Sarah Yip, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the APT Foundation in New Haven.
The foundation promotes health and recovery for those who live with substance use disorders and/or mental illness. It was founded in 1970 by members of the Yale Department of Psychiatry and is among the oldest treatment programs in the United States.
APT is a standalone not-for-profit organization that employs approximately 340 people and has five patient-care sites, making it the eighth largest employer in New Haven. The foundation welcomes Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Fellows from Yale fellowship programs, along with trainees and interns in other clinical disciplines.
Yip, a neuroscientist, directs the Yale Imaging and Psychopharmacology Lab at Yale School of Medicine. In her research, she uses neuropsychiatric research methods to identify the biological mechanisms of addictions and other psychiatric disorders.