Dana Small

Dana Small is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and Director of the Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience and MSc in Clinical Psychology from McGill University. Her research focuses on the integration of sensory, metabolic, and neural signals influencing food choices, with a focus on obesity, diabetes, and cognitive impairment. She employs neuroimaging, neuropsychological, and metabolic methodologies to explore these mechanisms.

• Education: PhD and MSc from McGill University
• Research Interests: Neuroimaging of food reward, gut-brain axis, metabolic dysfunction, and neuropsychological testing in obesity trials

Key awards include the Alan Epstein Award (2015) and membership in the National Academy of Sciences Board on Behavioral Sciences. She leads a lab with postdocs, PhD students, and collaborators globally. Her work is funded by NIH since 2003.

Professional roles include editorial positions at Appetite and Biological Psychiatry, leadership in the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, and NIH workgroups. She has trained 5 PhD students, 12 postdocs, and over 40 undergraduates.