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Angelina Spicer, a stand-up comic, producer, writer, and self-described “accidental activist,” was honored March 22, 2025 with the Yale Department of Psychiatry Mental Health Advocacy Award.

Joy Kaufman, PhD, professor of psychiatry, has been appointed Deputy Chair for Career Development in the Yale Department of Psychiatry.

Elizabeth Connors, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, is lead editor of the largest special issue in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, featuring 19 articles from 11 countries on the clinical practice of feedback, or measurement-based care.

Frances J. Griffith, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, and Lisa Fucito, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry are first and senior authors, respectively, of a paper in Nature Digital Medicine that describes a user experience analysis, including natural language processing, from a digital intervention for reducing alcohol risk and improving sleep health in young adults.

Jacob Tebes, PhD, professor of psychiatry (psychology), in the Child Study Center and of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences) has received a two-year research grant from the National Institute of Justice to extend the multi-level, mixed methods evaluation of Elm City COMPASS , a community-based initiative to create a system of sustainable supports for people in New Haven who experience a mental health or substance use crisis.

The Partnership for Early Education Research (PEER) has released the final report from a collaborative evaluation of an early childhood educator workforce development program administered by the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC).

Derrick M. Gordon, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, has been selected to participate in the Transforming Biomedical Research and Academic Faculty through Leadership Opportunities, Training, and Mentorship (TRANSFORM) Program.

Melissa R. Schick, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study early detection and intervention of substance use among trauma-exposed individuals.

Gay and lesbian adults over age 65 are nearly 28 times more likely than heterosexual peers to engage in polysubstance use, a Yale team finds in a new study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports.