Rajita Sinha

Deputy Chair of Psychiatry for Psychology, Psychiatry · Yale-New Haven Hospital

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History

Chronic stress, drug use, and vulnerability to addiction
Review · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2008 · Sole author · 1,257 citations
How does stress increase risk of drug abuse and relapse?
Review · Psychopharmacology · 2001 · Sole author · 1,073 citations
The effects of stress on physical activity and exercise
Review · Sports Medicine · 2014 · 704 citations

Semaglutide Dose Effects on Metabolic and Stress Hormones, Craving and Alcohol Use Outcomes
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · R01
Contact PI · $752.6K · Yale University
2026–2031
Developing a Digital Intervention: An Integrative Approach to Reducing Stress, Pain, and Opioid Misuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse · R34
PI · $757.6K · Yale University
2026–2029
Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse · T32
PI · $4.4M · Yale University
2007–2029
Stress-Immune Mechanisms for People Living with HIV, CUD and Depression
National Institute on Drug Abuse · R01
PI · $2.7M · Yale University
2024–2029

Semaglutide Dose Effects on Metabolic and Stress Hormone, Craving and Alcohol Use Outcomes
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting · Phase 1
Yale University
2026–2031
Stress and Pain in People Living With HIV
Principal investigator · Recruiting
Yale University
2025–2030
Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of NYX-783 and Oxycodone DDI Study
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 1
Yale University
2023–2024
Effect of AEF0117 on Treatment-seeking Patients With Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD)
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 2
Aelis Farma
2022–2024