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Faculty - Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • Primary - Ladder Faculty

    • Department Chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Research Interests
      • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
      • Epidemiology
      • HIV
      • India
      • Public Health
      • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
      • Global Health
      • Maternal-Fetal Relations
      • Risk Reduction Behavior
    • Assistant Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences) and Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Secondary)

      Research Interests
      • Neurodegenerative Diseases
      • Qualitative Research
      • Health Equity
      • Health Disparate, Minority and Vulnerable Populations
      • Systemic Racism
    • Assistant Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director of Research and Evaluation, Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE); Co-director, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

    • Assistant Professor of Public Health (Social & Behavioral Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Research Interests
      • Depression
      • Health Services
      • Suicide
      • Global Health
      • Qualitative Research
      • Biostatistics
      • Maternal Health
      • Maternal-Child Health Services
      • Public Health Systems Research
    • Samuel and Liselotte Herman Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health; Dean of Faculty, Yale-NUS College; Director, Program on Climate Change and Urban Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Research Interests
      • Chronic Disease
      • Community Health Services
      • Epidemiology
      • Obesity
      • Pregnancy
      • Prenatal Care
      • Urban Health
    • Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)

      Research Interests
      • Housing
      • Social Justice
      • Qualitative Research
      • Racism
      • Health Equity
    • Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences) and Psychology; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Research Interests
      • Aging
      • Environment and Public Health
      • Mental Health
      • Psychological Phenomena
      • Social Change
      • Social Justice
      • Social Sciences
      • Psychiatry and Psychology
      • Health Equity
    • Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Research Interests
      • Anxiety Disorders
      • Mental Disorders
      • Disasters
      • Genetics, Behavioral
      • Mental Health Services
      • Psychological Phenomena
      • Psychology, Clinical
      • Rwanda
      • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
      • Mood Disorders
      • Substance-Related Disorders
      • Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
      • Resilience, Psychological
      • Disaster Victims
      • Psychiatry and Psychology
      • Psychological Trauma
      • Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
      • Exposure to Violence
      • Gender-Based Violence
    • Professor in the Practice (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Research Interests
      • HIV
      • Human Rights
    • Associate Professor of Public Health (Social & Behavioral Sciences)

      Research Interests
      • Diseases
      • Psychiatry and Psychology
      • Phenomena and Processes
    • Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director, The SASH Lab, Yale School of Public Health; Co-Director of Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program (T32), Yale School of Public Health; Associate Director, Justice, Community Capacity, Equity (JuCCE) Core, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University

    • David R. Kessler, M.D. '55 Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Research Interests
      • Anxiety
      • Behavioral Sciences
      • Depression
      • Mental Health
      • Social Behavior
      • Social Change
      • Social Conditions
      • Social Sciences
      • Behavioral Research
      • Social Stigma
      • Sexual and Gender Minorities
    • Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director, Office of Public Health Practice; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director, YSPH Global Health Concentration; Director, Maternal and Child Health Promotion (MCHP) Program

      Research Interests
      • Breast Feeding
      • Child Care
      • Child Development
      • Community Health Workers
      • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
      • Food Deprivation
      • Hypertension
      • Maternal Health Services
      • Maternal-Child Health Centers
      • Mental Health
      • Nutrition Surveys
      • Obesity
      • Global Health
      • Healthcare Disparities
    • Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director of Online Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences; Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Professor, Psychiatry

      Research Interests
      • Feeding and Eating Disorders
      • Obesity
      • Psychometrics
      • Tobacco Use Disorder
  • Secondary Faculty

    • Professor of Sociology, History of Medicine, American Studies, and Public Health (Health Policy); Associate Professor Tenure, Social and Behavioral Sciences

    • Professor Adjunct in Psychiatry; Associate Dean for Gender Equity, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Office for Women in Medicine and Science, Yale School of Medicine; Deputy Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Psychiatry; Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Program Evaluation and Child Trauma Research , The Consultation Center, The Consultation Center

      Research Interests
      • Family
      • Mental Health
      • Minority Groups
      • Social Conditions
      • Social Problems
      • Violence
      • Global Health
      • Domestic Violence
      • Cultural Diversity
      • Substance-Related Disorders
      • Risk Reduction Behavior
      • Psychiatry and Psychology
      • Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
    • Professor Adjunct; Director, Yale Center for Health & Learning Games, Internal Medicine; Director, play2PREVENT Lab at Yale, Internal Medicine; Instructor, Investigative Medicine Program; Director, ForAGirl Program, Yale School of Medicine, Internal Medicine

    • Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Research, Policy and Program on Male Development, The Consultation Center; Associate Professor on Term, Social and Behavioral Sciences

      Research Interests
      • Men
      • Parents
      • Primary Prevention
      • Prisoners
      • Students
      • Vulnerable Populations
      • Secondary Prevention
    • William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and Professor in the MacMillan Center; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences

    • Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Director of Harm Reduction Research, Program in Addiction Medicine

      Research Interests
      • Social Problems
      • Drug Users
      • Anthropology, Medical
    • Associate Dean for Health Equity Research and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine), of Epidemiology (Chronic Disease) and of Public Health (Social And Behavioral Sciences) & Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Founding Director, Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC), Yale School of Medicine; Director, Center for Research Engagement (CRE); Director, Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity; Deputy Director for Health Equity Research and Workforce Development, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI); Director, Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership

      Research Interests
      • Chronic Disease
      • Health Services Research
      • Internal Medicine
      • Social Justice
      • Socioeconomic Factors
      • Global Health
      • Women's Health
      • Caribbean Region
      • Vulnerable Populations
      • Minority Health
      • Healthcare Disparities
      • Community-Based Participatory Research
      • Social Discrimination
      • Social Determinants of Health
      • Patient Reported Outcome Measures
      • Global Burden of Disease
      • Population Health
      • COVID-19
    • Bruce A. and Davi-Ellen Chabner Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs and Professor of Public Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Research Interests
      • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
      • Parenting
      • Resilience, Psychological
      • Public-Private Sector Partnerships
      • Adolescent Health
      • Warfare and Armed Conflicts
      • Health Equity
    • Professor of Psychiatry and of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director, Translational Psychiatric Epidemiology Laboratory, Clinical Neurosciences Division, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD

      Research Interests
      • Anxiety Disorders
      • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
      • Stress Disorders, Traumatic
      • Resilience, Psychological
    • Professor of Psychiatry; Co-Director, Division of Prevention and Community Research, Psychiatry; Co-Director, NIDA-funded T32 Training Program in Substance Use Prevention Research, Psychiatry; Director, Family Violence Research and Programs, Psychiatry; Associate Professor on Term, Social and Behavioral Sciences

      Research Interests
      • Psychiatry and Psychology
    • Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Director, SEICHE Center for Health and Justice

      Research Interests
      • Social Justice
      • Healthcare Disparities
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