Associate Professor Nastassja Koen

Neuropsychiatry Researcher, Head of the Division of Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, and Co-Director of the SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Interests

My research interests include the genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic neurobiology of trauma-related disorders, and the effects across generations – particularly in the South African and African contexts.

Research Areas

Clinical Neuroscience • Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience • Developmental Neuroscience • Neurogenetics