Roman Kotov, PhD

Roman Kotov, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Office: (631) 638-1923

Email: roman.kotov@stonybrook.edu

Address:
Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
101 Nicolls Rd
HSC, Level T-10, Room 060Z1
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8101

Education

PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Iowa, 2006

Psychology Internship, Brown University, 2006

BS, Physics and Psychology, The Ohio State University, 2000

Research Interests

One focus of my work is on refining the classification of mental disorders, which involves identify natural clusters of symptoms and charting trajectories of these syndromes over time. Another focus is on applications of artificial intelligence to detect and forecast psychopathology using language, facial expressions, and sensors.  Moreover, I study vulnerabilities to psychopathology including genetics, neural circuits, and personality traits. This work employs methods from advanced quantitative modeling, molecular genetics, and neuroscience. I study these questions in adults, adolescents, and special populations, such as, responders to WTC disaster. Main areas of focus are anxiety and mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and personality problems.

I received PhD in 2006 and have been in Psychiatry Department of Stony Brook University since, progressing from postdoctoral fellow to full professor. Now I direct Translational And Clinical Epidemiology (TrACE), a research division that includes 4 PhDs, a large staff, and 17 ongoing studies. I also co-direct mental health service at the Stony Brook World Trade Center (WTC) Health and Wellness Program for responders to WTC disaster. In 2015, I founded the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) consortium. As a primary investigator, I have held more than 12 R01s and numerous smaller grants. I published over 300 papers, including such outlets as JAMA Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, and World Psychiatry.

  • Developing and Evaluating Artificial Intelligence-based Longitudinal Assessments of PTSD in 9/11 Responders. NIOSH. Multiple Principal Investigator.
  • Predicting Attrition from a Lifestyle Medicine Intervention. NIOSH. Principal Investigator.
  • Developmental pathways model of depression heterogeneity. NIMH. Multiple Principal Investigator.
  • Trajectories and Determinants of Cognitive Decline in Psychotic Disorders Over 35 Years. NIMH. Multiple Principal Investigator.
  • 2021  - Research Achievement Award, Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University
  • 2018  - Mentor of Smadar Levin Award winner, Jingwen Jin, Society for Research in Psychopathology
  • 2013  - Betty Simon Memorial Lecture speaker, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa
  • 2006 - Winner of the Spence Award, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa