Karestan Koenen

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
Born	Karestan Chase Koenen June 23, 1968 Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Nationality	United States
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

Education

• 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

1. "Karestan C. Koenen, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Columbia University. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
2. "Karestan Koenen". Broad Institute. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
3. "Karestan Koenen". Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Retrieved 2019-10-11.

External links

• Faculty page
• Karestan Koenen publications indexed by Google Scholar