Division of Addictions

Mission

To understand the causes and process of addiction and to develop innovative treatments for alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, opiates, and gambling. Interdisciplinary collaborations further these aims.

Areas of Research

• Behavioral Pharmacology and Medications Development
• Psychotherapy Treatment Development and Efficacy
• Patient Treatment Matching and Process Research, including genetic and (?)
• Stress, Self-Control and Addictive Behaviors
• Diagnostic, Epidemiology and Policy Studies
• International Research
• Primary Care Interventions and HIV Risk Reduction

Research Centers

• Center for Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism
• Yale Psychotherapy Research Development Center
• Veteran’ Administration Connecticut-Massachusetts Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) on Dual Diagnosis
• Yale/VA Alcohol Research Center
• Yale Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) on Women’s Health
• Yale Stress Center
• Yale Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science

Research Training Opportunities

• Clinician Scientist Training in Substance Abuse Research
• Drug Abuse Clinical Research Training Program
• Research Training Fellowship in Substance Abuse
• Resident/Intern Substance Use Research Education
• Translational Neuroscience Research in Alcoholism

Division of Addictions Seminars

• March 31, 2021: Elizabeth Atkinson, PhD, Instructor, Analytic and Translational Genomics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT: An Introduction to GWAS + Enabling Gene Discovery in Admixed Populations with Tractor
• November 4, 2020: Marc Potenza, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, of Neuroscience and in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Division on Addictions Research at Yale: Genetics of Behavioral Addictions: Co-occurring Disorders, Transdiagnostic Considerations and Treatment Implications
• September 23, 2020: Sivabalaji Kaliamurthy, MD, Resident, Yale Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: Electronic Vaping Device Use in Youth: History, Evolution, Predictors and Risk Factors
• September 16, 2020: Kathleen Carroll, PhD, Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: The Profound Heterogeneity of Substance Use Disorders: Implications for Treatment Development
• May 13, 2020: Marc Potenza, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: Gambling, Gaming, Pornography, and Internet Use Data and Guidance Recommendations to Promote Public Health and Address Addictive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• May 6, 2020: Dongju Seo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: Dynamic Neurobiological Responses in Stress and Alcoholism
• April 1, 2020: Sherry McKee, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: Considering Sex Differences in Treatment Development for Smoking
• March 25, 2020: Stephanie Groman, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine: Decision Making Mechanisms Underlying Addiction

Contact Us

For more information, please contact Stephanie O'Malley, Ph.D. or individual faculty. Faculty in the Division of Addiction Research are listed below. A complete Department of Psychiatry Faculty listing is located under 'Research' on index.