Professor Avshalom Caspi PhD
Chair in Social/Personality Psychology
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Biography
Avshalom Caspi is Professor of Personality Development at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King’s College London, and the Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University, and His expertise is in longitudinal methods, developmental psychology, personality assessment, life-course epidemiology and genomics in behavioral science.
Research interests
- Developmental psychopathology
- Personality assessment
- Health psychology
Research
Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study
E-Risk study, now in its third decade, follows the lives of 2232 twins born in 1994-95 in England and Wales. The study builds knowledge about how environmental and genetic factors shape behaviors, attitudes and health.
News
Mental health concerns second most common complaint in Norwegian primary-care settings
Researchers examined 350 million Norwegian patient visits to their primary care doctors, and found that mental health concerns are the second most common...
Dunedin Study receives £1.4m award to explore how aging works during midlife
New MRC funding will allow the study, which has followed the lives of 1037 babies born between 1 April 1972 and 31 March 1973, to examine participants at age...
Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study Receives £2.3m Funding
The Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study has been backed by £2.3 million funding from the UKRI Medical Research Council to collect new...
Lonely teenagers at greater risk of poor educational outcomes
Research from King’s College London finds that loneliness experienced at age 12 increases the risk of finishing school with poor grades, as well as poor...
Events
Biological Ageing and Healthy Longevity
Biological Ageing and Healthy Longevity
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Research
Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study
E-Risk study, now in its third decade, follows the lives of 2232 twins born in 1994-95 in England and Wales. The study builds knowledge about how environmental and genetic factors shape behaviors, attitudes and health.
News
Mental health concerns second most common complaint in Norwegian primary-care settings
Researchers examined 350 million Norwegian patient visits to their primary care doctors, and found that mental health concerns are the second most common...
Dunedin Study receives £1.4m award to explore how aging works during midlife
New MRC funding will allow the study, which has followed the lives of 1037 babies born between 1 April 1972 and 31 March 1973, to examine participants at age...
Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study Receives £2.3m Funding
The Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study has been backed by £2.3 million funding from the UKRI Medical Research Council to collect new...
Lonely teenagers at greater risk of poor educational outcomes
Research from King’s College London finds that loneliness experienced at age 12 increases the risk of finishing school with poor grades, as well as poor...
Events
Biological Ageing and Healthy Longevity
Biological Ageing and Healthy Longevity
Please note: this event has passed.