Samuel T. Wilkinson
Psychiatry professor and researcher
Samuel T. Wilkinson holds the rank of associate professor in psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. His research centers on depression and suicide prevention, and he is the author of Purpose.
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About Samuel T. Wilkinson
Samuel T. Wilkinson is on the faculty at Yale School of Medicine, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Yale Depression Research Program. His research has focused on depression and suicide prevention, with funding from bodies including the National Institute of Mental Health and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He studied mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University before earning his medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He then completed his residency at Yale and joined its faculty. Coverage of his research has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times. The American Psychiatric Association gave him its Early Career Scholar Award, and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation listed his work among its top advancements and breakthroughs in 2017 and 2020.