Linda C. Mayes, M.D.

Linda C. Mayes, M.D., the Arnold Gesell Professor of Child Psychiatry in the Child Study Center and professor of pediatrics and psychology, has been named Special Advisor to the Dean as of July 1. Mayes will be responsible for the oversight of scientific integrity in research conducted at the School of Medicine and for the investigation of any allegations of scientific misconduct. In addition, the special advisor often acts as a mediator when there are substantive faculty issues regarding authorship. Mayes will also function as the dean’s representative in hearing grievances by faculty and students regarding appointments, promotions and terminations.

Mayes joined the faculty of the Yale Child Study Center in 1985. Her work focuses on the stress-response and emotional regulatory mechanisms in children and adolescents at both biological and psychosocial risk. Mayes chairs the directorial team of the Anna Freud Centre in London and of the Anna Freud Centre program within the Child Study Center at Yale.