Sarah K. Keedy, PhD

Dr. Keedy’s lab, the CENSL, focuses on cognitive and emotional neural systems - and their overlap - in psychiatric disorders. A major area of focus is psychotic disorders, and a major methodology is human neuroimaging.

University of Illinois at Chicago
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Neuropsychology, Psychopathology Research
2006

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
PhD - Clinical Psychology
2004

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Chicago
Internship - Clinical Neuropsychology
2004

Oklahoma State University
BS - Psychology
1997

Neuroanatomical Deficits in Visual Cortex Subregions of Individuals with Psychosis Spectrum Disorders linked to Symptoms, Cognition, and Childhood Trauma.
Neuroanatomical Deficits in Visual Cortex Subregions of Individuals with Psychosis Spectrum Disorders linked to Symptoms, Cognition, and Childhood Trauma. medRxiv. 2025 Feb 13.
PMID: 39990589

Characterizing the relationship between personality dimensions and psychosis-specific clinical characteristics.
Characterizing the relationship between personality dimensions and psychosis-specific clinical characteristics. Schizophr Res. 2025 Feb; 276:88-96.
PMID: 39864301

Evaluating the Exposome Score for Schizophrenia in a Transdiagnostic Psychosis Cohort: Associations With Psychosis Risk, Symptom Severity, and Personality Traits.
Evaluating the Exposome Score for Schizophrenia in a Transdiagnostic Psychosis Cohort: Associations With Psychosis Risk, Symptom Severity, and Personality Traits. Schizophr Bull. 2025 Jan 08.
PMID: 39777534

Genetic analysis of psychosis Biotypes: shared Ancestry-adjusted polygenic risk and unique genomic associations.
Genetic analysis of psychosis Biotypes: shared Ancestry-adjusted polygenic risk and unique genomic associations. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Dec 21.
PMID: 39709506

Genetic Analysis of Psychosis Biotypes: Shared Ancestry-Adjusted Polygenic Risk and Unique Genomic Associations.
Genetic Analysis of Psychosis Biotypes: Shared Ancestry-Adjusted Polygenic Risk and Unique Genomic Associations. medRxiv. 2024 Dec 08.
PMID: 39677452

Characterizing the Relationship between Personality Dimensions and Psychosis-Specific Clinical Characteristics.
Characterizing the Relationship between Personality Dimensions and Psychosis-Specific Clinical Characteristics. medRxiv. 2024 Jun 07.
PMID: 38883764

Characterizing cognitive heterogeneity in first-episode psychosis.
Characterizing cognitive heterogeneity in first-episode psychosis. Schizophr Res. 2024 05; 267:16-18.
PMID: 38513329

Pons-to-Cerebellum Hypoconnectivity Along the Psychosis Spectrum and Associations With Sensory Prediction and Hallucinations in Schizophrenia.
Pons-to-Cerebellum Hypoconnectivity Along the Psychosis Spectrum and Associations With Sensory Prediction and Hallucinations in Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Jul; 9(7):693-702.
PMID: 38311290

Categorical and Dimensional Approaches for Psychiatric Classification and Treatment Targeting: Considerations from Psychosis Biotypes.
Categorical and Dimensional Approaches for Psychiatric Classification and Treatment Targeting: Considerations from Psychosis Biotypes. Adv Neurobiol. 2024; 40:685-723.
PMID: 39562461

Clinical characterization and differentiation of B-SNIP psychosis Biotypes: Algorithmic Diagnostics for Efficient Prescription of Treatments (ADEPT)-1.
Clinical characterization and differentiation of B-SNIP psychosis Biotypes: Algorithmic Diagnostics for Efficient Prescription of Treatments (ADEPT)-1. Schizophr Res. 2023 10; 260:143-151.
PMID: 37657281

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