Each month we highlight one of our MSTP students. This month's highlight is:
Chelsea Kiely
Area of Study: Neuroimaging
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Academics
Research interests
I am interested in investigating early diagnosis of psychosis spectrum disorders utilizing retinal- and brain-imaging biomarkers.
Awards, honors, publications:
- OSUCOM Student Council Member of the Year 2024-2025
- Willa Molho, Brendan Stiltner, Nicolas Raymond, Chelsea Kiely, Rebekah Trotti, Caroline Harris, Deepthi Bannai, Matcheri Keshavan, Steven Silverstein, Paulo Lizano
Retinal electrophysiological alterations are associated with cognition in early course psychosis.
Schizophrenia Research, Volume 274, December 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2024.09.013 - Erik Velez-Perez, Nicolas Raymond, Chelsea Kiely, Willa Molho, Rebekah Trotti, Caroline Harris, Deepthi Bannai, Rachal Hegde, Sarah Harold, Matcheri Keshavan, Steven Silverstein, Paulo Lizano
Electroretinographic dysfunction, insulin resistance, and childhood trauma in early-course psychosis: A case-control exploratory study; Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry, Volume 10, June 2024,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bionps.2024.100088 - Chelsea Kiely, Konstantinos AA Douglas, Vivian Paraskevi Douglas, John B. Miller, Paulo Lizano
Overlap between ophthalmology and psychiatry – A narrative review focused on congenital and inherited conditions; Psychiatry Research, Volume 331, Jan 2024,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115629. - Paulo Lizano*, Chelsea Kiely*, Mite Mijalkov, Shashwath A Meda, Sarah K. Keedy, Dung Hoang, Victor Zeng, Olivia Lutz, Joana B. Pereira, Elena I. Ivleva, Giovanni Volpe, Yanxun Xu, Adam M. Lee, Leah H. Rubin, S Kristian Hill, Brett A. Clementz, Carol A. Tamminga, Godfrey D. Pearlson, John A. Sweeney, Elliot S. Gershon, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Jeffrey R. Bishop [*Co-First Authors]
Peripheral Inflammatory Subgroup Differences in Anterior Default Mode Network and Multiplex Functional Network Topology are Associated with Cognition in Psychosis; Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Volume 114: 3-15, Nov 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2023.07.014 - Jarrett Foster, B.S., Ranbir Ahluwalia, B.S., Madeleine Sherburn, B.A., Katherine Kelly, B.S., Chelsea Kiely, Stephen Gannon, CCRP, Chevis N. Shannon, DrPH, MBA, Christopher M. Bonfield, M.D. Pediatric Cranial Deformations: Demographic Associations; Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, Volume 26 (4): 415-420, May 2020
https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.3.PEDS2085 - Ranbir Ahluwalia, B.S., Chelsea Kiely, Jarrett Foster, B.S., Stephen Gannon, CCRP, Christopher M. Bonfield, M.D.
Positional Posterior Plagiocephaly: A Single Center Review; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, Volume 25(5):514-518, Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.3171/2019.12.PEDS19651
Long term goals/ aspirations
- Finish the Columbus Coffee Trail, visit every state (at ~40 at the moment!), visit every National Park, travel more
Post MSTP Training dream job
- PI of a neuropsychiatric lab and Director of a neuroimaging center
Fun Facts
What you enjoy outside of school
Reading, traveling, exploring new restaurants and cafes in Columbus, spending quality time with friends, pilates, hot yoga, attempting arts and crafts, going on long walks, & Vic Village trivia on Wednesdays!
A superpower you have always wanted
Photographic memory (it would make medical school 100x easier!), Pottery (in the works) or maybe Home RenovationFavorite book
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini or Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt VonnegutFavorite quote
“So it goes” – Kurt Vonnegut
Can’t live without
My family, my kitten Matilda, and the pistachio latte at Pistacia Vera.
If you weren’t in MSTP, what would you be doing now?
Ideally running a small coffee shop or record store in a coastal town