Christina W. Hoven DrPH, MPH

Professor Christina Hoven is a Child Psychiatric Epidemiologist at Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, where she is a Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, College of Physician and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health and is a Research Scientist, Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene. As Director of the Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group (GPEG), a multidisciplinary, child-oriented research team, Professor Hoven’s research takes a life-course perspective, focusing on risk for and persistence of psychopathology, including school-based needs assessment and longitudinal sequelae of exposure to violence and disaster.

Another major focus of her research is a suicide, conducting community assessments, suicidal autopsy, and school-based intervention studies. Her research primarily involves large-scale longitudinal, epidemiological investigations with communities of special interest, such as minorities, criminal justice-involved families, 9/11 exposed individuals, immigrants, and those exposed to the disaster, such as war and natural disaster. Dr. Hoven carries out research throughout the world, having worked in more than 30 countries.