Angela Haeny, PhD

Angela M. Haeny, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Racial Equity and Addiction Lab (REAL). Dr. Haeny’s research primarily aims to address racial disparities in drug and alcohol treatment with a focus on Black adults. Ongoing projects include 1) the Self-Change study, which seeks to understand the process of self-change from substance use disorders among Black adults; 2) the Craving Study, which aims to develop a patient-rated outcome measure of drug and alcohol craving, and 3) Sawubona, which involves collecting data on an African-centered virtual healing group to inform how this group might be applied as an adjunctive support for Black adults with substance use disorders. Dr. Haeny has a career development award focused on culturally adapting alcohol treatment for Black adults to include experiences of racial stress and trauma. In addition, Dr. Haeny has access to data assessing the impact of COVID-19 and racial stress on substance use and other mental health outcomes, the impact of psychedelic use on racial trauma, and data from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. T32 fellows in the REAL at Yale would have access to these projects and data sets and would have the opportunity to work with a team of folks working collaboratively to achieve racial equity in addictions research.