Sheri Hiroi DuBay

Aloha! I’m Sheri. My birth name was Ryoko, which means “good child” in Japanese. I was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan until I was 10 years old when my family and I moved to Miami, Florida for 4 years. We then moved to the island of Oahu in Hawaii, where I attended high school and later, medical school. I took quite a scenic route on my journey to start a career in medicine. I spent many years on the mainland - in Seattle, Washington to attend University of Washington, where I received my BS in Psychology and PhD in Neuroscience and in Oregon and Arizona for my postdoc training. In my previous life, I was an Assistant Research Professor at Arizona State University investigating why women are more vulnerable than men to anxiety and depression, using molecular biology, neuroendocrinology, and behavioral neuroscience to unravel the link between ovarian hormones, brain serotonin system, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Psychiatry, therefore, was always my passion and I look forward to continuing my training at Yale with my incredible fellow psychiatry residents! Ultimately as a physician scientist, I hope that caring for my patients in the clinic will inform and guide how I can help them best through research and advancement in novel treatment options. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my friends and family, including my husband, two daughters, and our little dog, Bear, playing the flute and piccolo in community bands and ensembles, playing the piano, cooking (and eating!) Japanese cuisine, photography, and traveling the world. I look forward to exploring New Haven and the East Coast, as this is my first time living on this side of the country! So excited for new adventures at Yale!