Robert F. Leeman PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Biographical Info

Robert F. Leeman, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and a Research Scientist with the VA VISN1 MIRECC. His primary research interests are in alcohol and smoking, specifically in relationships between disinhibition/impulsivity and these addictive behaviors. He has a particular interest in impaired control over alcohol use. Much of Dr. Leeman's research concerns young adult addictive behaviors and he has made use of survey, human laboratory and clinical trial methods.

Dr. Leeman joined the faculty at Yale in 2007 after having completed a NIDA post-doctoral fellowship, also in the Yale Psychiatry Department. He joined the VA MIRECC as a Research Scientist in 2012. Dr. Leeman received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005 and a B.A. in Psychology and Screen Studies from Clark University in 1998.

Dr. Leeman was awarded a K01 from NIAAA in 2010, a grant from the ABMRF/the Foundation for Alcohol Research in 2012 and was a recipient of a clinical research loan repayment award from NIAAA from 2006-2012. He held an F31 individual, predoctoral National Research Recognition Award from NIAAA from 2003-2005 and was a 2006 recipient of an Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism, in addition to several other travel and young investigator awards.

International Activity

• International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID)
  Germany (2010 - 2011)
  Executive Committee member and Conference Secretariat
• South African Medical Research Council
  South Africa (2010)
  Ad hoc grant reviewer
• Netherlands National Initiative Brain and Cognition
  Netherlands (2010)
  Ad hoc grant reviewer

Education & Training

B.A.

Clark University (1998)

Ph.D.

University of Pennsylvania (2005)

NIDA Postdoctoral Fellowship

Yale University School of Medicine, Psychiatry/Division of Substance Abuse (2005 - 2007)

Honors & Recognition

• NCDEU New Investigator Award
  American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (2013)
• Junior Scholar
  Alcohol Medical Scholars Program (Director: Marc Schuckit, M.D.) (2013)
• Grant
  Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation (ABMRF) (2012)
• Early Career Reviewer Program
  NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) (2012)
• Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01 AA019694)
  NIH/NIAAA (2010)
• Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program, initial contract (2006) and competitive renewals (2008 and 2010)
  NIH (2006)
• Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award (postdoctoral, psychosocial)
  Research Society on Alcoholism (2006)

Professional Service

• Member, NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Ambassador Network(08/23/2011)
• Program Committee, Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) (07/01/2012)
• Member, Grant review committee, National Center for Responsible Gaming(07/01/2011)
• APA Society of Addiction Psychology (Division 50), Science Advisory Committee(06/01/2011)