Population Mental Health Lab
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.
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Kresge Building, Suite 505
Boston, MA 02115, USA
Shaili Jha, PhD
Assistant Director of Research Operations
Population Mental Health Lab
Dr. Shaili Jha is the Assistant Director of Research Operations and has been a member of the Koenen lab since 2019. Shaili oversees Dr. Koenen’s domestic and global PTSD research portfolio, including work in the Nurses’ Health Study, NeuroGAP-Psychosis I and II and PGC-PTSD. Her primary areas of focus are trauma, PTSD, cognitive function, and serious mental conditions.
Shaili completed her PhD in Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a BA in Cell Biology and Neuroscience and Psychology from Rutgers University.
For questions about the Population Mental Health Lab’s Nurses’ Health Study and PTSD research, contact Dr. Jha at sjha@hsph.harvard.edu.