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 |
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]
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