Research Endeavors

The Yale Department of Psychiatry is considered one of the world's leading centers of psychiatric research. The Department's research efforts are characterized by its commitment to multidisciplinary approaches, ranging from molecular neurobiology to health care outcomes, in the service of providing improved treatments to our patients.

Its bridged research program is known internationally for the close interaction between basic and clinical researchers which has resulted in the rapid conversion of discoveries in the laboratory into new treatments for our patients. In addition, we take great pride in the dedication of our faculty to mentorship. The continued success of the Department's research endeavors depends upon attracting the best students and training them to become the next generation's leaders in basic and clinical research related to mental illness.

Divisional organization of research in the Yale Department of Psychiatry is designed to provide an integrative mechanism to facilitate research across the boundaries of the Department's 5 clinical services and to optimize the use of laboratory and clinical resources thereby enhancing research capabilities. The establishment of a critical mass of researchers investigating a common set of problems facilitates the career development of trainees and junior faculty. It also provides a supervisory structure for the faculty research effort and a methodology for the continual assessment of departmental strengths and needs in key areas of research central to the Department's research missions.

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