Avshalom Caspi, PhD

Avshalom Caspi
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Avshalom Caspi, PhD

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

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

Protective factors for psychotic experiences amongst adolescents exposed to multiple forms of victimization.
Crush, E; Arseneault, L; Moffitt, TE; Danese, A; Caspi, A; Jaffee, SR; Matthews, T; Fisher, HL
June 12, 2018
Eleven Telomere, Epigenetic Clock, and Biomarker-Composite Quantifications of Biological Aging: Do They Measure the Same Thing?
Belsky, DW; Moffitt, TE; Cohen, AA; Corcoran, DL; Levine, ME; Prinz, JA; Schaefer, J; Sugden, K; Williams, B; Poulton, R; Caspi, A
June 1, 2018
Analysis of DNA Methylation in Young People: Limited Evidence for an Association Between Victimization Stress and Epigenetic Variation in Blood.
Marzi, SJ; Sugden, K; Arseneault, L; Belsky, DW; Burrage, J; Corcoran, DL; Danese, A; Fisher, HL; Hannon, E; Moffitt, TE; Odgers, CL; Pariante, C; Poulton, R; Williams, BS; Wong, CCY; Mill, J; Caspi, A
June 1, 2018
Cumulative childhood risk is associated with a new measure of chronic inflammation in adulthood.
Rasmussen, LJH; Moffitt, TE; Eugen-Olsen, J; Belsky, DW; Danese, A; Harrington, H; Houts, RM; Poulton, R; Sugden, K; Williams, B; Caspi, A
May 9, 2018
Adolescent Victimization and Early-Adult Psychopathology: Approaching Causal Inference Using a Longitudinal Twin Study to Rule Out Noncausal Explanations.
Schaefer, JD; Moffitt, TE; Arseneault, L; Danese, A; Fisher, HL; Houts, R; Sheridan, MA; Wertz, J; Caspi, A
May 1, 2018
Genetics and Crime: Integrating New Genomic Discoveries Into Psychological Research About Antisocial Behavior.
Wertz, J; Caspi, A; Belsky, DW; Beckley, AL; Arseneault, L; Barnes, JC; Corcoran, DL; Hogan, S; Houts, RM; Morgan, N; Odgers, CL; Prinz, JA; Sugden, K; Williams, BS; Poulton, R; Moffitt, TE
May 1, 2018