Carolyn M. Mazure, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Director, Women's Health Research at Yale

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Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Psychiatry: Women's Health Research at Yale | CENTURY: Core Directors | Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health | Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program | Adult Psychiatry | Division of Women's Behavioral Health Research

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Biography

Dr. Carolyn M. Mazure is a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Yale School of Medicine. She created and directs Yale's interdisciplinary women’s health research program - Women's Health Research at Yale.

Dr. Mazure came to Yale for her fellowship training after completing graduate school and three years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she worked in studies on the genetics of psychiatric disorders. Immediately following her postgraduate training, she was invited to join the Yale faculty. She became an active clinician and Director of Psychiatry’s Adult Inpatient Acute-Treatment Program at Yale-New Haven Hospital, as well as an active researcher.

Dr. Mazure’s research focuses on the interplay of stress, depression, and addictive disorders. She has a particular interest in gender-specific predictors of illness onset and treatment outcome, and issues of importance to women's health. Currently, Dr. Mazure oversees an extensive research portfolio and is the Scientific Director for Yale’s NIH-funded Specialized Center of Research on gender-specific factors associated with stress and cocaine addiction, a Principal Investigator within Yale’s new NIH-funded Consortium on Stress, Self-Control and Addiction, and an Investigator on a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-funded study of post-deployment readjustment of women combat veterans to civilian life. In addition, Dr. Mazure is the Principal Investigator for the new NIH-funded Yale Faculty Research Training Program on Women's Health and Addictive Behaviors.

Dr. Mazure has provided testimony to the United States Congress regarding the importance of research on women’s health, served as a fellow for the Government Reform Committee in the office of Congressman Henry Waxman, and developed an NIH-funded partnership with the George Washington University to teach researchers how to communicate with legislators and the general public about science. Among other honors, Dr. Mazure was on the planning committee for the First White House Conference on Mental Health, and chaired the American Psychological Association's Summit on Women and Depression. Her awards include a U.S. Public Health Service Fellowship, the Stephen Fleck Clinician and Teacher Award from Yale, the Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the National Organization for Women, the Marion Spencer Fay Award from the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership and the American Psychological Association Distinguished Leadership Award from the Committee on Women in Psychology. She was elected a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Dr. Mazure serves as an elected Visionary Delegate for Vision2020, a national project with the goal of achieving gender equality by 2020, the 100th anniversary of women getting the right to vote. 

As Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Dr. Mazure has responsibility for developing and interpreting faculty policies, and overseeing the academic appointments and promotions process at Yale Medical School.