NRTP - Key Persons


Abigail Titus

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Digital Education
  • Project Manager for Digital Education at the Yale Poorvu Center
Abigail Titus is the Project Manager for Digital Education at the Yale Poorvu Center. Prior to this role, Abigail worked as a product specialist at Coursera, where she helped the platform launch MasterTrack programs and responsed to learner requests and issues. She recently completed a Master of Education (EdM) degree from Boston University, focused on higher education administration. She holds a bachelor's degree from Bates College in Politics and French. Abigail is from Massachusetts and lived in the San Francisco area for several years before returning to New England.

Aja Diggs

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Albert E. Kent

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • Professor of Psychiatry Chair, Human Investigations Committee ( IRB ), Human Research Protections Program Professor, Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Albert Powers

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry Medical & Associate Director, Yale PRIME Psychosis Risk Clinic, Psychiatry

Alexandra Nichols Shaheen

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, YSM Diversity Office

Alexis Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Alfred Kaye

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Alicia Y Che

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Director of Graduate Admissions, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

Alondra Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant, YSM Diversity

Anastasia Jankovsky

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Andrea Basile Terrillion

Job Titles:
  • Director of Professionalism and Leadership

Andrew Osborne

Job Titles:
  • Director, Multimedia Services Senior Video Producer

Anna Reisman

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Annabelle Blevins Pifer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant Program Assistant, Master of Health Science - Clinical Investigation Track ( MHS - CI )

Anthony N. Brady

Job Titles:
  • Member of the YSM Biobank Committee
  • Professor of Pathology Chair, Pathology Chief, YNHH Pathology

Arielle Baskin-Sommers

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychology

Ashley Schnakenberg Martin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

AZA Allsop

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor NRTP, Yale Department of Psychiatry

Azmi Ahmad

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Barbara Bugella

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer Senior Consultant, Psychiatry
Barbara Bugella, RN, MSN, MBA holds the position of Senior Consultant with Yale Behavioral Health Consulting Services. In this capacity, her primary focus is assisting psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health organizations across the United States in attaining and upholding Joint Commission accreditation as well as CMS compliance. Her consulting experience includes training programs, mentoring, organizational assessments, conducting simulated surveys, and offering technical assistance pertaining to Joint Commission, CMS standards and survey process, restraint and seclusion reduction, utilization management, and policy development. With an impressive career spanning over 35 years, Ms. Bugella has a wealth of experience within both the public and private sectors of Behavioral Healthcare. Her most recent role as Chief Operating Officer of a State Mental Health and Addiction Services Agency entailed overseeing the operations of six state-operated Local Mental Health Authorities and a large psychiatric hospital totaling over 600 inpatient beds. These facilities also provided services such as withdrawal management, residential care, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams, Mobile Crisis response, Community Support, and outpatient services. Additionally, she was a founding member of an interagency partnership to reduce the use of restraint and seclusion in healthcare, correctional and school settings. Ms Bugella has been instrumental in assisting start up organizations or those who have acquired new programs to design workflows, develop and implement policies, train staff, and achieve accreditation and/or licensure in multiple states. She possesses extensive expertise in program design, project management, and leadership development. Her regulatory acumen encompasses the management of a Department of Justice Settlement agreement, readiness for The Joint Commission, CMS regulatory compliance, and state licensing requirements. She has also authored a number of peer-reviewed publications, including a focus on restraint and seclusion, school shootings, and the importance of workforce transformation in Connecticut.

Belinda Platt

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
  • Associate Director, Digital Education
Belinda Platt is a project manager for digital education initiatives within the Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning. Belinda's primary role is to help instructors conceive, create, disseminate, and maintain materials for online courses across various platforms. Her accolades include winning two Coursera Learners First Award for Everyday Parenting taught by Dr. Alan Kazdin, The Science of Well-Being taught by Dr. Laurie Santos, and placing top three in the American Society of Nephrology Innovations in Kidney Education Contest in 2018 for a web-based module created in collaboration with Dr. Namrata Krishnan. She loves sharing Yale's expertise with the world so reach out to her with your ideas! Belinda graduated from Cornell University in 2013 with a degree in Industrial and Labor Relations and a minor in Communications.

Benjamin Kelmendi

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Kelmendi is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. He has been a key driver of psychedelic studies at Yale. He is as a co-founder of the Yale Psychedelic Science Interest Group, principal investigator (together with Dr. Pittenger) of the first controlled study of psilocybin in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and a co-investigator on a major multi-site study of psilocybin in the treatment of depression, sponsored by the Usona Institute. Dr. Kelmendi is on the Board of the Heffter Foundation, a major sponsor of work in psychedelic science.

Bernadette Lecza

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Brent A Moore

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist in Psychiatry Research Psychologist ( VA )

Carlton E. Green

For more than 25 years, Dr. Carlton Green has held various roles in higher education settings. More specifically, he has worked in student activities, multicultural services, residence life, academic affairs, athletics, and counseling services in both public and private institutions. Dr. Green earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and received masters-level training in Mental Health Counseling and Pastoral Ministry, from Boston College. Currently, Dr. Green is the Director of Diversity Training & Education in the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). Prior to taking on this role, he served as a Staff Psychologist at the University of Maryland (UMD) Counseling Center. Dr. Green has developed and presented workshops on diversity and inclusion, including how to address racial trauma at many universities and colleges in the DMV (Washington, DC/Maryland/Virginia) area and nationally. He has also served as a national advisor to The Steve Fund, which is the nation's only mental health organization focused on the wellbeing of students of Color. In the DMV area, Dr. Green is a member of the historical Alfred Street Baptist Church. There, he serves as the president of the AGAPE Mental Health and Coaching ministry. Dr. Green is also an active member in the American Psychological Association. His contributions to the field earned him a Rising Star Award at the 2019 National Multicultural Conference & Summit. In 2019, the Maryland Psychological Association recognized Dr. Green with the Grady Dale Jr. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Diversity in Psychology. Dr. Green was awarded the Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association in August 2020.

Chanda Williams

The primary focus of Chanda's research interest lies in the field of integrative health and health disparities research, specifically the evaluation of the clinical effectiveness and psychophysiological mechanisms underlying the practice of yoga and meditation for marginalized, underserved, and underresourced populations. These behavioral techniques include breathing exercises, physical postures, and mindfulness meditation. These practices produce a coordinated psychophysiological response called the relaxation response, which is associated with a reduction in psychophysiological arousal and a sense of well-being. These techniques are effective for many disorders with a psychosomatic component exacerbated by stress. Chanda is a TRIM predoctoral fellow and doctoral candidate in somatic depth psychology. She is conducting a qualitative, post-hoc study that seeks to increase the understanding and explore the long-term impact of trauma-informed, mindfulness-based yoga therapy for incarcerated populations. Additionally, Chanda is collaborating with UCSF faculty to examine the current uptake and acceptability of integrative oncology practices and complementary therapies (e.g., diet, exercise, yoga, and supplements) among Black individuals with cancer. Read More

Charles B. G. Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatry, of Psychology and of Neuroscience

Charles C Dike

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatry and Co
Charles C Dike is Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director, Law and Psychiatry Division, Yale University School of Medicine. He is also Chief Medical Officer, Office of the Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Dr. Dike completed medical school at Obafemi Awolowo University (Formerly University of Ife), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and psychiatric residency at All Birmingham Hospitals Psychiatric Training Scheme, University of Birmingham, England. After additional psychiatric residency training at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Dike completed a fellowship training in Law and Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medical. Dr. Dike obtained a Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry (DCP) from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ireland and was awarded a membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of England in 1998. He obtained a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2004. A past president of Connecticut Psychiatric Society, Dr. Dike is a Distinguished Fellow of American Psychiatric Association (DFAPA), Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of England (FRCPsych), and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). He is also Chair of the APA Ethics Committee, and author of Ethics Corner, a monthly article discussing psychiatric and medical ethics concerns in practice, in Psychiatry News, a publication of the APA. Dr. Dike is a Special (Federal) Government Employee serving on the National Advisory Council of the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, established the Charles C Dike Diversity Scholarship Award for his tireless work on Diversity and Inclusion and other issues pertinent to forensic psychiatric practice. His interest areas include medical and psychiatric ethics, pathological lying, management of aggression, health systems administration and forensic psychiatric consultations (civil and criminal)

Chelsea Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Chen Liu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the YSM Biobank Committee

Christopher Pittenger

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
  • Professor and Assistant Chair for Translational Research
Dr. Pittenger is Professor and Assistant Chair for Translational Research in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale. He holds a Ph.D. in neurobiology, earned under the tutelage of Nobel Prize winning psychiatrist Eric Kandel. Dr. Pittenger has a long history of cutting-edge, collaborative, and trans-disciplinary research, which continues in this Center.

Cindy A. Crusto

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder, GROW Initiative
  • Professor of Psychiatry
Cindy A. Crusto, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology Section), Yale University School of Medicine, is Associate Dean for Gender Equity and Director of the Office for Women in Medicine and Science and the Director of Program Evaluation and Child Trauma Research at The Consultation Center.Dr. Crusto has more than 20 years of experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating preventive interventions in schools and community agencies. She also has extensive experience providing training and technical assistance to schools and to community-based organizations on the evaluation of prevention programs. She is interested in culturally relevant interventions for children from racial/ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds and in school-based behavioral health services. Dr. Crusto's research examines the impact of family violence on children and the ecological influences on child and family well-being, and includes rigorous evaluations of community-based initiatives involving substance use and violence prevention, and the promotion of school readiness. Dr. Crusto earned a B.A. in psychology from Vassar College, an M.A. in clinical-community psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a Ph.D. in clinical-community psychology from the University of South Carolina. She completed pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in clinical-community psychology at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.

Colleen Moriarty

Job Titles:
  • All Media Inquiries / Director of Media Relations and Audience Development
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Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
  • Member of the YSM Biobank Committee

Cynthia Brandt

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Vice Chair for Education, Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Professor, Biostatistics

Damla E. Aksen

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Danielle Perricone

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact for Clinical Topics / Yale Medicine / Communications Officer, YM Audience Development and Social Media

Darin Latimore

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Darren J. Osleger

Job Titles:
  • Fire Safety Training Combined Quality Improvement / Fitkin Memorial Pavilion Auditorium / Add Event to Calendar

Daryn David

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

David Ferguson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Biorepository

David Moore

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Director, VISN 1 Clinical Resource Hub Chief, Clinical Resource Hub Service Line Director, National Expert Consultation and Specialty Services - Mental Health

Debra Sabo

Job Titles:
  • Manager of YSM Treasury Operations

Deepak Cyril Dsouza

Job Titles:
  • Director

Dorothy DeBernardo

Job Titles:
  • Center for Medical Education, Director of Programs

Douglas Forbush

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of the Yale Broadcast Studio
  • Manager 3 Associate Director, Yale Broadcast Studio, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
Doug is the Associate Director of the Yale Broadcast Studio. For over 20 years he has been using his varied experience in video production to help form and disseminate Yale's inspiring message of research, scholarship, education, preservation and practice to an expanding global audience. Doug's career at Yale began by co-founding a professional video production unit within the Yale School of Medicine, establishing standards of quality within the Medical School and Yale-New Haven Hospital. It was here Doug worked on the award winning film ‘Microscopy: Tools of the Biosciences' produced by Martin Gordon, MD. in 2007 Doug served as Post Production Manager for ‘OpenYaleCourses', the pioneering and award winning endeavor into online learning. This groundbreaking effort quickly propelled Yale into a leadership position in the burgeoning field of online learning. In his current role, Doug has directed some of the most popular and favorably reviewed public Yale courses including ‘Moralities of Everyday Life', ‘Introduction to Classical Music' and ‘Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong', among others. in 2020, Doug received the Linda Lorimer Award for Distinguished Service for his work on Yale's ‘Virtual Commencement Ceremony'. Doug is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University with a B.A. in Communications, a veteran of the United States Coast Guard Reserve and a constantly bewildered and misunderstood father of 3 teenaged daughters.

Dr. Amber W. Childs

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director and Co - Founder GROW Initiative / Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Director of Training, YSM Doctoral Internship in Clinical and Community Psychology, Psychiatry
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor
Dr. Amber W. Childs is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor of psychiatry in the Yale School of Medicine. She is the Director of Training for the Yale Doctoral Internship in Clinical and Community Psychology in the School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Division of Quality and Innovation within Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital (YNHPH) where she is a member of the medical staff. Additionally, Childs is the co-founder and director of the Getting Racism Out of our Work (GROW) Initiative, co-founder of the Yale Measurement-Based Care Collaborative and founder of M-Select, a comprehensive digital mental health solution for youth at YSM. Childs is deeply involved in antiracism and DEI efforts within the Psychiatry Department. She served as the Co-Chair of the Doctoral Internship Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, from 2020-2023, of which she has been a member since 2016 . She served as the invited co-chair of the Education Subcommittee of the Yale Department of Psychiatry Antiracism Task Force (ARTF) from 2020-2023 and remains a member of the ARTF Steering Committee. Childs' work aims to improve equity, access, and outcomes in psychiatric services and education through data-driven quality improvement and a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). She is dedicated to clinical and educational program innovations that support the implementation of evidence-based practices and diversity, equity, and inclusion concepts to improve clinical and educational practices. Across her roles, Dr. Childs professional activities include: 1) promotion and implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP), such as Measurement-Based Care (MBC), that prioritize person-centered, individualized treatment and improved psychosocial outcomes; 2) improvement of psychiatric treatment among those who experience chronic and acute psychiatric illness, particularly for young people who are marginalized and minoritized; and 3) cultivating a generation of psychology leaders who have a deep and sophisticated understanding of DEI as it relates to clinical service delivery, research, and education. Childs earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and completed a doctoral internship and post-doctoral residency at the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital, where she specialized in child and adolescent services.

Dr. Daniel F. Sarpong

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
Dr. Daniel F. Sarpong, trained biostatistician, is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of General Internal Medicine and Executive Director of the Office of Health Equity Research (OHER). Dr. Sarpong's research focuses on translational research exploring innovative approaches to mitigating biological and social determinants of health disparities in primarily chronic diseases. Before joining Yale University in the School of Medicine, He was a Tenured Professor of Biostatistics, Endowed Chair of Health Disparities, and Director of the Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (CMHDRE) at the Xavier University of Louisiana. Additionally, he served as the Director of the Community Engagement Cores of Xavier RCMI Cancer Center and the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center. During 2000 and 2010, he was Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the Jackson Heart Study Coordinating Center (JHSCC), Director of Data Management, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology, and Senior Biostatistician of the JHSCC at Jackson State University.

Dr. Hilary Patricia Blumberg

Job Titles:
  • Director
Dr. Hilary Patricia Blumberg is the John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and in the Child Center, and Director of the Mood Disorders Research Program, at the Yale School of Medicine. She graduated summa cum laude in neuroscience from Harvard University and completed her medical degree, psychiatry training and specialty training in brain scanning research at Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Blumberg's research is devoted to understanding the brain circuitry differences that underlie mood disorders across the lifespan, with a focus on bipolar disorder and on suicide prevention. She directs the Mood Disorders Research Program at Yale that brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scientists to study the genetic, developmental and environmental factors that cause mood disorders to develop new methods for early detection, more effective interventions, and prevention of the disorders and their associated high risk for suicide. This research includes the use of new state-of-the-art brain scanning methods. The program is also known for training young scientists to be new leaders in the field. Dr. Blumberg has served as principal investigator on awards from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Veterans Affairs, BD2, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, International Bipolar Disorder Foundation, For the Love of Travis Foundation, MQ Foundation, Stanley Medical Research Institute and Women's Health Research at Yale. She has received numerous awards including the 2021 International Society of Bipolar Disorders Mogens Schou Award for Research in Bipolar Disorder, 2021 Sethi Award, 2018 American Psychiatric Association Blanche F. Ittleson Award for outstanding and published research in child and adolescent psychiatry and 2017 Brain and Behavior Foundation Colvin Prize for Research Achievement in Mood Disorders. She is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and a member of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience and Professor of Psychiatry, and in the Child Study Center and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director, Mood Disorders Research Program

Dr. Michelle Joaquin

Dr. Michelle Joaquin is a Latina, cisgender, woman from the Dominican Republic. She trained for a year as a postdoc at University of Southern California's Children's Hospital of Los Angeles' Project Heal/Trauma specialization where she also completed her internship. She was trained in and cofacilitated Crawford Bias Reduction Theory and Training (CBRT) groups. She served on panels such as the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel on Culturally Responsive Integrated Primary Care at the Developing and Researching Advanced Models of Integrated Primary Care (DREAM) conference. And she recently organized and presented in a symposium at the American Psychological Association (APA) that was titled "Addressing Microagressions and Racist Comments in Psychotherapy." She is trained in psychological assessment of asylum seekers, forensic interviewing and psychoeducational assessments. She is an APA Division 29 Advocacy and Mentoring Program for Diversity (AMPD) scholar. Some of her research interests include trauma, immigration and cultural sensitivity. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and seek out new beaches.

Dr. Stephanie Thrower

Dr. Stephanie Thrower is a licensed counseling psychologist who provides psychotherapy to individuals during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, as well as the span of motherhood.  She is a graduate of Boston College's doctoral program in Counseling Psychology.  In addition, she received her masters in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College and Applied Sport Psychology from John F. Kennedy University.  Her clinical training includes providing inpatient and outpatient therapy in a Veteran hospital, a community healthcare center, a college mental health center, and schools. Working in perinatal mental health combines many of her interests including women's health, social justice and racial identity, the mind-body connection, performance psychology, attachment, and career identity development. Her private practice focuses on supporting clients to seek purpose and fulfillment at the intersection of motherhood and vocation. She is experienced in researching and training providers to be more racially and culturally responsive, particularly White therapists and supervisors. The phenomenal mentorship from Dr. Janet Helms was crucial for Dr. Thrower to develop expertise in applying the Racial Identity Social Interaction Model to the institutional and relational context of training therapists. Stephanie aims to offer a supportive, validating, and empowering relationship for her clients.  She primarily draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her clinical work, but also has extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy. She values connecting client's with resources, supporting increased knowledge about themselves, and bolstering skill development to improve self-advocacy and stress management.

Eduardo Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant, YSM Diversity

Elise DeVito

Job Titles:
  • Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry

Elizabeth Mears

Job Titles:
  • Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry Co - Director, Science Fellows Program
  • Professor

Emily Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator Psychiatry
Emily is responsible for coordinating a variety of administrative projects and tasks for the residency program. These include assisting residents in applying for medical licenses and visas, securing catering arrangements for resident functions and events, processing pcard transactions, and support to Resident Interest Groups. Emily also works closely with Dr. Noah Capurso to coordinate the resident didactic series and manages the didactic evaluation process in MedHub. In addition, Emily plays a significant role in the recruitment process and orientation program for incoming residents.

Emmanuelle Schindler

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor Medical Director, Headache Center of Excellence

Erin Carrubba

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Frank Nicholas

Job Titles:
  • Admin Asst Residency Program
Frank processes and responds to all requests for training verification, manages fellowship and award opportunities for residents, organizes the resident/faculty holiday party, provides administrative support to the GEC, and coordinates other special education initiatives. In addition, Frank provides administrative support and calendar management to the Program Director.

Giovanna Guerrero-Medina

Job Titles:
  • Director of Yale Ciencia Program Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute Executive Director, Ciencia Puerto Rico

Hedy Kober

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology Adjunct Associate Professor of Law Director, Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab

Hope Furth

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience
  • Professor of Psychiatry

Ijeoma Ogu Ibe

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Ishita S. Arora

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Associate

Ismene Petrakis

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatry Chief of Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Jack Tsai

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry Research Director, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans Director, Yale Division of Mental Health Services and Treatment Outcomes Research

Jacqueline (Gacek) Smith

Jacqueline Smith (Gacek) RN MS CPHQ LNC is a regulatory and accreditation consultant with Yale Behavioral Health Consulting Services. In that role, she works with hospitals and healthcare programs nationwide to support them in achieving and maintaining accreditation and CMS compliance and provides technical assistance on standards and the survey process. Additionally, she conducts training, gap analysis, and mock surveys. She is experienced in developing and monitoring action plans to remedy regulatory and accreditation non-compliance. Ms. Smith has more than 30 years of healthcare management experience and has been consulting since 2013. She most recently served as Chief Operations Officer for a two-hospital system providing inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization and telehealth services. Prior experience includes Director of Quality & Risk Management, with responsibility for regulatory compliance, health information management, utilization management, risk management, outcomes measurement, and performance improvement. Ms. Smith has also held a variety of leadership positions in managed care including Operations Administrator, Director of Government Programs, and Director of Resource Management. Her experience also includes technology implementation assistance in the healthcare setting. Ms. Smith is a registered professional nurse with a master's degree in health systems administration from Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned certifications in Health Care Quality, Human Resources, Quality and Legal Nurse Consulting.

Janet Hafler

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Pediatrics ( General Pediatrics ) Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning, General Pediatrics Director of the Center for Medical Education, Pediatrics

Jennifer Dolan-Auten

Job Titles:
  • Director of Medical Education Administration
Jennifer manages the Office of Education and oversees the administration of the department's medical education programs with special responsibility for the psychiatry residency program.

Jessica Cardin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Tenure Deputy Chair, Neuroscience

Joao P. De Aquino

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Assistant Chief of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit ( CNRU ), Psychiatry

Joel Gelernter

Job Titles:
  • Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience Director, Division of Human Genetics ( Psychiatry )

John Kunstman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery ( Oncology )

Jonathan N Grauer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Jose Cortes-Briones

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Julia Buchanan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director Yale School of Medicine Faculty Affairs

Karina Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Katie Wang

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor Term
Katie Wang, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Yale School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Yale University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship through the Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program. Dr. Wang's research broadly focuses on the role of stigma as a psychosocial determinant of mental and behavioral health inequities among diverse marginalized populations, with a specific emphasis on people with disabilities and individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorders. Some of her recent and ongoing projects include an investigation of mental illness stigma as a risk factor for substance use among adults with depression (funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse), a longitudinal study examining the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities, and a mixed-methods study to develop and validate a questionnaire measure of daily intersectional stigma experiences among Black people with disabilities (funded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities). Dr. Wang utilizes a wide range of methodologies in her research, including surveys, experiments, psychophysiological measures, ecological momentary assessment, and qualitative interviews.

Kelly R. Knight

Kelly Ray Knight, Ph.D. is a medical anthropologist and Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) and has conducted qualitative research and harm reduction service provision for people who use drugs and experience homelessness since 1996. Her work centers the experiences of poverty and addiction in clinical and community settings; homelessness and health disparities; and, health conditions produced or exacerbated by structural violence. Dr. Knight is currently Principal Investigator (PI) of two NIDA-funded ethnographic studies: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Fentanyl-Stimulant Polysubstance Use Among People Experiencing Homelessness (R01 DA 057672) and Examining the Consequences of Reductions in Opioid Prescribing on Patients, Clinical Care, and Community Health (RO1 DA 043631), and has served as PI, or Co-I, on multiple federally-funded qualitative/ethnographic studies examining social and policy implications of mental health, substance use and homelessness. Dr. Knight has published 65 peer-reviewed journal articles and an awarding-winning, book-length ethnographic study of pregnant people who use drugs and live in single-room occupancy hotels, addicted.pregnant.poor (Duke University Press, 2015). She is a member of the Structural Competency Working Group in the Bay Area and a national leader on the development structural competency curricula and training. She serves as a Director of Qualitative Research for the UCSF Benioff Housing and Homelessness Initiative, Co-Director for UCSF Population Health and Health Equity, as a Core Curricular Liaison for the UCSF Anti-Oppressive Curricular Initiative, and as steering committee member for the REPAIR Project, a three-year initiative addressing anti-Black racism in science and medicine housed in the UCSF Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Kien Pham

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist in Pathology Operations Manager, YSM Biobank

Kristen Brennand

Job Titles:
  • Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry Co - Director, Science Fellows Program

L.A. Paul

Job Titles:
  • Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive Science

Lena Smith Parker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Lesa Yawn

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer Senior Consultant, Psychiatry
Lesa has over forty years of clinical, administrative, operational and consulting experience in healthcare. As a senior corporate trainer and in house consultant for a national hospital system, Lesa was responsible for the development and implementation of clinical programs and oversaw regulatory compliance and accreditation preparation for the behavioral health professional and clinical services divisions. As a former Executive Senior Vice President of one of the largest managed care companies, Lesa oversaw multiple Commercial, Medicaid and Medicare management care implementations and took that knowledge and expertise to emerging public sector Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHP), Insurers, Managed Care Companies and state and federal government agencies. Lesa has provided consultation services to more than 37 state, regional and local jurisdiction authorities. Services have focused on system transformation issues and have included readiness reviews for operational areas, technical training on key functions of utilization management, crisis, central access, prior authorization, post payment review, network management, quality management, compliance and program integrity. Always operational in focus, Lesa has expertise in building partnerships that ensure consumer access and availability in state-wide systems. Lesa is also a widely recognized published expert on standards development and accreditation assessment and survey preparation. She has provided consulting services to more than 380 hospital systems, insurance and managed care companies and private and public agencies securing successful accreditation by NCQA, URAC, CARF, COA and TJC. Lesa is a former member of The Joint Commission Professional Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC), former member of the CARF Board of Directors and has participated on the NCQA and URAC advisory committees for behavioral health standards development. Lesa holds Doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology and Jurisprudence with a specialty in Medical Ethics.

Linda Bockenstedt

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs

Linda Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, YSM Diversity Office Director of Educational Outreach Programs

Marc Potenza

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director

Marc Rosen

Job Titles:
  • Principal Investigator / Professor of Psychiatry

Marcella Nunez-Smith

Job Titles:
  • Inaugural Associate
Dr. Nunez-Smith is Inaugural Associate Dean for Health Equity Research; C.N.H Long Professor of Internal Medicine, Public Health, and Management; Founding Director of the Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC); Director of the Center for Research Engagement (CRE); Associate Cancer Center Director for Community Outreach and Engagement at Yale Cancer Center; Chief Health Equity Officer at Smilow Cancer Hospital; Deputy Director for Health Equity Research and Workforce Development at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation; Core Faculty in the National Clinician Scholars Program; Research Faculty in the Global Health Leadership Initiative; Director of the Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership; and Co-Director of the Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship. Dr. Nunez-Smith's research focuses on promoting health and healthcare equity for structurally marginalized populations with an emphasis on centering community engagement, supporting healthcare workforce diversity and development, developing patient reported measurements of healthcare quality, and identifying regional strategies to reduce the global burden of non-communicable diseases. Dr. Nunez-Smith has extensive expertise in examining the effects of social and structural determinants of health, systemic influences contributing to health disparities, health equity improvement, and community-academic partnered scholarship. In addition to primary data collection, management, and analysis, ERIC has institutional expertise in qualitative and mixed methods, population health, and medical informatics. Dr. Nunez-Smith is the principal investigator on many NIH and foundation-funded research projects, including an NIH-funded project to develop a tool to assess patient reported experiences of discrimination in healthcare. She has conducted an investigation of the promotion and retention of diversity in academic medical school faculty and has published numerous articles on the experiences of minority students and faculty. Funded by NIH/NIMHD, she established the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN), a research collaborative across four Eastern Caribbean islands, supporting several chronic disease research projects and enhancing health outcomes research and leadership capacity in the region; the flagship ECHORN Cohort Study recruited and is following a community-dwelling adult cohort (n=3000) to examine novel chronic disease risk and protective factors. She received NIH/NHLBI funding to build upon this work by recruiting children into an expanded intergenerational ECHORN cohort, inclusive of a biorepository. She is also PI on one of five NIH/NIMHD-funded Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers on Health Disparities focused on Precision Medicine which leverages the ECHORN infrastructure to conduct collaborative research on hypertension and diabetes. Most recently, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shed national attention on the health and healthcare disparities of marginalized populations, she received NIH funding to leverage ECHORN to improve the COVID-19 testing cascade in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Further, she was called upon to chair the Governor's ReOpen CT Advisory Group Community Committee and was subsequently named co-chair of the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. She served as Senior Advisor to the White House COVID-19 Response and Chair of the Presidential COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force at the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Nunez-Smith has mentored dozens of trainees since completing fellowship and has received numerous awards for teaching and mentoring. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Nunez-Smith is board certified in internal medicine, having completed residency training at Harvard University's Brigham and Women's Hospital and fellowship at the Yale Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, where she also received a Masters in Health Sciences. Originally from the US Virgin Islands, she attended Jefferson Medical College, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, and she earned a BA in Biological Anthropology and Psychology at Swarthmore College.

Mario Strazzabosco

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Medicine Clinical Program Leader, Liver Cancer Program Co - Director, Yale Liver Center, Internal Medicine

Maurice Williams

Maurice Williams is the Community Engagement /Dissemination Coordinator for ERIC, where he uses his numerous personal contacts to connect and empathize with the New Haven community. Maurice has a background in civic work and has been involved in community outreach programs, including several years spent as the "Stop the Violence" Coordinator for the NAACP, followed by work in health promotion for the Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center, and YCCI. Now, Williams handles the community engagement and dissemination for ERIC at the School of Medicine through community events, forums, focus groups, street encounters and interviews.

Mehmet Sofuoglu

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatry Director of VA New England Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center ( MIRECC )

Melissa Grafe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Michael Hoge

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatry Director, Yale Behavioral Health Director, Yale Group on Workforce Development
Michael Hoge, Ph.D. is Professor Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and the Director of Yale Behavioral Health. For four decades at Yale, he has been developing and managing comprehensive systems of behavioral health care and a broad range of clinical, rehabilitative, educational, vocational, outreach, and recovery-oriented services for children, adolescents and adults. Simultaneously, he has worked to develop and evaluate innovative services, including alternatives to hospitalization, crisis response systems, programs for the homeless, and therapeutic schools. Dr. Hoge, a clinical psychologist, is a nationally recognized expert on behavioral health workforce development. He is a founding member and the Senior Science and Policy Advisor of The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce. He is the senior editor or author of three major works by the Coalition: the SAMHSA-funded national Action Plan on Behavioral Health Workforce Development; the Alaskan Core Competencies for Direct Care Workers in Health and Human Services; and the SAMHSA and HRSA-funded Core Competencies for Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care. Over the past five years he has developed the Coalition's intensive Recruitment and Retention Learning Collaboratives in Behavioral health and launched these collaboratives across the nation. Michael has presented and published widely on behavioral health services and workforce development. He has consulted to the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and to numerous federal and state agencies, foundations, and provider organizations. He has been a member of two National Academy of Medicine (IOM) Committees that addressed workforce issues and Chaired the Behavioral Health Professional and Technical Advisory Committee of The Joint Commission.

Michael Masciadrelli

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact for Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital / Communications Officer, YCC Media Relations & Audience Development

Michael Rowe

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry Director, Citizens Community Collaborative, Yale Department of Psychiatry

Michele Carpenter

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Manager

Minsun Lee

Minsun Lee, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Training in the Counseling Psychology PhD program at Seton Hall University. She conducts research on the intersectionality of race, culture, and gender in the experiences of Asian Americans, and racial and cultural factors in psychotherapy. She teaches courses on theories and techniques in counseling psychology, practicum, group counseling, qualitative research, and race and racial identity in multicultural counseling. She is also Assistant Professor at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, where she teaches medical students. She is a licensed psychologist in the states of New York and New Jersey, with experiences providing psychological services to diverse populations. Dr. Lee obtained her PhD in Counseling Psychology at the University of Albany, State University of New York. She completed an APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship at the Albany Psychology Consortium and a post-doctoral fellowship at Albany Medical Center/Albany Medical college. She is a 2021-2023 Asian American Psychological Association Leadership Fellow and serves on the Editorial Board of The Counseling Psychologist. Read More

Mohini Ranganathan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Nadine J. Kaslow

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Diversity, Equi
Nadine J. Kaslow, Ph.D., ABPP is a Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Emory University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chief Psychologist, Grady Health System; and Director of Postdoctoral Residency Training, Emory University School of Medicine. She is also the Founder and Director of the Nia Project, a culturally responsive intervention program for abused and suicidal African American women, for which she was honored with the Atlanta Magazine's Women Making an Impact Award (2022). She is board certified in clinical psychology, clinical child and adolescent psychology, and couple and family psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Kaslow is Past President of the American Psychological Association (APA) (2014) as well as four of its divisions (12, 18, 29,43), the American Board of Clinical Psychology, and the American Board of Professional Psychology. She is the Former Chair and Board Member Emeritus of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). She has received numerous awards for her contributions as an educator, trainer, and supervisor including APA's Distinguished Contributions for Education and Training Award, APA Presidential Citation, APPIC's Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Training, Grady Health Foundation's Inspiring Mentor Award, and Distinguished Member of Psi Chi. The recipient of multiple federal and foundation grants, she has published over 350 articles and co-edited seven books including Supporting Students with Competence Problems: A Practical Guide for Psychology Trainers, Oxford Handbook of Education and Training in Professional Psychology, and Essential psychotherapies 4th edition. She is one of the authors of APA's Guidelines for Clinical Supervision in Health Service Psychology (2015). She has given countless local, regional, national, and international workshops on psychology education, training, and supervision; leadership development; suicide and depression; and family violence. A member of Rosalynn Carter's Mental Health Advisory Board, Dr. Kaslow is the psychologist for the Atlanta Ballet and a frequent media guest.

Nadya A. Fouad

Nadya A. Fouad is the Mary and Ted Kellner Endowed Chair in Educational Psychology and a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is the Training Director of the Counseling Psychology doctoral program and studies how people make work and career-related decisions, particularly in understanding the work choices for women and underrepresented minorities. She is the former Editor in Chief of the Journal of Vocational Behavior (2015-2022) and The Counseling Psychologist (2006-2013). She is past president of the Society of Counseling Psychology, past Chair of the APA Board of Educational Affairs, past chair of the APA Ethics Committee, past chair of the APA Competency Benchmarks Workgroup, and past co-chair of the 0222 Multicultural Guidelines Writing Group. She serves as Special Assistant to the Provost for Conflict Resolution and chair of the Ombuds Council for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Nancy J. Brown

Nancy J. Brown, MD, joined Yale School of Medicine as Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of Medicine and C.N.H Long Professor of Internal Medicine in February 2020. As dean, she oversees one of the world's leading institutions for biomedical research, education, and advanced clinical care.

Naomi Rogers

Naomi Rogers, Ph.D. (She/Her) is Professor of the History of Medicine in the Section of the History of Medicine and the Program in the History of Science and Medicine at Yale University where she regularly teaches undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. At the School of Medicine, she regularly lectures on the history of AIDS, reproduction, health economics, eugenics, nutrition, disability and health activism. Her undergraduate courses include American Medicine and the Cold War, and Public Health in America. At the graduate level, she teaches seminars on disability and on health and body politics. She is the Director of Graduate Studies for the 2022-23 academic year. Her historical interests are in 20th and 21st century history of medicine, health inequities and social justice. Her research focuses include gender and health; disease and public health; disability; feminism; alternative medicine; health policy; and health activism. Professor Rogers has published in numerous medical, public health and history journals including American Journal of Public Health, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Journal of Medical Humanities, Radical History Review, Social History of Medicine and Women and Health. She is the author of three books: Polio Wars: Sister Kenny and the Golden Age of American Medicine (Oxford, 2014) (which received the AAHN's Lavinia L. Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research); An Alternative Path: The Making and Remaking of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia (Rutgers, 1998); and Dirt and Disease: Polio Before FDR (Rutgers, 1992). In 2017, she presented the AAHM's Garrison Lecture: "Radical Visions of American Medicine: Politics and Activism in the History of Medicine." Since then her recent works have included: (with Zoe Adams) "Services not Mausoleums: Race, Politics, and the Concept of Community in American Medicine," Journal of Medical Humanities, 41 (2020): 515-529; "Resistance to Polio Vaccines in Mid-Twentieth-Century America: The Role of the March of Dimes, Community Skepticism, Racial Inequalities, and Medical Politics," Nursing History Review 31 (2022, forthcoming); and "Radical Visions of American Medicine: Politics and Activism in the History of Medicine," Bulletin of History of Medicine (Winter 2023, forthcoming). Her current book project, Health Radicalism and the Humanization of American Medicine (under contract with Oxford), examines critics of medical orthodoxy since 1945 including civil rights, consumer and feminist activists. Other ongoing projects include a study of antisemitism in American medicine in the decades before and after the Second World War. She has been a consultant for a number of documentaries, including "The Polio Crusade" (PBS), "On the Basis of Sex" (Focus Features) and "War on Science" (in process). Her perspectives on COVID-related topics have appeared in various news media including BBC Radio, CNN, Huffington Post, National Public Radio, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. Professor Rogers has taught at Yale since the mid-1990s. Since joining Yale's Program in the History of Science and Medicine in 2001 she has served as Chair of the Women's Faculty Forum; Liaison to the Committee on Status of Women in Medicine; and Director of Medical Students for the Section in the History of Medicine. She has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences since 2018 and is a manuscript reviewer for numerous journals. In addition to her service as Director of Graduate Studies, Rogers is currently a member of the Medical School's OBGYN "Dobbs" Sessions Planning Committee, which has organized a series of webinars for the Yale community, and was a co-organizer of a special history-themed session "Rooted in History: Abortion, Law and American Health Care." Professor Rogers holds courtesy appointments in the History Department and the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program.

Patrick Riley

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
Patrick Riley is the Psychology Section Administrator in the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry Psychology Section. Patrick received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Public Health from Marymount Manhattan College. Patrick served as a Lead Research Assistant in the Developmental Psychology Lab at Marymount Manhattan College, where he managed research projects on topics related to disabilities, mental health, and pro-social development, in addition to presenting at research conferences and co-authoring publications. Patrick completed clinical internships at the Child Mind Institute and the Quad Preparatory School, supporting children and adolescents with behavioral and learning differences. Patrick worked for the Clinton Foundation as a Program Associate for Too Small to Fail, the Foundation's Early Childhood Initiative. At the Clinton Foundation, Patrick supported the initiative in advancing public awareness and action campaigns to support early brain and language development, coordinated research evaluations, managed communications, and developed Foundation partnerships. Most recently, Patrick was an Admission Counselor at Marymount Manhattan College, supporting students through the college application and enrollment process. As a Psychology Section Administrator, Patrick collaborates with the Department of Psychiatry Faculty and works with the Psychology Section team to manage the Doctoral Internship in Clinical and Community Psychology.

Paul Amble

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
Dr. Amble completed his residency training at the Yale Department of Psychiatry in 1992 and is Board Certified in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. During his career he has worked collaboratively with colleagues to formulate best practices and manage individuals who presented significant risk toward themselves and the community. As a member of the Yale faculty and teacher/educator for many years, he has been qualified as an expert in state and federal courts and has been involved in the clinical oversight of high-risk patients throughout his career. Dr. Amble is an expert in managing individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism, overseeing the prescribing of psychopharmacology and assisting to reduce the patient exposure to medication through managing individuals within the clinical behavioral team. Dr. Amble has been involved in the monitoring panel over class action lawsuits, overseen the provision of psychiatric services through state contracts, and has been engaged by state and private agencies to provide consultation services for complex clinical matters.

Ralph DiLeone

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience Deputy Director, Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities, Psychiatry

Reagin Carney

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator, Center for Medical Education

Rebecca Miller

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder, GROW Initiative / Associate Professor of Psychiatry Director, Peer Support & Family Initiatives, CMHC

Robert L. McNeil

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Translational Research and Professor

Robert Rohrbaugh

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Dean for Professionalism and Leadership

Robert Rosenheck

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatry and of Health Policy Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Robin Einbinder

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Ross Prinzo

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator
  • Coordinator of the Long Term Care Clinic
Ross is the coordinator of the Long Term Care Clinic (LTCC), the residency program's virtual psychotherapy clinic. He coordinates clinical rotation evaluations in MedHub, manages the electives program, and organizes the PGY-2 Core Skills Course and the PGY-3/PGY-4 Annual Clinical Exam with Dr. Esperanza Diaz.

Samuel Ball

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
  • Professor of Psychiatry Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Dean 's Office Deputy Chair for Career Development, Psychiatry

Sara Epperson

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Digital Education Office
  • Senior Director, Digital Education
Sara Epperson is the Director of the Digital Education office within the Poorvu Center. Since joining in September 2013, Sara has worked with faculty to bring their online education initiatives to life on various dissemination platforms. From Yale SOM's Global Network for Advanced Management programs, to a summer math course called ONEXYS, to newly formed non-degree programs from professional schools, to an executive online degree program from the School of Public Health, Sara has worked on a variety of large scale projects that are available for both Yale students on campus and beyond. Further, Sara and her team help create and support Coursera MOOC courses available to the public. The team works on every stage of the project, including ideation, outlines, learning objectives, production, editing, promotions, launch and operations. Sara has contributed as both a project manager and consultant on these projects, and is eager to step in for assistance in a variety of ways. She is excited to see more partnerships within the Poorvu Center develop as more material is placed online and accessible to more audiences than ever before, and is thrilled to be a part of these newly formed relationships across the University.

Sarah Meshberg-Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry Clinic Director, Outpatient Addiction Recovery Service ( OARS ), VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Scott Migdole

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Social Work Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry ( Social Work ) Chief Operating Officer, Yale Behavioral Health
  • Chief Operating Officer of Yale Behavioral Health
Mr. Migdole is the Chief Operating Officer of Yale Behavioral Health and the Yale Program on Supervision and holds an appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the Yale School of Medicine. Within his Yale role, he (1) serves as the Lead of the Yale Monitoring Team designed to address concerns as defined by regulatory, accrediting, and/or oversight bodies, (2) directs for Yale its juvenile justice mental health services statewide in Connecticut, which includes pre and post adjudicated youth in detention centers and residential facilities. (3) directs outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, (4) manages a comprehensive telephonic/mobile crisis service, and (5) provides clinical consultation to Yale's private therapeutic junior and senior high school which serves grades 6-12. As a turnaround specialist, Mr. Migdole has extensive experience in consulting/managing agencies under Consent Order including serving as interim CEO for a 155-bed addiction treatment center. He also provides organizational consultation, including to both child and adult psychiatric facilities, regarding standards of care and supervision. He is a highly sought-after expert in adult and adolescent behavioral health, providing due diligence consultation and serving as an expert witness in hospital and juvenile justice malpractice cases. Mr. Migdole is a dynamic speaker and is the principal trainer for the Yale Program on Supervision. Mr. Migdole was the lead trainer and organizational consultant in a statewide Supervision Competency Development Initiative that was federally funded through Connecticut's Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant (T-SIG). He has consulted on supervision to numerous Connecticut state agencies including the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Corrections, Department of Children and Families, Connecticut Valley Hospital, as well as the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), San Francisco Department of Public Health (behavioral health division for children and adults), the Children's Behavioral Health Knowledge Center and MassHealth, and the District of Columbia's Department of Mental Health and Canada. Mr. Migdole has focused extensively on behavioral health workforce development, building provider competencies on treatment planning, stages of change, adherence to standards of care, the delivery of Assertive Community Treatment, and CMS compliance. His national work around stages of change has helped addiction providers engage individuals who have been historically on the outskirts of the treatment system, including those who regularly use more intensive treatments, such as emergency psychiatric services and inpatient hospitalization. He has also consulted statewide with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services around co-occurring disorders. He served on the editorial board of the journal Clinical Supervisor, has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, and has provided extensive training and organizational consultation across the nation.

Sean McCabe

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact for Research, Education, and General Topics / Communications Officer, YSM Social Media and Audience Development

Stephanie O'Malley

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
Dr. O'Malley's research focuses on behavioral pharmacology, clinical trials of psychosocial and behavioral interventions with substance abusers, and studies of risk for alcoholism and nicotine dependence. Dr. O'Malley is co-Director of the Clinician Scientist Program, teaches in the core seminars, holds a Senior Scientist and Mentoring K05 and has mentored multiple past and current trainees and other junior faculty members including many women who are now internationally renowned addictions researchers. Dr. O'Malley has made seminal contributions to addiction treatment, including having conducted initial investigations of naltrexone, including one of the two pivotal studies used in the FDA approval of naltrexone for alcohol dependence and the development of a laboratory alcohol self-administration model that has been used by NIH, pharma and academic investigators to evaluate several compounds for alcoholism. She has made substantial contributions to tobacco research through her leadership of the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center at Yale, funded by NIDA, NCI and NIAAA. She has an exceptional track record of leadership within the Department of Psychiatry as the Director of the Division of Addictions (DA), as the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism, and as a leader of multi-site clinical trials and transdisciplinary research.

Stephanie Wemm

Job Titles:
  • Associate Research Scientist, Psychiatry

Steve Martino

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychiatry Chief of Psychology, VA CT Healthcare System

Steve W. C. Chang

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Tenure Associate Professor, Neuroscience Member, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience

Steven M. Southwick

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Steven Paniagua

Job Titles:
  • STEM Diversity Programs Research Associate

Susan Quatrano

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Susumu Tomita

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Neuroscience

Tamara Savercool

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Thomas McMahon

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center

Victoria Manders

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
  • Associate

Wade Schulz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor Director of Informatics, Laboratory Medicine Director, CORE Center for Computational Health, Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation ( CORE )

William Becker

Job Titles:
  • Professor