People

Alex Sugarman B.A.

Research Assistant, BAL Lab

Alex Sugarman graduated from Wheaton College with a B.A. in Neuroscience in May 2017. He is currently working on a study that designs web-based neurological examinations to test cognitive function in...
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Meghan Pierce, Ph.D.

Meghan earned a doctorate in Experimental Psychology with an emphasis in neuroscience from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is specifically interested in deployment-related health issues...
GRECC (182 JP), VA Medical Center
Building 1, Floor 11, D-Wing
150 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
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Pedram Parva, M.D.

Neuroradiologist, Harvard Medical School

Having trained and worked in three different medical systems (Iran, France, and US), I am pleased to share my versatile clinical experience with my colleagues in TRACTS. Here, I review the research...

VA Boston Healthcare System
150 S. Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130
Department of radiology
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Nicolette F. Schwarz, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Research Fellow in GRECC and the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

M​y research involves cognitive neuroscience methods​​ and neuroimaging in particular. Using MRI, I study brain ​structure and ​function in individuals with cardio-metabolic syndrome as part of Dr...

V.A. Medical Center - Boston GRECC
182 Room 11C-9 Psychiatry
150 S Huntington Ave
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
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Ann Rasmusson, M.D.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Ann Rasmusson, MD is the Psychiatry Liaison, PTSD Research and Education, at VA Boston Healthcare System, a Research Associate of the VA National Center for PTSD, Women's Health Science Division, and...

V.A. Medical Center - Boston
Psychiatry -116B-3
150 S Huntington Ave
Jamaica Plain MA 02130
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Denise Sloan, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Psychologist, VA Boston Healthcare System

Denise M Sloan is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine and Associate Director, Education, Behavioral Science Division, National Center for PTSD at the VA...

VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain Campus
150 South Huntington Avenue
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
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Casey Taft, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Principal Investigator, Behavioral Science Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System

150 S Huntington Avenue
Jamaica Plain MA 02130

Erica Scioli-Salter, PhD

Clinical Research Psychologist, National Center for PTSD, Women's Health Sciences Division, VA Boston Healthcare System

Boston University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

I am currently researching how stress hormone responses may promote psychiatric disorders such as PTSD and medical problems such as chronic pain in men and women who have been exposed to trauma. Since...
National Center for PTSD
Women's Health Sciences Division (116B-3)
VA Boston Healthcare System
150 South Huntington Street
Boston MA 02130
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