Alyssa Nielsen

Alyssa Nielsen, MD is a psychiatry resident at Yale. She attended Tulane University where she studied neuroscience and dance prior to transferring to the University of Florida as part of a combined BS-MD program. In medical school, she directed a primary care clinic specializing in gender affirming therapy and established a psychiatry clinic, all free of cost to patients through the student-run Equal Access Clinic Network.

At Yale, Alyssa has served as Co-President of the Psychiatry Residents' Association, a member of the Medical Student Education Committee, and co-leader of the Public Psychiatry Resident Interest Group. She is part of the Public Psychiatry and Clinician Educator Distinction Tracks. Additionally, she looks forward to the opportunities afforded as a 2025-2027 APA Public Psychiatry Fellow. She is passionate about public psychiatry, medical education, and investigating patients' and caregivers' perspectives of mental health care.