Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism

More Information

For more information, please visit the CTNA website.

Mission

To bridge the gap between basic and clinical neuroscience of alcoholism.

Research Portfolio: 

  • Structural and functional brain imaging
  • Clinical neuroscience and experimental therapeutics
  • Functional Neuroimaging
  • Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Genetics

Who is eligible?

  • Heavy drinkers
  • Healthy individuals

Leadership

Yale Faculty

Anissa Abi-Dargham

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Radiology) - Columbia University
Director of the Division of Translational Imaging, NYSPI - Columbia
Director of Clinical and Imaging Research, Lieber Center for Schizophrenia Research, NYSPI - Columbia

Alan Anticevic

Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry
Administrative Director, NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism

Philip Corlett

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

Joel Gelernter

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

Ralitza Gueorguieva

Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin

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

John Krystal

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

Elaine LaVelle

Research Associate
CTNA Database Manager

Stephanie O'Malley

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

Godfrey Pearlson

Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology

Ismene Petrakis

Professor of Psychiatry
Chief of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Brian Pittman

Statistician

Jane Taylor

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

Contact Us

For more information about our research programs, please call Alecia Schweinsburg at 203-937-3894