John H. Krystal MD
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
Departments & Organizations
NIMH Research Training Program in Childhood-onset Neuropsychiatric DisordersDiabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Psychiatry: Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Research Clinic | VA Alcohol Research Center | NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism | VA National Center for PTSD
Biography
Dr. Krystal is a leading expert in the areas of alcoholism, schizophrenia, and post-traumatic stress disorders. His work links psychopharmacology, neuroimaging, and molecular genetics to study the neurobiology and to develop novel treatments for these disorders.
He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He also serves in a variety of advisory and review capacities for NIAAA, NIMH, Wellcome Trust, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, and the Karolinska Institutet.
He previously served on the National Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Advisory Council (NIAAA), the Department of Defense Psychological Health Advisory Committee, the NIMH Board of Scientific Counselors (chair, 2005-2007), and American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (president, 2012).
Dr. Krystal also edits the journal, Biological Psychiatry (impact factor: 8.3).
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Education
- B.A., University of Chicago , 1980
- M.D., Yale University , 1984
Selected Publication
- Jiang L, Gulanski BI, De Feyter HM, Weinzimer SA, Pittman B, Guidone E, Koretski J, Harman S, Petrakis IL, Krystal JH, Mason GF. Increased brain uptake and oxidation of acetate in heavy drinkers. J Clin Invest. 2013 Mar 8. doi:pii: 65153. 10.1172/JCI65153. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23478412.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Kempf Award for Contributions to Schizophrenia Research through Research and Mentorship(06/2005) , American Psychiatric Association
Articles
Summer 2004
Challenging Freud, starting a revolution
A residency requirement became a passion for one doctor and changed the field of psychiatry.As a neurology resident at...
Spring 2008
Award for Doonesbury cartoonist
The travails of the “Doonesbury” character B.D. as he readjusts to civilian life after losing a leg in Iraq won the...
Spring 2002
Alcohol and the brain
Since the 1950s, when Yale scientist E.M. Jellinek pioneered the notion that alcoholism is a disease, investigators...
Spring 2009
Class of 1984: 25th reunion
On Friday night, my husband, Peter Glazer (chair of therapeutic radiology, Yale), and son, Sam, and I were joined at...
Autumn 2009
Psychiatry professor named chair
John H. Krystal, M.D. ’84, was named chair of the Department of Psychiatry, effective July 1. Krystal, the Robert L....
Winter 2004
University names six at medical school to endowed professorships
The university has announced the following endowed professorships:Mark B. Gerstein, Ph.D., associate professor of...
Fall 2000 | Winter 2001
Pharmacology expert John Krystal is designated Kent Professor
John H. Krystal, M.D., the newly appointed Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, is an expert on the...
Winter 2007
Angus C. Nairn, Ph.D., Paul J. Lombroso, M.D., John H. Krystal, M.D.
Three Yale School of Medicine researchers investigating schizophrenia, depression and Tourette syndrome recently...
Autumn 2009
Faculty Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
Eleven Yale faculty members, including six from the School of Medicine, were elected to the Connecticut Academy of...
Autumn 2010
John H. Krystal
John H. Krystal, M.D. ’84, HS ’88, is one of six mental health professionals to receive an award from the American...
Spring 2012
John H. Krystal
John H. Krystal, M.D. ’84, HS ’88, the Robert L. McNeil Jr. Professor of Translational Research and chair of the...
Autumn 2005
The unseen wounds of war
As long as humans have waged war, the horrors of the battlefield have caused psychological damage. As troops return...
Spring 2010
Cushing's tumor registery opens to the public
The Cushing Center, new home to the Cushing Tumor Registry, opened its doors to visitors during the annual reunion in...
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