Connell, Christian, M, Ph.D.

Christian M. Connell, Ph.D., is the Director of Child Development and Epidemiological Research at The Consultation Center and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology) at Yale School of Medicine. His research interests address ecological risk and protective processes that influence developmental and other outcomes for child and adolescent populations exposed to adversity. He has a particular focus on populations in contact with the child welfare and children's mental health systems, including the intersection between parental substance use and child welfare (e.g., maltreatment and foster placement) outcomes. A second area of research focuses on examining ecological risk and protective factors associated with involvement in substance use and associated behaviors (e.g., antisocial or delinquent behavior) among adolescents, and evaluation of school and community-level interventions to prevent or reduce substance use.

Finally, Dr. Connell has significant training and expertise in the use of advanced multivariate quantitative data analytic methods to examine risk and protective processes associated with behavioral outcomes. He teaches the first year postdoctoral seminar on Data Analytic Methods for Prevention and Community-based Research.