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Elise DeVito is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Her research focuses on addiction medicine, particularly the neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying substance use disorders, with a focus on nicotine, cocaine, and opioid addiction. She investigates sex differences in addiction, racial disparities in smoking outcomes, and the efficacy of digital cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) for alcohol and cocaine use disorders. Her work also explores the impact of e-cigarette flavors on nicotine aversion and the role of genetic factors like COMT polymorphisms in smoking behavior.
DeVito holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and a BA from Mount Holyoke College. She collaborates with institutions like the Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) and has contributed to randomized clinical trials evaluating digital therapies. Her research emphasizes translational applications, such as informing FDA tobacco regulations and tailoring treatments to biological and demographic factors.
Key themes in her publications include structural brain changes during CBT for cocaine use, the longitudinal effects of addiction treatments, and the role of intrinsic brain connectivity in addiction. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and contributes to interdisciplinary teams studying addiction neuroscience and health equity.