Posts by Karmel W. Choi, PhD
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Genetic Factors May Substantially Account for Associations Between Screen Time and Psychiatric Problems in Preadolescents
Massachusetts General Hospital psychologist Karmel W. Choi, PhD, and colleagues found genetic confounding, modeled with polygenic risk scores and heritability, accounted for 10% of the link between child screen time and attention problems and 43% of the link between screen time and internalizing problems.
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Social Connection, Television Watching Are Modifiable Factors of Depression
Karmel W. Choi, PhD, Karestan C. Koenen, PhD, and Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD, of the Department of Psychiatry, and colleagues used a novel two-stage approach, an exposure-wide association scan followed by Mendelian randomization, to validate actionable targets for efforts to prevent depression.
Biography
Dr. Karmel Choi is a clinical psychologist and faculty researcher in the Center for Precision Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Choi received her PhD from Duke University in Clinical Psychology where her research focused on how trauma affects the health and mental health of mothers and children, particularly during the perinatal period. Currently, Dr. Choi studies the interplay of genetic and environmental factors that influence trauma and resilience across the life course, leveraging methods from psychology, statistical genetics, and developmental epidemiology. Her clinical work focuses on treatment of mood and anxiety disorders and stress-related health conditions, particularly among women. Dr. Choi completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Duke University and her predoctoral clinical internship in Behavioral Medicine at Mass General.
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