Christopher Pittenger
Christopher Pittenger
Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor, Deputy Chair for Translational Research, Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit, Director, Yale Program for Psychedelic Science, Co-Director, Yale Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior, Yale School of Medicine
Elected to the Academy in 2024

Education

Yale University, 1994, BS, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; 1994, MS, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; Columbia University, 1999, MPhil, Neurobiology and Behavior; 2002, PhD, Neurobiology and Behavior; 2003, MD

Professional Area(s)

Understanding, treating, and developing medications in neuropsychiatric disorders; Neuroscience/Psychiatry Education: leads the Neuroscience Research Training Program in Psychiatry

Citation

A translational neuroscience pioneer and Connecticut’s leading expert on the neurobiology and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette’s disorder. Co-leadership of the Yale Center for Brain and Mind Health, and leadership of the Yale Center for Psychedelic Science, the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit, and the NIMH Neuroscience Research Training Program attest to his broad impact.