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
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
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
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
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
