Karestan Chase Koenen (born June 23, 1968)[1] is an American epidemiologist and Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is also the head of the Global Neuropsychiatric Genomics Initiative of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute.[2] She is a fellow of the American Psychopathological Association and a former president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. In 2015, she received the Robert S. Laufer, PhD, Memorial Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.[3]
Karestan Koenen | |
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| Born | Karestan Chase Koenen June 23, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Wellesley College Columbia University Boston University |
| Known for | Research on post-traumatic stress disorder |
| Awards | Robert S. Laufer, PhD, Memorial Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatric epidemiology Psychiatric genetics |
| Institutions | Broad Institute Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
| Thesis | The comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder and antisocial personality disorder: An epidemiological and genetic study (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael J. Lyons |
Publications
edit- Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Interpersonal Trauma, the revised and updated version she co-authored, was published in June 2020
Education
editThis biographical section is written like a résumé. (August 2020) |
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2002, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Columbia University
- Ph.D., 1999, Clinical Psychology, Boston University
- M.A., 1996, Developmental Psychology, Columbia University
- B.A., 1990, Economics, Wellesley College
References
edit- ^ "Karestan C. Koenen, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Columbia University. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ "Karestan Koenen". Broad Institute. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ "Karestan Koenen". Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
External links
edit- Faculty page
- Karestan Koenen publications indexed by Google Scholar
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