Professor, Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut
Dr. Sherry McKee is a Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, where she is the Founder and Director of the Yale Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory, and the Clinical Director of the Forensic Drug Diversion Clinic. Dr. McKee ’s research over the past 20 years has been directed at developing effective treatments for addiction, with a particular focus on women and more recently, criminal justice populations. Her translational work spans human laboratory paradigms, clinical trials, survey research, and epidemiological research to uncover the mechanisms underlying poor outcomes and to translate these findings into improved interventions for women and men. As the PI of the Yale-Specialized Center of Research Excellence on Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder (U54AA027989), she directs an interdisciplinary team conducting cross-species research focused on expediting the development of gender-sensitive therapeutics, mentoring junior faculty, and providing a national resource on women and alcohol. Dr. McKee’s research achievements have been recognized by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Research Society for Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, and the American Psychological Association.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Friday, April 1, 2022
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
