Dr. Mor Keinan-Bar was awarded the Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship to pursue her research project titled “Decoding Heterogeneity in Childbirth PTSD: From Mechanistic Discovery to Precision Prevention.” In her research at Massachusetts General Hospital, Mor will examine distinct pathways underlying childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder of postpartum women. These mechanistic discoveries will provide the basis for a deployable decision-support algorithm, determining not merely who is at risk, but which regulatory process is failing, and when, opening the door to personalized, preventive care.

Mor earned her Ph.D. at Tel Aviv University, under the supervision of Professor Shlomo Mendlovic, where she developed a novel framework for analyzing psychotherapy sessions to uncover the “black box” of psychotherapy – identifying which mechanisms drive treatment outcome in micro-level resolution. Her work bridges clinical psychology, computational mental health, and translational research.

Beyond her research, Mor is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in complex trauma and eating disorders – clinical grounding that keeps her research closely tied to patient care.