Joao P. De Aquino, MD
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Chief of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU), PsychiatryBiography
Dr. De Aquino is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and Assistant Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry at the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit. In addition to treating persons with substance use disorders and co-occurring medical and psychiatric disorders, he combines behavioral pharmacology, computerized psychophysical techniques, and clinical trial methods to develop novel therapeutics for pain and addiction.
Appointments
Psychiatry
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Center for Brain & Mind Health
- Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit
- Division of Addictions
- Janeway Society
- Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP)
- Pain and Addiction Interaction Neurosciences (PAIN) Lab
- Psychiatry
- Yale Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Advanced Research Fellowship
- Yale University & VA VISN-1 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) (2021)
- Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
- Yale University (2019)
- Psychiatry Residency
- Yale University (2018)
- MD
- Federal University of Ceara, School of Medicine (2012)
Research
Overview
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Addiction Medicine; Analgesia; Analgesics, Opioid; Buprenorphine; Cannabinoids; Cannabis; Chronic Pain; Clinical Trial, Phase II; Craving; Drug Administration Routes; Drug Interactions; Methadone; Pain; Pain Measurement; Pharmacokinetics; Psychopharmacology; Psychophysics; Reward; Sensory Thresholds; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Clinical Specialties
Psychiatry; Addiction Medicine
Links & Media
News
- July 19, 2024Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Disentangling the Effects of Racism-Related Stress on Opioid Use Disorder and Chronic Pain Outcomes
- July 05, 2024
Weleff Edits New Issue of AMA Journal of Ethics
- May 06, 2024Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry
Alcohol Use Disorder and Chronic Pain: An Overlooked Epidemic
- April 22, 2024Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
From Taboo to Treatment: The Emergence of Psychedelics in the Management of Pain and Opioid Use Disorder