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NRTP Faculty

NRTP residents can work with any faculty members at Yale University who conduct research relevant to any aspect of psychiatry. Below is a list of some of the core NRTP faculty doing research within the Psychiatry Department.

Faculty

  • Albert E. Kent Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Director of Scientist Diversity and Inclusion, YSM Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    Research Interests
    • Behavioral Sciences
    • Electrochemistry
    • Neurobiology
    • Psychiatry
    • Signal Transduction
    • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience; Director, Minority Recruitment, Psychiatry Department; Director, Postdoctoral Affairs, Psychiatry Department

    Research Interests
    • Acetylcholine
    • Electrophysiology
    • Glutamates
    • Interneurons
    • Memory
    • Neurobiology
    • Nicotine
    • Psychiatry
    • Puberty
    • Signal Transduction
    • Prefrontal Cortex
    • Kisspeptins
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Yale Cocaine Research Clinic, Psychiatry; Inpatient Chief of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU), Psychiatry; Medical Director, Forensic Drug Diversion Clinic (ForDD)

  • Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology; Member, Kavli Institute of Neuroscience at Yale University

    Research Interests
    • Aging
    • Alzheimer Disease
    • Behavioral Sciences
    • Psychology, Child
    • Mental Health
    • Neurobiology
    • Neurosciences
    • Schizophrenia
    • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
    • Prefrontal Cortex
    • Cognitive Science
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Assistant Director for Training and Education for CNRU, Psychiatry; Assistant Clinical Unit Chief for CNRU, Psychiatry; Research Psychiatrist, VA National Center for PTSD

  • Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry; Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory

    Research Interests
    • Central Nervous System
    • Glutamates
    • Glutamine
    • Psychiatry
    • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Professor in the Child Study Center; Director and Co-Founder of the Pediatric Depression Clinic, Child Study Center; Co-Director of the T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Childhood Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Child Study Center; Associate Program Director, Albert J. Solnit Integrated Training Program, Child Study Center; Co-Director of the Tic and OCD Program, Child Study Center

    Research Interests
    • Anxiety
    • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
    • Child Psychiatry
    • Depression
    • Tourette Syndrome
    • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
    • Psychopharmacology
    • Trichotillomania
    • Meta-Analysis
  • John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience and Professor of Psychiatry, and in the Child Study Center and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director, Mood Disorders Research Program

    Research Interests
    • Adolescent Psychiatry
    • Bipolar Disorder
    • Depression
    • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    • Psychiatry
    • Suicide
    • Mood Disorders
    • Diffusion Tensor Imaging
    • Neuropsychiatry
  • Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry; Co-director, Science Fellows Program

    Research Interests
    • Biological Psychiatry
    • Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Biomedical Engineering; Director of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering

    Research Interests
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Physiology
    • Radiology
    • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Co-Director of the T32 Translational Alcohol Research Program, Psychiatry and Public Health

    Research Interests
    • Alcohol Drinking
    • Brain
    • Opioid-Related Disorders
    • Neurobiology
    • Nicotine
    • Radiology
    • Positron-Emission Tomography
    • Neuroimaging
    • alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
    • Diseases
    • Chemicals and Drugs
    • Psychiatry and Psychology
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Assistant Chief of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU), Psychiatry

    Research Interests
    • Analgesia
    • Analgesics, Opioid
    • Buprenorphine
    • Cannabinoids
    • Cannabis
    • Drug Administration Routes
    • Drug Interactions
    • Methadone
    • Pain
    • Pain Measurement
    • Pharmacokinetics
    • Psychopharmacology
    • Psychophysics
    • Reward
    • Sensory Thresholds
    • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
    • Clinical Trial, Phase II
    • Chronic Pain
    • Craving
    • Addiction Medicine
  • Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience; Deputy Director, Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities, Psychiatry

    Research Interests
    • Feeding and Eating Disorders
    • Ethology
    • Neurobiology
    • Obesity
    • Psychiatry
    • Exercise
    • Substance Abuse Detection
    • Natural History
    • Glucose Metabolism Disorders
    • Animal Nutrition Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience

    Research Interests
    • Behavior, Animal
    • Cognition
    • Electrophysiology
    • Hippocampus
    • Learning
    • Neuronal Plasticity
    • Spatial Behavior
    • Spatial Memory
    • Psychiatry and Psychology
  • Vikram Sodhi ’92 Professor of Psychiatry; Director Schizophrenia Neuropharmacology Research Group at Yale (SNRGY); Director, Neurobiological Studies Unit, VACHS; Director, VA-CMHC Schizophrenia Research Clinic; Director, Yale Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids ; Chair, Research and Development Committee, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

    Research Interests
    • Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
    • Mental Disorders
    • Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
    • Psychological Phenomena
    • Psychiatry and Psychology