Rosy Karna

Rosy Karna

Rosy Karna received both her B.S in Biological Sciences, and M.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, California. She completed her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from PGSP Stanford Consortium| Palo Alto University. She is currently working as a clinical psychologist at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center/RAFT Program.

Rosy's clinical interest is to specialize in early intervention and prevention of severe mental illness across the entire lifespan, and in multicultural psychology. In regard to research, she is broadly interested in exploring the relationship between sleep physiology and cognitive performance in different clinical pathologies.

Education

  • B.S. in Biology | Stanford University

  • M.S. in Biology | Stanford University

  • M.S. in Clinical Psychology PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium | Palo Alto University

  • Doctoral degree in Psychology (PsyD) | PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium | Palo Alto University

Publications

  • Chick, C. F., Singh, A., Anker, L. A., Buck, C., Kawai, M., Gould, C., Cotto, I., Schneider, L., Linkovski, O., Karna, R., Pirog, S., Parker-Fong, K., Nolan, C. R., Shinksy, D. N., Hiteshi, P. N., Levya, O., Flores, B., Matlow, R., Bradley, T., Jordon, J., Carrion, V., & O’Hara, R. (2021). A school-based health and mindfulness curriculum improves children’s objectively measured sleep: A prospective observational cohort study. Journal of Sleep Medicine: JCSM: Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.9508. PMID: 34170222.

  • Kawai, M., Schneider, L., Linkovski, O., Jordan, J.T., Karna, R., Pirog, S., Cotto, I., Giardino, W.J., & O’Hara, R. (2021). High-resolution spectral sleep analysis reveals a novel association between slow oscillations and memory retention in elderly adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 12:540424. DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.540424. PMID: 33505299.

  • Schneider, L., Karna, R., Kawai, M., & Parker-Fong, K. (2020). Sleep disorders and aging. In Editor N. Hantke, R. O’Hara, & Amit, E. (Ed.). Handbook of mental health and aging (3rd edition, pp 211-222). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Elsevier. DOI: hptts://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800136-3.00030-2.

  • Jordan, J.T., Chick, C.F., Rolle, C.E., Hantke, N., Gould, C.E., Lutz, J., Kawai, M., Cotto, I., Karna, R., Pirog, S., Berk, M., Sudheimer, K., & O’Hara, R. (2020). Neurocognitive markers of passive suicidal ideation in late life depression. International Geriatrics. 1-11. DOI: 10.1017/S1041610220003610. PMID 33118918

  • Gould, C.E., Karna, R., Jordan, J.T., Kawai, M., Hirst, R., Hantke, N., Pirog, S., Cotto, I., Beaudreau, S.A, & O’Hara, R. (2018). Subjective, but not objective sleep is associated with subsyndromal anxiety and depression in community-dwelling older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(7):806-811.

Awards & Honors

  • Swinerton Foundation Scholarship, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium

  • PAU Star for Excellence in Clinical Work, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium

  • Diversity and Merit Fellowship, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium

  • Graduate Student Scholarship, Stanford University

  • Biology Senior Reflection Grant, Stanford University

  • Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, Stanford University

  • The Asian University for Women Program Fund, Stanford University