Avshalom Caspi, PhD

Avshalom Caspi
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Avshalom Caspi, PhD

Edward M. Arnett Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

My expertise is in longitudinal methods, developmental psychology, personality assessment, life-course epidemiology, and genomics in behavioral science.

Avshalom Caspi's research spans the fields of psychology, epidemiology, and genetics. His current work is concerned with three broad questions:

  1. How do genetic differences between people shape the way they respond to their environments?
  2. How do childhood experiences shape the course of health inequalities across the life span?
  3. What are the best ways to assess and measure personality differences between people?

For his research, he has received the American Psychological Association's Early Career Contribution Award, the John Hill Memorial Award for contributions to understanding adolescent development from the Society for Research on Adolescence, and the Mortimer D. Sackler Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Developmental Psychobiology.

Research Interests

Psychiatric Genetic
Children's Mental Health
Personality Assessment
Developmental Origins of Adult Disease

Recent Publications

Borderline Symptoms at Age 12 Signal Risk for Poor Outcomes During the Transition to Adulthood: Findings From a Genetically Sensitive Longitudinal Cohort Study.
Wertz, J; Caspi, A; Ambler, A; Arseneault, L; Belsky, DW; Danese, A; Fisher, HL; Matthews, T; Richmond-Rakerd, LS; Moffitt, TE
October 1, 2020
Adolescents' perceptions of family social status correlate with health and life chances: A twin difference longitudinal cohort study.
Rivenbark, J; Arseneault, L; Caspi, A; Danese, A; Fisher, HL; Moffitt, TE; Rasmussen, LJH; Russell, MA; Odgers, CL
September 1, 2020
Identifying Psychological Pathways to Polyvictimization: Evidence from a Longitudinal Cohort Study of Twins from the United Kingdom.
Tanksley, PT; Barnes, JC; Boutwell, BB; Arseneault, L; Caspi, A; Danese, A; Fisher, HL; Moffitt, TE
September 1, 2020
Social Distancing as a Health Behavior: County-Level Movement in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Associated with Conventional Health Behaviors.
Bourassa, KJ; Sbarra, DA; Caspi, A; Moffitt, TE
August 1, 2020
Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) as a prognostic marker of mortality in healthy, general and patient populations: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Petersen, JEV; Kallemose, T; Barton, KD; Caspi, A; Rasmussen, LJH
July 19, 2020
What Is the Test-Retest Reliability of Common Task-Functional MRI Measures? New Empirical Evidence and a Meta-Analysis.
Elliott, ML; Knodt, AR; Ireland, D; Morris, ML; Poulton, R; Ramrakha, S; Sison, ML; Moffitt, TE; Caspi, A; Hariri, AR
July 1, 2020