Victor J. Avila-Quintero

Dr. Victor J. Avila-Quintero is a physician scientist at Yale School of Medicine with primary affiliations in the Department of Psychiatry. His research program spans multiple disciplines including psychiatry, pain management, and health equity research, with a focus on adolescent mental health, opioid alternatives, and social determinants of healthcare outcomes.

Key research themes include:

• Systematic review methodology in pharmacological and somatic treatments
• Implicit bias analysis in psychiatric care
• Neuropharmacological interventions for depression and ADHD
• Health equity disparities in palliative care and pandemic outcomes
• Medical informatics approaches to patient risk stratification
• Community-based participatory research in vulnerable populations

His 2025-2022 publications demonstrate consistent contributions to evidence-based medicine through high-impact journals like JACC and JAMA Psychiatry. Current work examines social deprivation metrics in cardiac care, ketamine response biomarkers, and buprenorphine efficacy frameworks.