Program Director, Chair of Executive Training Committee
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Training, YSM Doctoral Internship in Clinical and Community Psychology, Psychiatry
Program Leadership
Training Program Executive Leadership
Section Chief
Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience; Deputy Chair of Psychiatry for Psychology, Psychiatry; Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center; Chief, Psychology Section in Psychiatry
Research Interests- Child Psychiatry
- Chronic Disease
- Neurobiology
- Neurosciences
- Psychiatry
- Stress, Psychological
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Psychiatry and Psychology
Institution Chief for the Clinical Placement, Connecticut Mental Health Center
Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology), in the Child Study Center and of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director, Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry; Director, The Consultation Center; Chief Psychologist, Connecticut Mental Health Center; Program Director, NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Substance Abuse Prevention; Director, Elm City COMPASS, Psychiatry
Research Interests- Primary Prevention
- Public Health
- Social Change
- Social Justice
- Program Evaluation
- Cultural Diversity
- Vulnerable Populations
- Resilience, Psychological
- Community-Based Participatory Research
Institution Chief for the Clinical Placement, Yale New Haven Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Chief Psychologist, Psychiatric Services, Yale New Haven Hospital; Director, Behavioral Medicine Service
Research Interests- Alcoholism
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Medicine
- Depression
- Quality of Life
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- Resilience, Psychological
Executive Training Committee
The Executive Training Committee (ETC) of the Yale Doctoral Internship serves as the governing body for the training program and is chaired by Amber W. Childs, Director of Training. The ETC is comprised of the Training Program Executive Leadership, including the Director of Training (Dr. Childs), the Chief of the Psychology Section (Dr. Sinha), the Chiefs of PSychology at the Connecticut Mental Health Center (Dr. Tebes) and Yale New Haven Hospital (Dr. Fehon). The Director of Research and Evidence-Based Training (Dr. Brian Kiluk) is also an at-large member of the committee. Finally, the committee includes internship training faculty who serve renewable two-year terms to ensure diversity of perspective within the ETC group.
The ETC meets monthly and addresses issues of administrative governance for the program, including revising all program policies and relevant initiatives, and monitors program quality improvement.
Current ETC Training Faculty
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Child and Adolescent Service, West Haven Mental Health Clinic, Psychiatry; Co-Director, West Haven Mental Health Clinic, Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Connecticut Latino Behavioral Health System, Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director of the Substance Abuse Treatment Unit of the Connecticut Mental Health Center; Associate Director of Addiction Services, the Connecticut Mental Health Center
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Psychotherapy Development Center; Director, Technology-Based Interventions
Research Interests- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Therapy, Computer-Assisted
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Endpoint Determination
- Psychiatry and Psychology