Areti Vassilopoulos, PhD
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Assistant Professor
Yale Site Director, Comfort Ability Program, Child Study Center; Lead Supervisor, Pediatric Psychology Externship, Child Study CenterBiography
Dr. Areti Vassilopoulos is a Pediatric Health Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics & Child Psychology at Yale School of Medicine. Following her PhD, she completed her doctoral internship specializing in Pediatric Psychology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & Kennedy Krieger Institute, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship within the Psychiatry Consultation Service and Pediatric Transplant Service at Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Vassilopoulos is fully embedded within Pediatric Neurology to provide integrated behavioral health care and pediatric health psychology follow-up services. She works with children, teens, and young adults with a variety of conditions, including chronic pain, headaches/migraines, functional neurological symptom disorder (FNSD), muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and related sleep concerns. Dr. Vassilopoulos is the site director for Comfort Ability Program in partnership with Boston Children's Hospital, which is an internationally disseminated workshop for pediatric pain and functional symptom management.
Dr. Vassilopoulos is involved in training Yale Child Study Center fellows within the Pediatric Psychology track. She leads the an advanced pediatric psychology externship, that accepts one student a year in pediatric neurology. She also works closely with residents in Pediatric Neurology, and provides lectures in comprehensive pediatric pain management for the Medical Clerkship series through Yale School of Medicine.
With regards to research, Dr. Vassilopoulos focuses on quality improvement initiatives, outcomes of clinical interventions, and the relationship between health and behavior pediatric medical ambulatory clinics. Her current ongoing research includes headache, sleep disruption, chronic pain, FNSD/FND, transition from pediatric to adult medical care, and pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis. She is currently co-investigator on the first and only NIH-Funded study for treatment of pediatric FNSD.
Dr. Vassilopoulos values community outreach. She often collaborates with non-profit organizations, such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association and CanDo Multiple Sclerosis, for community presentations and online workshops.
Appointments
Child Study Center
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Child Study Center
- Pediatric Headache Program
- The Comfort Ability Program
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Pediatric Neuromuscular Program
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
- PhD
- Nova Southeastern University, Clinical Psychology
- Doctoral Intern
- Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- MS
- Nova Southeastern University, Clinical Psychology
Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Clinical Care
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Clinical Specialties
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News
- February 20, 2024
January 2024 YCSC Faculty Development Fund Awardees Announced
- September 20, 2023Source: SMA News Today
SMA and mental health
- May 04, 2023
April 2023 YCSC Faculty Development Fund Awardees Announced
- August 23, 2022
Comfort Ability Program Helps Kids Manage Chronic Pain