Scott Woods, MD
Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of PsychiatryCards
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Psychiatry
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Child Study Center
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Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry
Biography
Dr. Woods assesses young people at risk for psychosis through his PRIME Clinic, which also offers studies aiming to improve treatment for current symptoms and preventing progression.
Last Updated on April 07, 2025.
Appointments
Psychiatry
ProfessorPrimaryChild Study Center
ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Adult Psychiatry
- Child Study Center
- Connecticut Mental Health Center
- MR Core
- PRIME Psychosis Prodrome Research Clinic
- Psychiatry
- Yale Medicine
- Yale New Haven Health System
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Resident
- Massachusetts General Hospital (1984)
- MD
- Baylor College of Medicine (1978)
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Overview
Predictors and Mechanisms of Conversion to Psychosis (MH082022)
Aspirin vs placebo for the psychosis prodrome
D-serine for the psychosis prodrome (MH074356)
Dutetrabenzine for tardive dyskinesia
Huperzine for cognitive enhancement in schizophrenia (MH083436)
Medical Research Interests
Adolescent Psychiatry; Prodromal Symptoms; Psychiatry; Psychotic Disorders
ORCID
0000-0002-3103-5228
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Scott Woods's published research.
Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Scott Woods's research output by year.
Research Interests
Research topics Scott Woods is interested in exploring.
Tyrone Cannon
Albert Powers, MD, PhD
Philip Corlett, PhD
Godfrey Pearlson, MA, MBBS
Catalina Mourgues-Codern
Zailyn Tamayo
105Publications
755Citations
Psychotic Disorders
Prodromal Symptoms
Publications
2026
Transdiagnostic connectome-based predictive modeling reveals networks jointly linked to subjective clinical symptoms and cognition
Simon A, Samardzija A, Iannone S, Parra F, Mehta S, Tokoglu F, Qiu M, Arora J, Tang K, Flanagan A, Katz R, Sanacora G, Woods S, Srihari V, Shen X, Scheinost D, Constable R. Transdiagnostic connectome-based predictive modeling reveals networks jointly linked to subjective clinical symptoms and cognition. Communications Biology 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-026-10822-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLarge Language Models Can Supplement the Assessment of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis
Alliende L, Voigt R, Hoffman M, Strauss G, Ellman L, Walker E, Corlett P, Schiffman J, Woods S, Powers A, Silverstein S, Waltz J, Zinbarg R, Chen S, Williams T, Kenney J, Gold J, Mittal V. Large Language Models Can Supplement the Assessment of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 2026, 10.1037/abn0001160. PMID: 42560867, PMCID: PMC13449246, DOI: 10.1037/abn0001160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricElectroencephalography Microstate Instability and Clinical Outcomes in Individuals at Clinical High Risk of Psychosis.
Liebrand M, Hamilton H, Roach B, Nicholas S, Bachman P, Belger A, Carrión R, Duncan E, Light G, Niznikiewicz M, Addington J, Bearden C, Cadenhead K, Perkins D, Stone W, Walker E, Woods S, Cannon T, Koenig T, Mathalon D. Electroencephalography Microstate Instability and Clinical Outcomes in Individuals at Clinical High Risk of Psychosis. JAMA Psychiatry 2026, 83: 837-846. PMID: 42234419, PMCID: PMC13234755, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.1084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricStepped Care for Youths at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis.
Broekhuijse A, Saxena A, Walsh B, Mourgues-Codern C, Mukhtar H, Howard S, Woods S, Powers A, Farina E. Stepped Care for Youths at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Psychiatric Services 2026, appips20250688. PMID: 42482276, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20250688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricThe effect of monetary versus point-based rewards on effort-cost decision making in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis
Anderson Z, Pokorny V, Kenney J, Gold J, Waltz J, Schiffman J, Ellman L, Walker E, Corlett P, Woods S, Powers A, Silverstein S, Strauss G, Mittal V. The effect of monetary versus point-based rewards on effort-cost decision making in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Research 2026, 296: 155-162. PMID: 42475772, PMCID: PMC13478951, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2026.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProcessing Speed and Verbal Learning Ability as Predictors of Assessor-Rated and Ecological Momentary Assessment Self-Reported Functioning: Findings from AMP SCZ
Pratt D, Lewandowski K, Hacker H, Kambeitz-Ilankovic L, Yassin W, Shah J, Allott K, Stone W, Addington J, Yung A, Williams T, Cowan H, He S, Schiffman J, Carrión R, Torous J, Fusar-Poli P, Lepage M, Kim S, Verma S, Nordentoft M, Glenthøj L, Smesny S, Conus P, Broome M, Hui C, Sabb F, Perkins D, Powers A, Calkins M, Wolf D, Corcoran C, Horton L, Ellman L, Strauss G, Mamah D, Pearlson G, Choi J, Kim M, Kambeitz J, Gaspar P, Mathalon D, Cadenhead K, Perez J, Arango C, Koutsouleris N, Silverstein S, Breitborde N, Bouix S, Baker J, Kapur T, Pasternak O, Kahn R, Cecchi G, Coleman M, Kane J, McGorry P, Bearden C, Nelson B, Shenton M, Woods S, Mittal V. Processing Speed and Verbal Learning Ability as Predictors of Assessor-Rated and Ecological Momentary Assessment Self-Reported Functioning: Findings from AMP SCZ. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2026, 52: sbag056. PMID: 42544492, PMCID: PMC13548176, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbag056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation Between Social and Role Functioning and Transition to Psychosis in the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study Consortium
Addington J, Chu M, Liu L, Heinssen R, Auther A, Bearden C, Cannon T, Carrión R, Keshevan M, Mathalon D, McGlashan T, Perkins D, Stone W, Tsuang M, Walker E, Woods S, Cadenhead K. Association Between Social and Role Functioning and Transition to Psychosis in the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study Consortium. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2026, 52: sbaf258. PMID: 42580708, PMCID: PMC13461213, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial and Role Functioning in the Psychosis Risk Syndrome: Moving Beyond Symptoms for Predicting Psychosis Onset
Carrión R, Auther A, McLaughlin D, Arnovitz M, Addington J, Bearden C, Cadenhead K, Cannon T, Keshavan M, Mathalon D, Perkins D, Stone W, Walker E, Woods S. Social and Role Functioning in the Psychosis Risk Syndrome: Moving Beyond Symptoms for Predicting Psychosis Onset. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2026, 52: sbaf228. PMID: 42605865, PMCID: PMC13478744, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricExploring Group Differences in Attenuated Symptoms and Functioning Between Clinical High‐Risk Individuals With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Pham D, Kennedy L, Addington J, Bearden C, Cannon T, Cornblatt B, Keshavan M, Mathalon D, Perkins D, Stone W, Walker E, Woods S, Cadenhead K. Exploring Group Differences in Attenuated Symptoms and Functioning Between Clinical High‐Risk Individuals With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Early Intervention In Psychiatry 2026, 20: e70188. PMID: 42340325, PMCID: PMC13292843, DOI: 10.1111/eip.70188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricAssociation of Fetal Gene Regulatory Gene Deletions With Poor Cognition in Schizophrenia and Community-Based Samples
Forsyth J, Zhu J, Chavannes A, Trevorrow Z, Hyat M, Sievertsen S, Ferreira-Ianone S, Conomos M, Nuechterlein K, Asarnow R, Green M, Karlsgodt K, Perkins D, Cannon T, Addington J, Cadenhead K, Cornblatt B, Keshavan M, Mathalon D, Stone W, Tsuang M, Walker E, Woods S, Narr K, McEwen S, Schleifer C, Yee C, Diehl C, Guha A, Miller G, Alexander-Bloch A, Sha Z, Glessner J, Seidlitz J, Bethlehem R, Ophoff R, Bearden C. Association of Fetal Gene Regulatory Gene Deletions With Poor Cognition in Schizophrenia and Community-Based Samples. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2026, 183: 562-575. PMID: 42337417, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240779.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
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IRB ID2000029159RolePrincipal InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2024Recruiting ParticipantsSchizophrenia Spectrum Biomarkers Consortium (SSBC)
IRB ID2000029485RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2030Recruiting ParticipantsStudy of Brain Function Across the Lifespan
IRB ID2000020891RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date07/31/2022Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18 years - 65 yearsSleep Dependent Learning in Schizophrenia and Psychosis Risk Syndrome
IRB ID1201009524RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date01/31/2022Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18 years - 55 years
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- May 20, 2026
Hyman Honored with 2026 Yale Department of Psychiatry Mental Health Advocacy Award
- April 08, 2026
Yale-NAMI Conference on Neuroscience, Mental Health and Society Scheduled for May 9
- March 23, 2026
Powers Honored with SIRS Research Excellence Award
- February 17, 2026
Yale Psychiatry Ranks Second in Nation in NIH Research Funding
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