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Carmen Black, MD, MHS-Med Ed

Assistant Professor Adjunct in Psychiatry
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Vice Chair of Education, Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital, Hartford Hospital

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Assistant Professor Adjunct in Psychiatry

Positions outside Yale

Vice Chair of Education, Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital, Hartford Hospital

Biography

I am a native of Augusta, Georgia, and an honored second-generation graduate of the Medical College of Georgia (MCG). Ever the Francophile, I completed my undergraduate education in psychology and French studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I am trained in psychiatry by both the University of Pennsylvania and by my alma mater, MCG. I joined the Yale School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in September 2019. My primary clinical appointment is at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. There, I am able to marry my dedication to provide quality clinical care to racially minoritized populations with academic research.

My professional identity is rooted in being a fiercely proud, outspoken, family-oriented ethnic Black American physician descended of enslaved persons. I am a strong supporter of sociohistorical racial representation in medicine. My research interests focus on promoting historically-informed racial justice within academic medicine and addressing iatrogenic influences of poor patient care, specifically racism and mental health discrimination within daily clinical practice. My work in iatrogenesis has led me to become a national advocate for patient and provider safety through promoting the equitable treatment of behavioral emergencies by removing police- and security-based interventions from general hospital medicine.

Education & Training

MHS-Med Ed
Yale University (2024)
Senior Resident
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University (2019)
Resident
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2018)
Intern
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2016)
MD
Medical College of Georgia (2015)
BSc
Concordia University, Psychology (2008)

Board Certifications

  • Psychiatry

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Carmen Black's published research.

Publications

2022

2020

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

  • activity

    Social Justice and Health Equity - Human Experience Track

  • activity

    Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report

  • activity

    Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC)

  • honor

    Public Voices Fellow of the Op-Ed Project

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