Karestan Koenen

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Karestan Koenen
Born
Karestan Chase Koenen

(1968-06-23) June 23, 1968 (age 57)
Education Wellesley College
Columbia University
Boston University
Known forResearch on post-traumatic stress disorder
AwardsRobert 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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  1. "Karestan C. Koenen, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Columbia University. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  2. "Karestan Koenen". Broad Institute. May 14, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  3. "Karestan Koenen". Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Retrieved October 11, 2019.