Faculty Positions

The mission of the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC), which serves as the department of child psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, is to improve the mental health of children and families, advance understanding of their psychological and developmental needs, and treat and prevent childhood mental illness through the integration of research, clinical practice, and professional training. YCSC faculty positions include teaching, clinical, research, and managerial roles in a variety of areas working with children and families or directly related to child development and behavioral health. Learn more about the varied work and missions of the department. The YCSC is committed to recruiting, supporting, and encouraging dedicated clinicians, researchers, and leaders in the field today as well as those in succeeding generations in the service of its clinical, research, training, policy, and prevention agendas. Current faculty opportunities within the YCSC are listed below, along with application instructions for each position.

Yale University provides a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including the Yale Home Buyers program; a scholarship program for dependents at any college; and an automatic 5% contribution to a faculty member’s retirement plan plus a 5% match to individual contributions to a Yale retirement account, providing up to a 10% contribution from Yale.

Yale is also a Public Service Loan Forgiveness site; all Yale faculty are eligible to participate, receiving loan forgiveness after making 120 payments while employed at nonprofits such as Yale. YCSC Outpatient Services serves as a National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment site, and Pediatric Psychologists are eligible for the [National Health Service Specialty Loan Repayment Program. We also are a site for the National Health Service Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program.

The YCSC values Spanish language skills as an important way to meet the needs of the communities served; a Spanish-speaking clinician who becomes certified as a bilingual health provider and provides patient care in Spanish receives a salary supplement.