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Caroline Dumont, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale Department of Psychiatry. She serves as an attending psychiatrist on the Community Support Program (CSP) at the Connecticut Mental Health Center, focusing on recovery-oriented services for patients with serious mental illness and substance use disorders through community-based case management. Her research addresses health disparities exacerbated by climate change, particularly extreme heat vulnerability in vulnerable populations.
- Education:
- MD: Yale University School of Medicine (1999)
- MPH in Health Policy: Yale School of Public Health (2023)
- Residency: Yale (2005)
- BSc in Environmental Microbiology: McGill University (1994)
Her research interests center on mitigating climate-related health risks for individuals with mental illness, including extreme heat vulnerability assessments and policy solutions. She collaborates with Walter S. Mathis and others to publish impactful studies in journals like Community Mental Health Journal and The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Publications highlight trends linking climate change to mental health outcomes, such as suicide risk and heat-related health disparities. No awards listed, but her work has been featured in media like The Hartford Courant.
Dr. Dumont actively engages in community advocacy, co-authoring opinion pieces opposing homeless encampment displacements and emphasizing heat mitigation strategies for vulnerable populations. She holds board certification in Adult Psychiatry (2020).
