The Population Mental Health concentration is designed to equip Harvard Chan students with actionable knowledge of the epidemiology, etiology, and consequences of mental disorders in public health decision-making.  Click here to learn more.

Dr. Karestan Koenen and her lab have occasional opportunities for Harvard Chan MPH students to conduct practicums (“applied practice experiences”) with her team.  Practicums range from 120 to 200 hours.  They are unpaid as they are a degree requirement.  To learn more about practicums at Harvard Chan, click here.  

The lab also typically hosts a handful of paid interns each year.  Interns can be Harvard students or external undergraduate or graduate students. To express interest in conducting an internship, please complete the following form. 

Dr. Karestan Koenen is an advisor to master’s and doctoral students in the Department of Epidemiology and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.  For questions and for more information on applying to either department, please contact heat@hsph.harvard.edu for the Department of Epidemiology and sbsacadaff@hsph.harvard.edu for the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. 

The Harvard Training Program in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics is funded by an NIMH T32 awarded to the Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Social & Behavioral Sciences at the Chan School and is led by Drs. Karestan Koenen, JP Onnela, and Alex Tsai.  The program provides funding for seven trainees (three predoctoral and four postdoctoral) with a focus on quantitative science in psychiatric genetics and analytical methods for translational research.  To be eligible, applicants must be US citizens or green card holders.