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The Yale Stress Center has been awarded an up to $10.3 million, two-year contract from Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. The study will be led by Rajita Sinha, PhD, left, and Verica Milivojevic, PhD, right.
- September 17, 2026
Yale researchers are improving the treatment of childhood anxiety by investigating all aspects of the disorder, down to the molecular level.
- August 24, 2026Source: CT Public
Back-to-school season can bring a familiar feeling. Suddenly, there’s too much to do and not nearly enough time to do it. We explore why so many of us have become so good at filling every minute — and how to make a little more room to breathe.
- August 07, 2026
The Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcohol (CTNA) at Yale School of Medicine has been awarded a grant by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to continue its research for five more years.
- July 22, 2026Source: WTNH-TV Online (with Marc Potenza, MD, PhD)
Marc Potenza, MD, PhD, Steven M. Southwick Professor of Psychiatry and director of the Yale Center of Excellence in Gambling Research, recently joined Good Morning Connecticut to discuss gambling and addiction.
- July 14, 2026
Robin Masheb, PhD, professor of psychiatry, is senior author of a review in Obesity Reviews that evaluates the impact of behavioral weight management interventions on eating disorder symptoms.
- May 28, 2026Source: Business Insider
Cortisol is the wellness industry's latest villain, blamed for stress, weight gain, and poor sleep. Doctors say most people shouldn't panic.
- May 18, 2026Source: The American Institute of Stress
About 75% of Americans say they are under stress, the American Institute of Stress reported last year.
- May 13, 2026Source: CT Insider
Yale Stress Center on the relationship between parental stress and childhood obesity
- March 06, 2026Source: Yale News
Yale researchers found that helping parents regulate stress, when combined with healthy nutrition, curbed obesity risk in their young children. The findings were published in Pediatrics, and the research team was led by Rajita Sinha, PhD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and professor in the Child Study Center and of neuroscience.