 |
|
Office Number:
Education 3258
Phone Number:
(805) 893-2034
E-mail:
education.ucsb.edu bkiakeating
Brett Kia-Keating
Assistant Researcher, Ed.D. (Harvard University )
Emphasis:
Research Interests:
Child and adolescent development; Developmental psychopathology; Risk and protective factors; Resilience; Youth aggression and violence, prevention and intervention
Biography:
I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Hope College and my Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Northwestern University. After working in the field as a therapist with incarcerated violent juvenile offenders, I attended Harvard University where I completed both a Master’s Degree in Methodology in Developmental Research, and a Doctoral Degree in Human Development and Psychology, with a focus on Risk and Prevention for School Aged Children and Adolescents. I then completed postdoctoral training in psychiatric genetic epidemiology and behavioral genetics at the Center for Behavioral Genomics at the University of California, San Diego.
My interest is in translational research of the genetic and environmental contributors to developmental psychopathology and problem behaviors. In particular, my research is focused on elucidating the course of both healthy and maladaptive development through longitudinal research designs which identify risk and protective factors, mediators and moderators, and gene-by-environment interactions at different ecological levels. I am interested in how various factors within the individual, the family, the peer group, the school, and the community interact to put children at greater or lesser risk of unhealthy psychosocial development. My findings are intended to inform treatment and prevention efforts in school, community, and clinical settings, with my primary interest being the understanding and prevention of violent behavior and aggression.
Recent Publications:
Kia-Keating, B.M., Glatt, S.J., & Tsuang, M.T. Meta-analyses suggest association between COMT, but not HTR1B, alleles, and suicidal behavior. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics, 144B(8), 1048-53. 2007. [Refereed Journal Article]
Kanazawa, T., Glatt, S.J., Kia-Keating, B.M., Yoneda, H., & Tsuang, M.T. Meta-analysis reveals no association of the Val66Met polymorphism of brain-derived neurotrophic factor with either schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Psychiatric Genetics, 17(3), 165-70. 2007. [Refereed Journal Article]
Tsuang, M.T. & Kia-Keating, B.M. A review of Psychiatric Epidemiology. American Journal of Psychiatry 164, 532. 2007. [Review]
Awards and Honors:
NIDA/NIAAA Early Career Investigators Research Symposium and Travel Award, 2008
International Society of Psychiatric Genetics Travel Award, 2006
UCLA Family Research Consortium Travel Award , 2006
Affiliations:
American Psychological Association
Society for Research in Child Development
Society for Research on Adolescence
