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Walter Roberts, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry Department within Yale School of Medicine. I am a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in substance use treatment, primarily alcohol and tobacco use disorders. My research program uses multiple methodologies to identify the causes and consequences of substance use in humans. My primary research activities focus on developing mobile biosensor platforms that can be used to passively detect and predict substance use behaviors and other health conditions. These systems – built using machine learning and informatics techniques -- are designed to facilitate improved assessment and targeted delivery of interventions in clinical and research settings. In another branch of my research program, I use clinical and epidemiological data to identify risk factors for hazardous alcohol use and other alcohol-related outcomes. I maintain an interest in research ethics and publish conceptual manuscripts on ethical issues in substance use research.



Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

PhD
University of Kentucky, Clinical Psychology (2016)
Predoctoral Intern
University of Kentucky (2016)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Walter Roberts's published research.

Publications

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2020

2018

2017

2014

Clinical Trials

Current Trials

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    MD2K Training Institute Summer Scholar

  • honor

    Early Career Scientist Award

  • honor

    Enoch Gordis Award Finalist

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