Karim Ibrahim

Karim Ibrahim is an Assistant Professor in the Yale Child Study Center and of Psychology. His developmental neuroscience research focuses on identifying brain-based biomarkers of emotion regulation impairments in child and adolescent mental health conditions. One area of focus examines how environment and psychological stress influence cognitive control networks underlying emotion regulation in youth. Recent work investigates the impact of social media on adolescent brain function. Using multimodal neuroimaging—including functional and structural MRI and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)—combined with machine learning and connectomics approaches, his work advances understanding of transdiagnostic neural markers underlying child psychopathology. His research integrates computational neuroscience methods, dynamic functional connectivity models, and multi-omics approaches. He also leverages large-scale datasets, including the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, to identify neural circuit-level markers of symptom dimensions. As a licensed clinical child psychologist, Dr. Karim Ibrahim has extensive experience in developmental psychopathology, including diagnostic assessments and evidence-based cognitive-behavioral interventions. He serves on the editorial boards of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and Development and Psychopathology.