Department Leadership
John Krystal, MD
Chair
Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Chief of Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Director: NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism
Director, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA National Center for PTSD
Stephanie O'Malley, PhD
Deputy Chair for Clinical Research
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Division of Substance Abuse Research in Psychiatry
Deputy Chair, Clinical Research
Marina Picciotto, PhD
Deputy Chair for Basic Research
Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center, of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology
Deputy Chair for Basic Science Research, Dept. of Psychiatry
Deputy Director, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
Robert Rohrbaugh, MD
Deputy Chair for Education and Career Development
Professor of Psychiatry
Deputy Chair for Education and Career Development, Department of Psychiatry
Residency Program Director, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Office of International Medical Student Education, Yale School of Medicine
Rajita Sinha, PhD
Chief, Psychology Section
Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience
Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center
Chief, Psychology Section in Psychiatry
Co-director of Education, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
Samuel Ball, PhD
Assistant Chair for Education and Career Development
Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Chair for Education and Career Development
Michael Sernyak, Jr, MD
Deputy Chair for Clinical Affairs and Program Development; Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Mental Health Center
Professor of Psychiatry
Deputy Chair for Clinical Affairs and Program Development, Department of Psychiatry
CEO, Connecticut Mental Health Center
Ismene Petrakis, MD
Chief of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Professor of Psychiatry
Chief of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Cindy Crusto, PhD
Assistant Chair for Diversity
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Chair for Diversity, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Program Evaluation and Child Trauma Research at The Consultation Center
Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD
Assistant Chair for Translational Research
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Chair for Translational Research, Psychiatry
Director, Yale OCD Research Clinic
Co-Director, Neuroscience Research Training Program
Carlos Grilo, PhD
Director of Clinical Training in Psychology
Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology
Director, Clinical Training in Psychology, Yale Department of Psychiatry
Director, Program for Obesity Weight and Eating Research (POWER)
Nadia L Ward, PhD
Deputy Director of Clinical Training in Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Frank Fortunati, MD, JD
Medical Director, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
Assistant Professor
Medical Director - Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
Associate Chief of Psychiatry - Yale New Haven Hospital
