Child Study Center News

On Friday, September 20th, the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale celebrated 20 years of research and innovation since its inception in 2004. Over 200 Yale faculty members, postdocs, staff, and students gathered at The Anlyan Center (TAC) for a day-long symposium to share their research and insights.

View the latest job opportunities for faculty and staff at the Yale Child Study Center, which serves as the Department of Child Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine.

For the latest Yale Child Study Center “On Leadership” blog post and newsletter column, Daryn David, PhD, interviewed Beth Heinz, MHA, MSW, who recently stepped into the role of senior vice president for women’s and children’s services at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH).

The Yale Child Study Center welcomes and introduces new community members on an on-going basis. All new faculty, staff, and trainees are invited to share bios and photos upon joining the department, and those who wish to participate are announced approximately monthly. This month, meet new visiting scholar Teresa Bollaín Muñoz and returning staff member Michael F. McCarthy.

In this timely Education Week article, YCSC Associate Professor Christina Cipriano addresses how and why teachers should lean into social and emotional learning during a time of big emotions and disruptive behaviors.

Each year, an eight-week summer internship for rising junior and senior undergraduate students is offered at the Yale Child Study Center, in partnership with the Department of Pediatrics. Internship placements span all areas of child health, both physical and behavioral. Applications will open for the summer of 2025 on December 15, 2024, with a submission deadline of January 31, 2025—and two information sessions will be held virtually for interested students to learn more, one on December 20 and a second on January 17.

The Yale Child Study Center psychology practicum training program is open to applications for the 2025-2026 academic year, with a submission deadline of February 1, 2025. Learn more about this year-long program for doctoral students in clinical or school psychology, which takes place July 1 through June 30 each year.

The results of the October 2024 round of awards for the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Clinical and Research Faculty Development Fund were announced on December 4, with congratulations to Kieran O'Donnell, Heather Howell, and Megan de Carvalho. The annual fund provides start-up funds to develop research, educational, and clinical efforts of clinical and research faculty with a primary appointment at the YCSC.

Behavioral addictions such as gambling and gaming disorders, compulsive sexual activity, problematic shopping and buying, and problematic use of social media deserve more clinical and public health attention, according to a new review published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Marc Potenza, MD, PhD, Steven M. Southwick Professor of Psychiatry and professor in the Child Study Center and of neuroscience, is senior author.