The department has 14 Centers in total, four of which are NIH-funded (starred are federally funded). The function of Centers in the Department of Psychiatry is to foster research on a given disorder or population, utilizing any and all relevant expertise from the Academic Divisions, and drawing on resources from any of the Clinical Divisions and Research Cores.

• Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence
• Center for Practice Innovations
• *Center for Research on Ethical, Legal & Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics (NHGRI)
• *HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
• Kavli Institute for Brain Science
• Lieber Center for Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
• Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center
• *Neuroscience Of Mental Disorders: The Neurobiology Of Suicidal Behavior (Conte Center)
• *New York/New Jersey Aids Education & Training Center
• *OPAL Center
• Psychoanalytic Center
• Reiner Center for Behavioral and Psychosomatic Medicine
• Sackler Center for Developmental Psychobiology
• Stroud Center for Aging Studies

* Federally funded