Vote Dr. Ayana Jordan

Professional Profile

Professional Profile

Education

B.S. Hampton University (Biology) 2001
M.S. Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Pathology) 2006
Ph.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Immunopathology) 2009
M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 2011

Career/Academic Appointments

2011-12 Intern, Internal Med & Neurology, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT
2012-14 Resident, Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2014-15 Program Wide Chief Resident, Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2015-16 Addiction Psychiatry Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT & VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
2016-present Attending Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Board Certifications and Licensures  

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Addiction Psychiatry, 2016
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry, 2015
 
State of Connecticut Physician License, May 2013—present
Connecticut Controlled Substance Registration for Practitioner, October 2013—present
Drug Enforcement Agency License, October 2013—present
Buprenorphine License, October 2013—present
 
PROFESSIONAL HONORS & RECOGNITION
 
2017: American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP) New Investigator’s Award
2016: Career Development Institute  (CDI) Award (partnership between Univ of Pittsburgh and Stanford)
2016: Learning for Careers in Addiction and Diversity (LEAD) Fellow (partnership between UCSF and NIDA)
2015: Laughlin Foundation Merit Award
2015: American Association of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) Travel Award
2015: American Psychiatric Association/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (APA/SAMHSA) Substance Abuse Fellow
2015: American Psychiatric Association  (APA) Resident Recognition of the Year Award
2015: Yale Global Mental Health Award
2014: Association of Women Psychiatry (AWP) International Fellow
2013: American Psychiatric Association/American Psychiatric Leadership (APA/APL) Fellow
2013: Yale University Seton-Elm Ivy Award, (award of excellence for the promotion of stable partnership between the city of New Haven and Yale University)
2011: Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service from the Student National Medical Association
2011: Albert Einstein Global Health Travel Scholarship
2007: Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Fellowship (National Institutes of Health), 2007-2009
2008: Travel Scholarship for China International Tregs Conference
2008: Keystone Conference Minority Travel Scholarship
2008: Minority Trainee Research Forum Grant
2002: Special Emphasis Trainee Award (National Institutes of Health)
2001: Intramural Research Training Award (National Institutes of Health)
2000: Minority International Training Award (University of Helsinki, Finland)
 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
 
2017: Mentor, APA Mentorship Program (APA/APF Fellows), American Psychiatric Association
2017: Secretary, Black Caucus, American Psychiatric Association
2015-present Member, Board of Directors, NY Metro Chapter of Physicians For A National Health Program
2013-2016: Member, Council on Communications, American Psychiatric Association
2013-2014: Resident Representative, Connecticut Psychiatric Society
2013: Organizer of Annual Resident’s Education Day, Connecticut Psychiatry Society
2003-2011: Community Service Chair, Student National Medical Association, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2003-2004: Treasurer, Boricua Latino Health Organization, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
 
PUBLIC SERVICE
 
2017: Community Leadership Program Scholar, New Haven, CT (committed to developing leaders in New Haven)
Plenary Speaker, Mental Health Among Black Women, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, Hartford Alumnae Chapter
Plenary Speaker, Mental Health in the Black Church: What Should We Know?
2013-Present: Organizer of Mentorship Program, Good Food, Good Friends, Good Cause, New Haven, CT
2013: Member, Planning Committee for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Annual Health Expo,  New Haven, CT
2012: Volunteer, National Depression Screening Day, West Haven, CT
2012: Presenter, New Haven Health & Sciences Career Fair, New Haven, CT

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
 
  • 2017: College on Problems for Drug Dependence, Montreal, Canada “The use of the Black Church to improve treatment access for Blacks with SUD”
  • 2017: American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA  “Doctors in White Coats: Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ Contribution to Medicine”
  • 2017: American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA “The New Face of Diversity Education: Yale’s Social Justice and Mental Health Equity Residency Curriculum”
  • 2017: Yale University Special Population in Addiction Seminar Series, VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven, CT “The Role of the Black Church to Improve Access for Blacks with Substance Use Disorders”
  • 2017: CT Mental Health Center Physicians’ Lecture Series, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT “Say Hello to Bias Part I and II” (lectures related to physician bias, racism, and structural determinants of health)
  • 2016: Black Psychiatrists’ of America Transcultural Conference, Nassau, Bahamas “The Role of the Black Church to Improve Access for Blacks with Substance Use Disorders”
  • 2016: Yale University Department of Psychiatry PGY-1 PREP Lecture Series, New Haven, CT “Disparities and Social Determinants of Health: Bias, Racism, and Privilege”
  • 2016: Career Development Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA “Faith based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Substances use Disorders: a novel intervention targeting substance use the Black Church”
  • 2016: American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA “The Exploration Of Faith And Spirituality In The Psychiatric Assessment And Treatment Of Minority Patients”
  • 2016: American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA “The Context of Psychosis: Cultural Curiosity and Enhanced Clinical Care”
  • 2015: American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Conference, Huntington Beach, CA “Motivational Interviewing Basics: Brushing Up on Your Skills.”  
  • 2015: Black Psychiatrists’ of America Transcultural Conference, Dubai, UAE “The Sierra Leone Mental Health initiative, a radio program intervention to address psychological distress related to Ebola in Sierra Leone.” 2014: Yale University Global Mental Health Spring Symposium, New Haven, CT
  • “Current state of mental health care in the Kono District of Sierra Leone” 2014: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • “Examining the link between substance use, mental illness, and associated stigma in the Kono District of Sierra Leone.”
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
  • Tsiperson V, Gruber RC, Goldberg MF, Jordan A, Weinger JG, Macian F, Shafit-Zagardo B. “Suppression of inflammatory responses during myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is regulated by AKT3 signaling.” J Immunol. 2013 Feb 15;190(4):1528-39
  • Shin DS, Jordan A, Basu S, Thomas RM, Bandyopadhyay S, de Zoeten EF, Wells AD, MacianF." Regulatory T cells suppress CD4+ T cells through NFAT-dependent transcriptional mechanisms.” EMBO Rep. 2014 Sep;15(9):991-9
  • Díaz E, Armah T, Linse CT, Fiskin A, Jordan A, Hafler J. “Novel Brief Cultural Psychiatry Training for Residents” Acad Psychiatry. 2016 Apr;40(2):366-8
  • Ross, D, Boatright, D, Nunez-Smith, M, Jordan, A, Chekroud, A, Johnson, MK, Moore, E., “Racial and gender disparities in the National Resident Matching Program revealed through textual analysis of Medical Student Performance Evaluations: an observational study.”  PLOS One,  2017 August 09:12(8):e0181659
  • Brian Abe, Ayana Jordan, Vanessa Hubbard "Transcriptional Regulation of Tolerance" Chapter of The Epigenetics of Autoimmune Disease, Publisher:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2008.
  • Jordan, A. Mechanisms of T Helper Cell Suppression by Regulatory T cells, Publisher ProQuest/UMI Publishing. 2009.
  • A Resident’s Guide to Surviving Psychiatric Training,  [edited by] Jordan, A, Delanoche, N., Dickstein, L.J., Foreman, T., Garakani, A., Richards, M., American Psychiatric Association; 3rd edition, December 2015.
  • Cynthia Bradley-King and Ayana Jordan. “The impact of child sexual abuse on African Americans; in Contemporary Issues for People of Color: Surviving and Thriving in the U.S. Today. “ABC-CLIO Publishing, 2016.
  • Teofilo E. Matos and Ayana Jordan “Motivational Interviewing: Engaging” Chapter 3 of Motivational Interviewing for Clinical Practice, Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Incorporated. January 23, 2017.

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