trains post-doctoral fellows in biological and behavioral neurosciences relevant to mental illness and health and develops the interest of basic scientists in clinical problems as well as interdisciplinary aspects of their own basic research.
The Yale Department of Psychiatry has a strong history of research training – a commitment that remains in our efforts to seek the very best and brightest of our field’s next generation of leaders. From the highly individualized mentorship by senior Departmental faculty to the well established research programs that harness the latest technologies, to the highly elaborated and technically sophisticated research facilities available to trainees, the Department offers the key components necessary for achieving an independent and successful research career.
Biological Sciences Training Program (BSTP) Functional Disability Interventions provides post-doctoral fellows (MD or PhD) research training in interventions research that affects the functional lives of people with psychiatric disabilities.
Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP) The NRTP allows trainees to pursue clinical and research interests in parallel throughout the residency. By training with the most modern clinical, basic and translational research methods, graduates are poised to be the next generation of leaders in psychiatry and clinical neuroscience.Integrated Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Training (IMPORT) provides Yale Department of Psychiatry residents in their PGY II-IV years with dedicated research time for the pursuit of patient-oriented research activities.
Substance Use and Addiction Fellowship provides post-doctoral trainees (MD or PhD) training in research to become independent researchers in the drug abuse field.
Translational Research in Alcoholism Training Program provides post-doctoral trainees (MD or PhD) training in research to become independent researchers in the alcoholism field.