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The Population Mental Health Lab, led by Dr. Karestan Koenen, provides training, conducts research, and acts as a public resource of information to advance understanding and support for mental health at a population level.  The lab aims to move beyond documenting the mental health burden, distribution, and causes of mental ill health towards using what we know to improve population mental health.

Location

677 Huntington Avenue,
Kresge Building, Suite 505
Boston, MA 02115, USA

Karestan C. Koenen, PhD

Principal Investigator

Population Mental Health Lab, Broad Trauma Initiative

Dr. Karestan Koenen is a Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the Departments of Epidemiology and Social and Behavioral Sciences.  At Harvard, she is the Director of the Population Mental Health Lab and Concentration. 

In addition, Dr. Koenen is an Institute Member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and directs the Broad Trauma Initiative and holds a faculty appointment at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

Read her full profile here