https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/steele/news-rss/?title=Latest%20News&orgId=120534 A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at Steele Lab en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:14:04 Z https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.20250407 https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.20250407 Vaughn R. Steele, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, is first author of a letter in The American Journal of Psychiatry that argues rTMS for substance use disorders is safe and effective. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/steele/news-article/steele-paper-recognized-with-award-for-transformative-original-report/ https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/steele/news-article/steele-paper-recognized-with-award-for-transformative-original-report/ Vaughn R. Steele, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, is co-author of a paper in Neuropsychopharmacology that was selected for the journal’s Editors’ Award for a Transformative Original Report for 2025. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/steele/news-article/yale-center-for-brain-and-mind-health-to-fund-research-by-steele-tseng/ https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/steele/news-article/yale-center-for-brain-and-mind-health-to-fund-research-by-steele-tseng/ A research project by Vaughn R. Steele, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Wan-Ling Tseng, PhD, assistant professor in the Child Study Center, will be funded with a Yale Center for Brain and Mind Health (CBMH) Pilot Award. Tue, 02 Jul 2024 04:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/steele/news-article/steele-kober-pearlson-awarded-ctna-grant/ https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/steele/news-article/steele-kober-pearlson-awarded-ctna-grant/ The study, “Enhancing the Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Alcohol Cue Reactivity With Cognitive Strategies,” has been selected for a 2024-25 pilot project by the Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism (CTNA). Vaughn Steele, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, is the principal investigator. Co-principal investigators are Hedy Kober, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and psychology, and Godfrey Pearlson, MD, MA, professor of psychiatry and of neuroscience. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 05:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/steele/news-article/steele-assaf-to-study-brain-mechanisms-in-adults-with-autism-spectrum-disorder/ https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/steele/news-article/steele-assaf-to-study-brain-mechanisms-in-adults-with-autism-spectrum-disorder/ Vaughn R. Steele, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Michal Assaf, MD, director of research at the Mary W. Parker Autism Center and adjunct associate professor of psychiatry, are the principal investigators on a project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health that will study brain mechanisms in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Mon, 14 Aug 2023 04:00:00 Z https://spectrum.ieee.org/tms-for-addiction https://spectrum.ieee.org/tms-for-addiction Vaughn Steele, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to IEEE Spectrum about his use of magnetic-stimulation treatment to treat addiction. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 04:00:00 Z