Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry; Deputy Director for Research, and Director of Neuroimaging, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA National Center for PTSD
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.
Albert E. Kent Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
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)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Division of Neurocognition, Neurocomputation, and Neurogenetics (N3), Psychiatry
Research Interests- Affect
- Mental Disorders
- Cognition
- Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
- Emotions
- Memory, Short-Term
- Schizophrenia
- Computational Biology
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Neuroimaging
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
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- Prefrontal Cortex
- Cognitive Science
Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry; Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory
Research Interests- Central Nervous System
- Glutamates
- Glutamine
- Psychiatry
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
Associate 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
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
Assistant Professor
Research Interests- Amygdala
- Child Development
- Cognition
- Depression
- Motivation
- Schizophrenia
- Neuroimaging
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
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
Albert E Kent Professor of Psychiatry; Chair, Research and Development Committee; 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
Research Interests- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Mental Disorders
- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
- Psychological Phenomena
- Psychiatry and Psychology
Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Pediatric Depression Clinic, Child Study Center
Research Interests- Adolescent Psychiatry
- Affect
- Biological Psychiatry
- Child Psychiatry
- Depressive Disorder
- Psychopharmacology
- Adolescent Development
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Molecular Imaging Program, NCPTSD, VA; Director, Mood, Anxiety, and Cognitive Sciences Division
Research Interests- Psychiatry
- Radiology
- Tobacco
- Mood Disorders
- Molecular Imaging
- Chemicals and Drugs