Women in Science and Engineering at Yale (2020 Edition)

Hedy Kober, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology

Director, Yale Clinical & Affective Neuroscience Lab

Hedy Kober uses a cognitive neuroscience approach (e.g., fMRI, EEG) to investigate the regulation of craving in addiction and eating disorders, mindfulness and meditation, and emotion regulation. Her scientific research has been published in high-impact journals, including Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Biological Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology Review, and Neuropsychopharmacology. Her work has been very well-cited, and is funded by multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health as well as private foundations. She has also received multiple fellowships and awards including from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, the Helmesley Charitable Trust, the Mind and Life Institute, and Yale’s Center for Clinical Investigation. In addition, her research has been featured on popular media outlets including CNN, NPR, New York Magazine, LA Times, Boston Globe, USA Today, Discover Magazine, Forbes, and the Huffington Post.