Yifrah Kaminer, M.D., M.B.A.

Dr. Kaminer main interest has been focusing on clinical research of the assessment, treatment and continuity of care of high-risk behaviors particularly substance use disorders (SUD) in youth. He has special interest in comorbid depressive disorders and suicidal behavior.  He has been mentoring psychiatric residents at UConn and Yale on adolescent SUD.

Dr. Kaminer has received funding for research from NIAAA, NIDA, CSAT and the Donaghue Foundation in CT. He has been on the editorial board of several peer review journals and served as a guest editor of special Issues/Sections on adolescent substance abuse including: American Journal of Addictions (2006), Substance Abuse Journal (2008; 2014), The Child & Adolescent Psyc Clinics of North America (2010).