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Kieran O'Donnell, PhD

Assistant Professor
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Yale School of Medicine

Yale Child Study Center, 230 South Frontage Road

New Haven, CT 06519

United States

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Biography

Dr. O’Donnell is an Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences within the Yale School of Medicine where he leads the Health-Omics & Perinatal Epidemiology (HOPE) Research Group.

Dr. O’Donnell's research focuses on maternal perinatal mental health and the developmental origins of mental health. His group integrates genomic and epigenomic data with measures of psychosocial risk to 1) better understand individual differences in maternal perinatal mental health and 2) identify the molecular processes that underlie the persisting influence of the prenatal environment on child/adolescent neurodevelopment. Dr. O'Donnell's research occurs in the context of a number of large prospective longitudinal cohorts, including the Montreal Antenatal Well-Being Study, as well as randomized controlled trials of maternally-focused psychosocial interventions.

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Education & Training

Postdoctoral Fellow
Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University (2016)
PhD
Imperial College London, Clinical Medicine (2011)
MSc
Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, Neuroscience
BSc (Hon)
University of Westminster, Psychology

Research

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Biological Psychiatry; Depression, Postpartum; Molecular Epidemiology; Pregnant Women

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Kieran O'Donnell's research output by year.
102Publications
4,780Citations

Publications

2024

2023

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    McGill University

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    Ludmer Center for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health

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    Scientific Reports

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    Postpartum Support International-Advisory Council

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Yale School of Medicine

Yale Child Study Center, 230 South Frontage Road

New Haven, CT 06519

United States

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