About
John Cahill is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University, affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine. He serves as Residency Program Director for Psychiatry, Deputy Medical Director at Connecticut Mental Health Center, and Chief of Behavioral Health at Continuum of Care Inc. His academic career spans 20 years of community psychiatry across the US and UK, with expertise in clinical informatics, deprescribing strategies, and early psychosis intervention. Dr. Cahill holds board certifications in Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, and Clinical Informatics.
Education:
- BMBS (Medicine), University of Nottingham (2005)
- PhD (Translational Neuroscience), University of Huddersfield (2018)
- Psychiatry Residency and Clinical Fellowships at Yale University.
Research Interests:
Cahill’s work focuses on building Learning Healthcare Systems through multi-stakeholder engagement, EEG biomarkers, and deprescribing strategies to reduce polypharmacy in psychiatry. He has pioneered clinical informatics tools like TimelinePTC and contributed to large-scale initiatives like the AMP® SCZ cohort study.
Articles Trends:
His recent work emphasizes early psychosis intervention (e.g., Academic Community Early Psychosis Intervention Network), clinical informatics system development, and optimizing medication use through deprescribing. He also investigates cannabis effects on psychosis and ADHD neurophysiology.
Grants & Advising:
No formal grants or advisees listed, but he leads major programs like the STEP-ED study reducing untreated psychosis duration and coordinates specialty care teams in Ohio.
Labs/Teams:
Key affiliations include the Academic Community Early Psychosis Intervention Network and the Connecticut Mental Health Center clinical teams.