Deepa Camenga, MD, MHS

Dr. Deepa Camenga is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Section of Research at Yale. She is board certified in pediatrics and addiction medicine. Dr. Camenga completed her medical education and residency training at the University of Rochester, NY. Dr. Camenga completed a fellowship in health services research through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at Yale. She works with residents and students in the YNHH Primary Care Center and treats adolescents and young adults at the APT Foundation. Dr. Camenga’s research focuses on improving practices around the identification and treatment of drug and tobacco use disorders in adolescents in young adults; understanding adolescent nicotine dependence and its co-occurrence with substance use; and understanding youth behaviors around emerging tobacco products.

YCCI Scholar 2014

Project: 09/19/14 - 09/18/16

Text Messaging to Augment Physician Advice for Smoking Cessation in a College Health Clinic