Dr. Alecia Dager

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Alecia Dager completed her Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of California San Diego, focusing on the influence of heavy marijuana use on brain functioning and adolescent neurodevelopment. She joined the faculty at Yale in 2008, serving as the Administrative Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism. Dager subsequently moved to the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, where she leads multimodal magnetic resonance imaging studies to characterize neural precursors and consequences of substance involvement during adolescence and young adulthood.

Research Interests

Adolescent Development Adolescent Psychiatry Alcohol Drinking Alcoholism Brain Cognition Functional Neuroimaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging Marijuana Abuse Marijuana Smoking Marijuana Use Neuroimaging Psychiatry

Requirements for Yale University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Speaking
Required:7.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, or Mathematics
Application Checklist
  • Statement of academic purpose
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Application fee ($105)
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

Administered via the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). GRE General is optional for PhD.