Dr. Kate Harkness is a Professor in the Psychology and Psychiatry Departments at Queen’s University. Dr. Harkness received her PhD from the University of Oregon, and completed her internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her work focuses on understanding the causes of early-onset depression, and she is currently heading a federally-funded study investigating gene-environment interactions in the first episode of depression in adolescents and young adults.