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Joao P. De Aquino, MD

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

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Assistant Chief of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU), Psychiatry

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Assistant Chief of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU), Psychiatry

Biography

Dr. De Aquino is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and Assistant Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry at the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit. In addition to treating persons with substance use disorders and co-occurring medical and psychiatric disorders, he combines behavioral pharmacology, computerized psychophysical techniques, and clinical trial methods to develop novel therapeutics for pain and addiction.

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Education & Training

Advanced Research Fellowship
Yale University & VA VISN-1 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) (2021)
Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
Yale University (2019)
Psychiatry Residency
Yale University (2018)
MD
Federal University of Ceara, School of Medicine (2012)

Research

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Addiction Medicine; Analgesia; Analgesics, Opioid; Buprenorphine; Cannabinoids; Cannabis; Chronic Pain; Clinical Trial, Phase II; Craving; Drug Administration Routes; Drug Interactions; Methadone; Pain; Pain Measurement; Pharmacokinetics; Psychopharmacology; Psychophysics; Reward; Sensory Thresholds; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome

Research at a Glance

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Frequent collaborators of Joao P. De Aquino's published research.

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Clinical Trials

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Academic Achievements and Community Involvement

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    Co-Chair

    Professional OrganizationsAmerican Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)
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    Member

    CommitteesJaneway Society
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    Committee Member

    CommitteesCollege on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD)
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    Editorial Board Member

    Journal ServiceExperimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
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    Editorial Board Member

    Journal ServiceFrontiers Psychiatry Addictive Disorders
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Clinical Care

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Clinical Specialties

Psychiatry; Addiction Medicine

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    West Haven, CT 06516

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