Faculty
Becca Levy
Director
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Becca Levy is Director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division and an associate professor (with tenure) at the Yale School of Public Health. She has a joint appointment with the Department of Psychology.
Jhumka Gupta
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Jhumka Gupta is an assistant professor in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. Schooled at the University of Maryland (BS), Drexel University School of Public Health (MPH) and Harvard School of Public Health (Sc.D), she is a social epidemiologist...
Jeannette Ickovics
Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Jeannette R. Ickovics is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and of Psychology at Yale University. She was the Founding Director of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the School of Public Health (2000-2012). Dr. Ickovics is Director of CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement --...
Melinda Irwin
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Melinda L. Irwin, PhD, MPH is an associate professor (with tenure) at the Yale School of Public Health and co-program leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center. Dr. Irwin's research focuses on how lifestyle/behavioral factors influence cancer risk and...
Trace Kershaw
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Trace Kershaw, PhD, specializes in the integration of sexual, reproductive, and maternal-child health. He is an expert in the role of interpersonal relationships on health and is currently studying the role of cell phones and social networks on health. He lectures internationally on these topics.
Joan Monin
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Professor Monin’s research examines how emotional processes affect health in older adult relationships. Her research combines survey methods and laboratory experiments to understand the mechanisms (e.g. emotional contagion, cardiovascular reactivity) and moderators (gender, individual differences...
Rafael Perez-Escamilla
Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Dr. Rafael Pérez-Escamilla is Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health and Director, Office of Community Health, Yale School of Public Health. He is also Director and PI of the Connecticut NIH EXPORT Center of Excellence for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos (CEHDL). His public...Secondary
Kelly Brownell
Professor of Psychology, of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies
Thomas Gill
Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Dr. Thomas Gill is Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Investigative Medicine and the Humana Foundation Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Yale University. He received his research training in clinical epidemiology as a Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Clinical Scholar at Yale, and he joined...
Elena Grigorenko
Emily Fraser Beede Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Dr. Elena L. Grigorenko received her Ph.D. in general psychology from Moscow State University, Russia, in 1990, and her Ph.D. in developmental psychology and genetics from Yale University, United States, in 1996. Dr. Grigorenko has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and...
Alice Miller
Associate Research Scientist in Law and Lecturer in Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Assistant Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Marcella Nunez-Smith
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Dr. Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, is an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Medicine, Core Faculty in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, and Research Faculty at Yale’s Global Health Leadership Institute. Dr. Nunez-Smith’s research focuses on promoting...
Peter Salovey
Chris Argyris Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Professor of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, of Management, of Sociology and of Psychology
Peter Salovey, Provost, is the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology. He joined the Yale faculty in 1986 after receiving an A.B. and M.A. from Stanford University in 1980, with departmental honors and university distinction, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1986. He holds secondary faculty appointments in...
Marlene Schwartz
Senior Research Scientist in Psychology and in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Dr. Schwartz serves as Deputy Director for the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University. She received her PhD in Psychology from Yale University in 1996. Prior to joining the Rudd Center, she served as Co-Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders from 1996...
David Snow
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
David L. Snow, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry and Epidemiology&Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Snow is a clinical/community psychologist who has extensive experience in the design and evaluation of preventive interventions in community...
Jacob Tebes
Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
I received my B.S. in Psychology from Georgetown University and my Ph.D. in Clinical/Community Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. After completing a predoctoral fellowship at Yale, I joined the faculty of the Psychology Section in the Department of Psychiatry and am...
Mary Tinetti
Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Marney White
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Research Scientist in and Associate Research Scientist in Psychology
Marney A. White, PhD, MS, is a clinical psychologist, specializing in eating and weight disorders. In addition to her appointment as Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, she has a secondary appointment in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and is the Associate Director of the Yale Center for Anxiety and...
Lecturers
Megan Smith
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
