Ki A Goosens, PhD
About Me
Dr. Goosens studies chronic stress and its impact on the brain and body. Stress responses can be adaptive, but when experienced repeatedly or over a protracted period of time, stress is strongly associated with multiple types of disease, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, obesity, and diabetes. Her current lines of research focus on 1) Identifying novel circuit mechanisms for associative emotional memory formation and their dysregulation by stress; 2) Understanding the mechanisms by which emotional memory encoding is modulated; and 3) Studies to identify and characterize the endocrine factors that underlie stress-induced vulnerability in rodent models of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and obesity, and also understand how these factors regulate normal function in the brain and periphery.
The lab website is located at: https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/goosenslab/
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Pharmacological Sciences, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Psychiatry, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Graduate Education
Research Topics
Adipose, Biomedical Sciences, Brain, Cognitive Neuroscience, Diabetes, Electrophysiology, Endocrinology, Gene Regulation, Gene Therapy, Hippocampus, Hormones, Memory, Metabolism, Neurobiology, Neuropeptides, Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Stress, Systems Biology, Systems Neuroscience, Translational Research, Trauma
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Neuroscience [NEU]
Education
BA, University of Virginia
MS, University of Michigan
PhD, University of Michigan
None, Stanford University
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Goosens during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services
Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership- National Institute Of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.