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Harrison G. Pope, MD, MPH, has conducted research in a wide range of areas in psychiatry and has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers. This work includes many publications on the diagnosis and treatment of psychotic disorders and major mood disorders, together with extensive research on...

Jacqueline A. Samson, PhD, is a clinical associate at McLean Hospital and an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, part-time, at Harvard Medical School. Her chief research interests involve understanding the biopsychosocial underpinnings of depressive illnesses...

Dr. Sivan Subburaju obtained his PhDs in neurobiology and neuroendocrinology, respectively, from the University of Madras and the National University of Singapore. He completed his visiting research fellow training at the National Institute of Child Health and Development, Bethesda in 2007 and...

Martha J. Falkenstein, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of research for the Office of Clinical Assessment and Research (OCAR) at the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital. Her research focuses on investigating...

Jacob A. Nota, PhD, ABPP, engages in a program of clinical and translational research focusing on the nature and treatment of obsessive compulsive and related disorders. His specialty is in the intersection between sleep, circadian rhythms, and anxiety disorders. Dr. Nota’s research has specifically...

Anil Varma Vatsavayi, MD, MPH, is a gifted and compassionate clinician and researcher in various settings at McLean Hospital. His clinical interests relate to neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric conditions, including mood and psychotic disorders. He is a proponent of a multifaceted approach...

Nicole M. Benson, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and clinical informaticist at McLean Hospital. Dr. Benson’s research uses data science and clinical informatics to study the ways patients access and receive mental health care in order to identify disparities in clinical outcomes. She is...

Daniel P. Dickstein, MD, FAAP, is a physician-scientist uniquely trained and board-certified in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child/adolescent psychiatry. His research lab, the PediMIND Program at McLean Hospital, is focused on identifying the brain and behavior basis behind mental health...

Jennifer R. Fanning, PhD, is a clinical psychologist conducting patient-oriented research on biological, psychological, and social aspects of interpersonal aggressive behavior in adults. Dr. Fanning’s current research, which is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Brain...

Kelly Sagar, PhD, is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core (CCNC) and Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery (MIND) program, both directed by Dr. Staci Gruber. She joined the CCNC in 2009 as a research assistant, primarily working on studies...

Andrea M. Cataldo, PhD’s research integrates neurobehavioral experiments and computational modeling to uncover the psychological mechanisms underlying memory and decision-making. As part of the Motivated Learning and Memory Laboratory within the Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research...

Einat Liebenthal, DSc, is a cognitive neuroscientist. She is an assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and associate director of the Laboratory for Functional Neuroimaging and Bioinformatics at McLean Hospital. She studies verbal and non-verbal communication, using digital...

Patricia J. Allen, PhD, is the senior manager of research and evaluation at Institute for the Study of Resilience in Youth at McLean Hospital and an instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Allen received a doctoral degree in Nutritional Neuroscience...

Daniel G. Dillon, PhD, was trained in human neuroscience at Duke University, where he studied learning and memory under the guidance of Dr. Kevin LaBar. As a post-doctoral fellow working with Dr. Diego Pizzagalli at Harvard University, Dr. Dillon investigated brain systems implicated in anhedonia, a...

Mei-Hua Hall, PhD, is the director of the Psychosis Neurobiology Laboratory at McLean Hospital and a member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. She has expertise in electrophysiology, psychiatric genetics, and cognitive neuroscience, along with a background in clinical psychology...

James I. Hudson, MD, ScD, SM, received his MD from Tufts University Medical School of Medicine and his ScD and SM degrees from Harvard School of Public Health. Joining McLean Hospital in 1980, he is currently a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and director of the Biological...

Justin T. Baker, MD, PhD, is the scientific director of the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry (ITP) and director of the Laboratory for Functional Neuroimaging and Bioinformatics at McLean Hospital. He is also an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Baker’s...

Sabina Berretta, MD, began her research training under the mentorship of Dr. V. Perciavalle at University of Catania, Italy. In 1990, she joined the laboratory directed by Dr. A. M. Graybiel in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, working neural circuitry linking the motor cortex...

Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD, is director of the Laboratory for Translational and Affective Neuroscience at McLean Hospital and is a senior lecturer of psychiatry, part-time, at Harvard Medical School. He was the founding director of the Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research at McLean and...

The director of the Laboratory for High-Field Imaging and Translational Neuroscience and the Advanced MRI/MRS Core in the McLean Imaging Center (MIC), Dr. Fei Du is a neuroimaging biophysicist with a background in magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/MRS). After training in the technical...