Two new residents will join the Albert J. Solnit Integrated Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry (CAP) Program at Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) this summer. Ben D. Coleman, MD, PhD, and Ann Johnson, PhD, were recently announced as members of the Department of Psychiatry’s 2026 Match Class after the annual match process ended in March.
Coleman comes to Yale from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. There, he combined medical training with doctoral research in biomedical science and computational psychiatry. He is from Ohio and earned his bachelor’s degree at Cedarville University. He has worked on Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO), helping adapt this international system to better describe psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Coleman’s research brings together data science, psychiatry, and clinical genomics. Over time, he aims to build predictive, precision-based tools to better understand and treat mental illness using computational models and translational neuroscience.
Johnson is an MD/PhD candidate at Yale School of Medicine. Her work connects public health, epidemiology, and psychiatry. For her doctoral research in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health, she studies how global health systems, infectious disease, and mental health affect one another. She is particularly interested in how different implementation approaches shape mental health outcomes for people facing hardship.
Before medical school, Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She also completed a Fulbright Fellowship in India, where she studied antimicrobial resistance in water systems. Her academic interests include global mental health, implementation science, and child and adolescent psychiatry.
CAP program directors Michael Bloch, MD, MS, and Dorothy Stubbe, MD, shared the news internally, noting, “We are delighted to share the terrific news of our newly matched Solnit Integrated trainees who will start this June.”
The match process uses a computerized mathematical algorithm to place applicants into the most preferred residency and fellowship positions at programs that also prefer them. The CAP fellowship program matched seven fellows earlier in the year.
The six-year Solnit residency program attracts physician-scientists interested in child psychiatry. The program combines research with clinical training in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. The residency begins with protected research time and mentorship in the first year, increasing every year to 80% protected research time in years five and six.
The residency gives trainees experience with a wide range of patients and needs. It is designed to prepare psychiatrists who can think developmentally, treat patients at different ages, and bridge child and adult mental health care. The program is run in partnership with Yale New Haven Health System.