abuse disorders; clustering algorithms; longitudinal statistical models

Ezra Griffith

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry
Deputy Chair for Diversity and Organizational Ethics, Department of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Forensic psychiatry and cultural psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Adult psychiatry

Carlos Grilo

Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology
Director, Eating Disorders and Obesity Research Program

Research Interests:Assessment and treatment of eating and weight disorders, psychiatric nosology and comorbidity; clinical efficacy and comparative trials for bulimia nervosa; binge eating disorder; alcoholism; psychopathology of eating disorders; longitudinal study of personality disorders in adults; studies of diagnostic comorbidity and psychopathology in adults and adolescents

Hamada Hamid

Assistant Professor of Neurology and of Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Epilepsy, Neuropsychiatric diseases, Traumatic Brain Injury, Veteran's health

Nakia Hamlett

Instructor in Psychiatry

Nathan Hansen

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Mental Health and HIV Prevention Research, The Consultation Center (TCC)
Director, Development Core, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)
Co-Director, HIV Prevention Training Program, CIRA

Research Interests:HIV Mental Health; HIV Prevention; Psychotherapy Outcome; Substance Abuse Prevention; Childhood Abuse; Interpersonal Violence

Ilan Harpaz-Rotem

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Post traumatic stress disorder

Keith Hawkins

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Neuropsychological Assessment Service, Psychiatry

Research Interests:Psychometric properties and validity of neuropsychological methods; Neuropsychological characteristics of psychiatric conditions; Cognitive features and course of prodromal neurodegenerative disorders.

Clinical Interests:stress

Alicia Heapy

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

George Heninger

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry
Senior Research Scientist/Scho

Research Interests:Web based educational system for medical students; Neuropharmacology; Neuroimmunology; Web Based Education

Diana Higgins

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Obesity; Pain; Healthcare Disparities

Clinical Interests:health psychology/behavioral medicine

Rani Hoff

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Director, Northeast Program Evaluation Center
Director, Evaluation Division, National Center for PTSD

Research Interests:Female veterans; Gambling disorders; Program Evaluation; Coping behaviors; Problematic Gaming; PTSD; pain and mental disorders; suicide prevention

Ralph Hoffman

Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Intensive Outpatient Program at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital

Research Interests:Schizophrenia; Psychosis; Hallucinations; Delusions, Paranoia, Language; Pathophysiology; Neural network computer modeling; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; fMRI

Clinical Interests:Schizophrenia; bipolar disorder; hallucinations; delusions; paranoia

Michael Hoge

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Yale Behavioral Health
Director, Yale Group on Workforce Development
Director, Clinical Training in Psychology

Research Interests:Systems of care; Severe mental illness; Workforce development; Behavioral health; Supervision

Clinical Interests:Mental illness; psychological distress; behavioral problems

Marcia Hunt

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Serious Mental Illness; Mental Health Recovery; Social Roles; Mental Health Intensive Case management; Peer Service Providers; Treatment Alliance; Medical Co-morbidities

Theddeus Iheanacho

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Severe and persistent mental illness, substance use disorders, dual diagnosis

Jolomi Ikomi

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Substance Abuse Treatment Center at CMHC

Selby Jacobs

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Psychiatric, clinical epidemiology, with a special focus on stress Organization and financing of psychiatric services

Peter Jatlow

Professor Emeritus of Laboratory Medicine and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry

Research Interests:Clinical pharmacology of psychotropic drugs; cocaine; drugs of abuse; ethanol; nicotine dependence;

Clinical Interests:Clinical chemistry; toxicology; therapeutic drug monitoring

Jason Johannesen

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Research Psychologist, VACHS

Research Interests:cognitive neuroscience; psychophysiology; neuropsychology; cognitive remediation; learning; neuroplasticity; neurodevelopment

Clinical Interests:schizophrenia; neuropsychology, cognitive remediation, vocational rehabilitation

Reena Kapoor

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Forensic psychiatry; problematic sexual behaviors; correctional psychiatry; narrative medicine

Clinical Interests:Forensic psychiatry; problematic sexual behaviors; correctional psychiatry

Joan Kaufman

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center
Co-Director, Zigler Center Child Welfare Unit

Research Interests:Child Abuse and Neglect; Risk and Resilience; Psychiatric Diagnoses.

Joy Kaufman

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Program and Service System Evaluation at The Consultation Center
Director of Evaluation Research, Division of Prevention and Community Research
Director of Psychology Training at The Consultation Center

Research Interests:Integrated systems of care; data in program and policy decision-making; Risk and protective factors of children exposed to violence and/or have severe emotional and behavioral difficulties

Robert Kerns, Jr

Professor of Psychiatry, of Neurology and of Psychology

Research Interests:Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology; Pain and pain management; Healthcare disparities; Self-management of chronic disease

Clinical Interests:Health psychology; behavioral medicine; pain and pain management; stroke care; clinical neuropsychology; integrative primary care

Kenneth Kidd

Professor of Genetics, of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Complex Human Disorders; Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Human Population ; Genetics; Human Evolution

Brian Kiluk

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Technology-Based Interventions

Research Interests:computerized cognitive behavioral therapy; mechanisms of action; cognitive function; randomized clinical trials

Clinical Interests:substance abuse treatment; cognitive behavioral therapy; computer-assisted therapy;

Robert King

Professor in the Child Study Center and of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Tourette's/OCD Clinic at Yale Child Study Center

Research Interests:tic disorders; Tourette's syndrome; obsessive-compulsive disorders (children and adolescents); adolescent suicide

Clinical Interests:Child and adolescent psychiatry; psychoanalysis; psychotherapy; psychopharmacology; tic disorders; Tourette's syndrome; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD) in children and adolescents; trichotillomania (hair-pulling)

Paul Kirwin

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Anne Klee

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Hedy Kober

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology
Director of Research, Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic
Director, Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab

Research Interests:Regulation of craving; emotion regulation; cognition-emotion interaction; neural mechanisms of change; mindfulness; meditation; fmri methods

Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Vice-Chair, Human Investigations Committee II & IV

Research Interests:Substance use; Alcohol; Tobacco; Marijuana; Adolescent; Developmental; Prevention; Cessation; Biobehavioral

Susan Kruger

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Donna LaPaglia

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director of the Substance Abuse Treatment Unit of the Connecticut Mental Health Center
Associate Director of Addiction Services, the Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests:Psychotherapy for substance use disorders; Training and supervision in addictions treatment; Behavioral interventions for addictions; Best teaching practices in psychology and psychiatry training programs.

Clinical Interests:Addictions Administration; Addictions Treatment; Clinical Supervision of Addictions Psychotherapies, Residency Education

James Leckman

Neison Harris Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Pediatrics and of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Child and adolescent psychiatry; Tourette's syndrome; Obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD)

Clinical Interests:Child and adolescent psychiatry; Tourette's syndrome; Obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD)

Hochang Lee

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing
Director, Psychological Medicine Service

Robert Leeman, Jr

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Alcohol; Alcohol-related problems; Smoking; Disinhibition; Impulsivity; Impaired control over alcohol use; Young adults; Human laboratory research; Treatment; Clinical trials;

Chiang-Shan Li

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology

Research Interests:Psychophysics; Neural imaging

Hector Lizcano

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Social Work)

Paul Lombroso

Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Neurobiology and of Psychiatry
Director, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology

Research Interests:Child and adolescent psychiatry; Neuropharmacology

Clinical Interests:Translational Neuroscience; fragile x syndrome, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Neuropharmacology

Robert Malison

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU)
Director, Neuroscience Research Training Program
Chief, Cocaine Research Clinic

Research Interests:Neurobiology and genetics of substance dependence disorders; Psychostimulant (cocaine and methamphetamine) dependence; Drug abuse; Sleep and cognition; Impulsivity and stimulants

Carla Marienfeld

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Global mental health; Health services in addiction

Clinical Interests:Addiction Psychiatry; Opioid Addiction

Andrés Martin

Riva Ariella Ritvo Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Psychiatry
Deputy Chair for Training and Education and Director of Medical Studies, Yale Child Study Center
Medical Director, Children's Psychiatric Inpatient Service at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital

Research Interests:Inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry; Psychopharmacology; Pediatric psychosomatic medicine; Psychosocial aspects of pediatric oncology; Medical education in child and adolescent psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry; Pediatric psychopharmacology; Pediatric psychosomatic medicine; Psychosocial aspects of pediatric oncology

Steve Martino

Professor of Psychiatry
Education Director, Psychotherapy Development Center
Chief of Psychology, VA CT Healthcare System

Research Interests:Motivation interviewing (MI); Clinician training strategies; Dissemination and implementation science; Technology-based treatment approaches; Curriculum evaluation

Clinical Interests:Dual diagnosis; Substance abuse; Motivational interviewing; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Adult psychotherapy, brief interventions, dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices

Robin Masheb

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Divinity

Research Interests:Obesity; Eating disorders; Binge eating disorder; Nutrition; Weight loss; Dieting; Cognitive-behavioral therapy; Empirically-supported treatments; Body image; Gastric bypass; Health behavior change

Graeme Mason

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Psychiatry
Director Metabolic Modeling and Director Psychiatric MRS
Director, Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program
Chair, Magnetic Resonance Research Center Protocol Review Committee

Research Interests:Alcoholic Intoxication; Alcohol Induced Disorders; Alcoholism; Amino Acids; Brain Mapping; Carbohydrates; CNS Diseases; Cocaine-Related Disorders; Fatty Acids; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Mood disorders; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Tobacco Use Disorder

John Mason

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry

Carolyn Mazure

Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Director, Women's Health Research at Yale

Research Interests:Depression; Addictive behaviors; Women's health research; Gender specific aspects of health and disease and the interplay of stress

Clinical Interests:Adult disorders; depression; smoking cessation

Thomas McGlashan

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry

Sherry McKee

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Yale Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory

Research Interests:Behavioral pharmacology; Medication development; Medication screening; Alcohol; Tobacco; nAChRs; Gender differences

Thomas McMahon

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing

Research Interests:Substance abuse; Parenting

Rebecca Miller

Instructor in Psychiatry
Director, Peer Support, CMHC

Research Interests:My research interests include processes of recovery from psychiatric and substance use disorders, especially innovative and community-based collaborations

Peter Morgan

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Director, Cocaine Research Clinic
Medical Director, Forensic Drug Diversion Clinic
President, Medical and Professional Staff of Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests:Sleep; Cocaine; Learning; Dreaming; Lucid dreams; Consciousness

Clinical Interests:General Psychiatric Consultations; Substance Abuse Treatment; Forensic Evaluations

Evan Morris

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Psychiatry
Co-director for Imaging, Yale PET Center

Research Interests:kinetic modeling; parameter estimation; parametric imaging; dopamine; reward; drug occupancy; drug abuse; alcoholism; Parkinson's disease

Srinivas Muvvala

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Angus Nairn

Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests:Dopaminergic signal transduction; Structure and function of protein kinases and phosphatases

Michael Norko

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Psychiatric risk assessment; Forensic mental health care system delivery; Religion, spirituality and psychiatry/mental health; Sexual diversity and religion

Clinical Interests:forensic psychiatry; maximum security inpatient psychiatry; community forensic psychiatry; jail diversion; community re-entry

Maria O'Connell

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Christopher Oleskey

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Stephanie O'Malley

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Division of Substance Abuse Research in Psychiatry
Assistant Chair, Clinical Research

Research Interests:Medications development; Smoking cessation; Heavy drinking or alcohol dependence treatment; Risk reduction

Susan Ottenheimer

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Social Work)

Michael Pantalon

Research Scientist in Emergency Medicine and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Brief Motivational Interventions for Alcohol & Drug Abuse and Other Preventable Injuries

Manuel Paris

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Deputy Director, Hispanic Services, CMHC
Director, Psychology Training Program, Hispanic Services, CMHC

Research Interests:Cultural/linguistic adaptations of evidence based assessments and interventions; Multisite training and fidelity monitoring; Workforce development and behavioral health services

Clinical Interests:Primary area of clinical focus is on the delivery of culturally and linguistically adapted evidence based interventions. Specifically, utilizing Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment to treat major psychiatric, substance use, and co-occurring disorders among monolingual Spanish speaking adult clients.

Susan Parke

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Tele-psychiatry; Recovery. Board certified in General, Child and Adolescent and Forensic Psychiatry. Bilingual in Spanish.

Godfrey Pearlson

Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology

H Pearsall

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Pamela Petersen-Crair

Assistant clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Ismene Petrakis

Professor of Psychiatry
Chief of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Research Interests:Alcohol; Alcoholism; Dual diagnosis; Psychiatric comorbidity; Addiction; Neurobiology; Psychopharmacology; Familial vulnerability

Clinical Interests:Alcohol; Alcoholism

Marina Picciotto

Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Neurobiology and of Pharmacology
Assistant Chair for Basic Science Research, Dept. of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Neuroscience; Molecular basis of behavior; Intracellular signaling; Mouse genetic models

Robert Pietrzak

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Epidemiology of trauma-related disorders; Resilience; Dimensional models of psychopathology; Geriatric mental health; Stress and cognitive function; Neuropsychological assessment methodology

Clinical Interests:Clinical neuropsychology

David Pilkey

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Christopher Pittenger

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Psychology
Director, Yale OCD Research Clinic
Associate Director, Neuroscience Research Training Program

Research Interests:Learning and memory; Habit; CREB; Adeno-associated virus; Behavioral neurobiology; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Glutamate; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Tourette syndrome

Clinical Interests:Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Tourette syndrome; anxiety disorders; trichotillomania; Body dysmorphic disorder

James Poling

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Allison Ponce

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Training and education; Homelessness; Services for adults with serious mental illness

Marc Potenza

Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Neurobiology
Director, Center of Excellence in Gambling Research
Director, Yale Program for Research on Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders
Director, Women and Addictive Disorders, Women's Health Research at Yale

Research Interests:Pathological gambling; Impulse control disorders; Substance abuse; Addiction; Gender differences

Clinical Interests:pathological gambling; impulse control disorders; substance abuse; addiction; gender differences

Seth Powsner

Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine
Director, Crisis Intervention Unit

Research Interests:Computer and Information Sciences; Computer graphics; Data Systems; Information retrieval; Medical informatics; Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Emergency psychiatry / crisis intervention; consultation and geriatric psychiatry; psychiatry/medical comorbidity;

Maya Prabhu

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Forensic Psychiatry; Law and Mental Health; HIV Psychiatry; Global Mental Health/Refugee Mental Health

Donald Quinlan

Professor of Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Adult disorders; psychological testing; attention deficit disorders; depression

Elizabeth Ralevski

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Alcoholism; Dual Diagnosis; Personality; Personality Disorders; Psychiatric comorbidity; Pharmacology; Stress

Mohini Ranganathan

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Xoli Redmond

Clinician
Psychologist

Clinical Interests:Mindfulness-based and cognitive therapeutic approaches; insight-based and non-dual meditative practices; acceptance, compassion, truth, and awakening.

D. Eugene Redmond Jr.

Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurosurgery

Research Interests:Dopamine; Fetal Neural Tissue; Gene Therapy; MPTP Primate Model; Neural Grafts; Parkinson's Disease; Stem Cell

Sandra Resnick

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Psychiatric rehabilitation; Recovery; Evidence-based practice; Severe mental illness; Psychiatric disability; Supported employment; Vocational rehabilitation; Veterans; Peer support; Implementation and dissemination

Robert Rohrbaugh

Professor of Psychiatry
Deputy Chair for Education and Career Development, Department of Psychiatry
Residency Program Director, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Office of International Medical Student Education, Yale School of Medicine

Research Interests:Undergraduate Medical Education; Post-graduate (Residency) Education; Electronic Medical Record; Practice Based Learning

Marc Rosen

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Substance abuse; Behavioral therapies; Representative payees; Contingency management; Medication adherence; Compensation and pension; Case management; Benefits counseling

Clinical Interests:Substance abuse; Psychiatric illness; Disability; Dual diagnosis; Forensic psychiatry

Robert Rosenheck

Professor of Psychiatry and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Research Interests:Homelessness; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

David Ross

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Robert Roth, Jr

Professor of Psychiatry and of Pharmacology

Research Interests:Neurotransmitter function; Psychotropic drugs; Catecholamine-containing neurons

Michael Rowe

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Co-Director, Program for Recovery and Community Health

Research Interests:Citizenship; Citizenship-oriented care; Mental health outreach; Recovery; Arts; Patient-doctor relationships; Medical errors

Marc Rubenstein

Lecturer in Management and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

David Russell

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, of Neurology and of Psychiatry
Associate Clinical Research Director, Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders

Neayka Sahay

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Gerard Sanacora

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Yale Depression Research Program

Research Interests:Mood Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Stress; Pathophysiology; Neuropharmacology; Neuroimaging; Drug Development; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Clinical Interests:Treatment resistant depression, novel treatment strategies

Kathryn Sanders

Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry

Charles Sanislow, III

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Psychiatry

Carolyn Sartor

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:alcoholism/alcohol; substance abuse; genetic epidemiology; psychological trauma

Richard Schottenfeld

Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Addictions; Behavioral Treatments; Buprenorphine; Methadone; Opioid Dependence; Alcohol Dependence; Stimulant Abuse; Chronic Pain

Clinical Interests:Addiction Psychiatry

J. Cobb Scott

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:PTSD; Substance abuse; Neuropsychology; Executive functions and decision making; Functional neuroimaging

James Scott, Jr

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

John Sellinger

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Michael Sernyak, Jr

Professor of Psychiatry
CEO, Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests:Medical complications of psychiatric treatment; Medical/psychiatric comorbidities

Clinical Interests:Schizophrenia; Bipolar disorder; Clinical pharmacology; Public psychiatry;

Michelle Silva

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Director, Connecticut Latino Behavioral Health System

Clinical Interests:Child/adolescent; Latino populations

Arthur Simen

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Neurobiology; Neuroscience; Genetics; Epigenetics; Aging; Depression; Stress; Behavioral neuroscience; Statistical methods; Molecular biology; Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:General adult psychiatry; Psychopharmacology; Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy; Cognitive dysfunction.

Rajita Sinha

Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neurobiology
Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center
Chief, Psychology Section in Psychiatry
Deputy Director, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (Yale CTSA)

Research Interests:Stress; Relaxation; Chronic Disease; Addiction; Addictive behaviors; Clinical Prevention

Clinical Interests:Stress interventions; treatment of substance use disorders; behavioral interventions for excessive smoking, alcohol consumption, illicit drug use and overeating of comfort foods.

William Sledge

George and Esther Gross Professor of Psychiatry
Psychiatry, Deputy Chair for Clinical Affairs and Program Development
Medical Director, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital

Research Interests:Adaptation to chronic illness including physical and psychiatric; Resilience and quality of life in special populations such as POWs and medically ill patients; Quality improvement; Cost effectiveness in behavioral medicine programs

Clinical Interests:Psychotherapy; Psychoanalytic psychotherapy; Brief psychotherapy; Hospital psychiatry; Aeromedical consultations; Behavioral medicine; Schizophrenia

Dana Small

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Fellow, The John B Pierce Laboratory

Research Interests:Neurophysiology of feeding; Chemical senses; Neuroimaging; Dopamine; Addiction; Motivation; Psychophysics; Stress; Obesity

Megan Smith

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, New Haven Mental health Outreach for MotherS (MOMS) Partnership

Research Interests:Mental health promotion and prevention in children and families; Mental illness in pregnancy and parenting; Community-based mental health research; Community-based participatory research in mental health; Gender disparities in mental illness

David Snow

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Prevention; Health promotion; Workplace interventions; Stress; Coping; Social support; Intimate partner violence

Mehmet Sofuoglu

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Acting Director of VA VISN 1 MIRECC

Research Interests:Addiction; Clinical trials; Human laboratory studies

Steven Southwick

Glenn H. Greenberg Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center

Research Interests:Posttraumatic stress disorder; Resilience; Neurobiology; Epidemiology

Clinical Interests:Post Traumatic Stress disorder, Resilience to stress

Vinod Srihari

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Associate Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Training
Director, STEP Program

Research Interests:Early Intervention for Psychotic Disorders; Delusion formation; Cost-Effectiveness

Clinical Interests:Schizophrenia; Early Intervention for Psychotic Disorders; Delusion formation; Evidence-Based Medicine;

Matthew State

Donald J. Cohen Professor (Adjunct) in the Child Study Center and Professor of Genetics and of Psychiatry
Co-Director, Yale Program on Neurogenetics
Deputy Chairman for Research, Department of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Genetic mechanisms; neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood

Clinical Interests:Child and adolescent psychiatry; genetic syndromes; Tourette's syndrome; Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder (OCD); developmental delay; mental retardation

Howard Steinberg

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Jeanne Steiner

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Connecticut Mental Health Center
Director, Yale Fellowship in Public Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Adults with serious mental illness; Women with breast and gynecologic cancers

Matthew Steinfeld

Instructor in Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:Psychotherapy for adults and adolescents; Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Mindfulness-based psychotherapy practices; Psychotherapy integration; Psychotherapy for musicians and performing artists.

Michael Stevens

Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Psychiatry
Director, Clinical Neuroscience and Development Laboratory at Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center
Director, Child & Adolescent Research, The Institute of Living

Research Interests:Functional connectivity; developmental cognitive neuroscience; identification of disease endophenoptypes; neuroimaging brain response to psychiatric treatment

John Strauss

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry

Thomas Styron

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Psychology Training, Outpatient and Inpatient Services, CMHC
Executive Director, Community Services Network of Greater New Haven

Research Interests:Serious mental illnesses; trauma; mood and anxiety disorders; parenting; program evaluation: training and education.

Clinical Interests:Psychotherapy and couples counseling for adults and adolescents. Specializing in treatment of mood and anxiety disorders; problems related to stress; family, work and relationship conflicts; bereavement; body image and eating concerns; addictions; childhood abuse and trauma history; serious mental illnesses.

Nancy Suchman

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center

Research Interests:Mother-child relations; Human attachment; Substance abuse; Intervention development and evaluation; Neurobiology of parenting and addiction

Clinical Interests:Parent-child relations; Parenting intervention evaluation; human attachment; psychodynamic psychotherapy, substance abuse

Tami Sullivan

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Family Violence Research and Programs

Research Interests:Intimate partner violence; Posttraumatic stress; Substance use; Victimization; Aggression; Sexual risk behavior; Criminal Justice System Response

Rajesh Tampi

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Masonicare Behavioral Health Services

Jane Taylor

Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology

Research Interests:Addiction; Depression; Learning; Memory; Animal Models; Plasticity; Signaling

Jacob Tebes

Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry
Director, The Consultation Center
Director of Psychology, Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests:Community psychology; Prevention & mental health promotion; Adolescent substance abuse; Culture & human diversity; Recovery from mental illness; Research methodology; Program & systems evaluation; Interdisciplinary research; Community science; Team science

Cenk Tek

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Psychosis Program, CMHC

Research Interests:Schizophrenia; Psycho-pharmacology; Cognitive neuroscience; Translational neuroscience; Working memory; Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia; Medical comorbidities in schizophrenia; Obesity and mental illness; Human reward mechanisms and appetite regulation

Clinical Interests:Schizophrenia; Psychotic Disorders

Ece Tek

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Behavioral Health,CS-Hill Health Center

Clinical Interests:Addiction psychiatry; Dual diagnosis patients; Substance induced cognitive impairment, Geriatric psychiatry

Benjamin Toll

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Program Director, Smoking Cessation Service at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven

Research Interests:Smoking cessation clinical trials; Quitline studies; Smoking cessation with cancer patients; Secondary analyses of clinical trial data; Analyses of mediators and moderators of treatment; Assessment, methods, and psychometrics

Clinical Interests:Smoking cessation with cancer patients; Substance abuse disorders (tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs)

Janis Tondora

Assistant Professor of and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Jack Tsai

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Keri Tuit

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer in Psychology

Clinical Interests:Mental health; addictions; stress reduction; weight loss; self control and attention; psychological assessment; personality.

Christopher van Dyck

Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neurobiology
Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit

Research Interests:Alzheimer's disease; Healthy aging; Cognitive aging; Pharmacotherapy; Neuroimaging; Genetics

Clinical Interests:Alzheimer's Disease; Cognitive Aging; Neuroimaging

Timothy VanDeusen

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Attending Psychiatrist, Young Adult Service
Residency Site Training Director, Connecticut Mental Health Center

Dolores Vojvoda

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Fred Volkmar

Irving B. Harris Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Pediatrics, of Psychiatry and of Psychology
Chief, Child Psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
Chair, Child Study Center

Research Interests:Autism and related disorders; Asperger's disorder; Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD); Social development; Diagnosis; Neuropsychology

Clinical Interests:Child and adolescent psychiatry; Autism and pervasive developmental disorder; Asperger's disorder; Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), Social development, neuropsychology

Fei Wang

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Neural circuitry; Neuroimaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Diffusion tensor imaging; Functional connectivity; Prefrontal cortex; Amygdala; Hippocampus; White matter

Nadia Ward

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Andrea Weinberger

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Nicotine dependence; Smoking cessation; Smoking relapse; Withdrawal; Gender differences; Co-morbidity; Expectancies; Treatment Development

Bruce Wexler

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry

Marney White

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Research Scientist in and Associate Research Scientist in Psychology
Associate Director, Yale Center for Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Research Interests:Binge eating disorder; Obesity

Clinical Interests:Eating disorders; Obesity; Smoking cessation; Mood Disorders; Anxiety Disorders

Kirsten Wilkins

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Clerkship Director

Scott Woods

Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:risk syndrome for psychosis; psychosis prodrome; attenuated psychosis disorder

Jiansong Xu

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Ke Xu

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:General adult psychiatry

Bao-Zhu Yang

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Substance dependence; Alcoholism; Depression; Psychiatric genetics; Statistical genetics; Genetic epidemiology

Kimberly Yonkers

Professor of Psychiatry and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, PMS and Perinatal Psychiatric Research Program

Research Interests:Women's health; Psychiatric Disorders in Women; Gender Differences in Mental Health; Substance Use Disorders in Women; Perinatal Mental Health; Premenstrual Disorders

Clinical Interests:Mood disorders in women; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder; Managing psychiatric and addictive disorders in pregnancy

Huiping Zhang

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Psychiatric Genetics; Epigenetics; Functional genomics; Substance Dependence

Paula Zimbrean

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Impact of mental illness upon transplantation outcomes; Impact of organ transplant upon serious and persisitent mental illness; Disease mechanisms

Clinical Interests:Adult Psychiatry; Psychosomatic Medicine; Addiction Psychiatry; Transplant Psychiatry

Zoran Zimolo

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Howard Zonana

Professor of Psychiatry and Professor (Adjunct) of Law

Research Interests:Civil Commitment, Duties to third parties; criminal responsibility; competency to Stand Trial and to represent oneself; sex offenders; ethics

Clinical Interests:Forensic Psychiatry, Criminal Responsibility, Competence to Stand Trial, Forensic and Medical Ethics

Lingjun Zuo

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Research Interests:Genetics; Substance dependence; Alcoholism; Smoking,; Schizophrenia; Cannabinoid; Glutamate; Neuroscience; Epigenetics