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Amrita Bedi, B.S.

Person: Alumni
Amrita Bedi joined the TRACTS team in October 2018 after graduating from The City College of New York with a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. During her undergraduate studies, Amrita was a Product Engineering Intern at Soterix Medical where she was involved with the production of a class...

Dylan Katz, M.S.

Person: Health Science Specialist, TRACTS, STEP-Home Co-Leader
Dylan joined the TRACTS team at VA Boston Healthcare System in 2020 and assists in multiple research projects while co-leading STEP-Home reintegration workshops. Prior to joining TRACTS, he worked as a military contractor teaching resilience and mental performance optimization skills to Soldiers...

Chronic alcohol intake can damage white matter pathways across the entire brain

News: January 22, 2015
Chronic misuse of alcohol results in measurable damage to the brain. Chronic drinking may be particularly damaging to the integrity of frontal white matter tracts, which can interfere with cognitive and inhibitory control that, in turn, is important to achieve and maintain abstinence. A new study...

What alcohol does to the aging brain

News: March 16, 2016
The lawyer knew something was wrong with her 61-year-old mother. She had begun showing up for appointments two hours early. Or two hours late. She was paying less attention to how she looked. She'd had two wrecks in quick succession on her way to work as a judge's administrative assistant. Click...

Researchers Study Blast Injuries in Veterans

News: March 11, 2019
Researchers at the Boston VA are finding that exposure to blasts even without concussion can cause structural damage to the brain. Click here to read the full article on NPR.

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We would love to have you get involved in our research! Currently, we have several ongoing studies. Most of these studies compensate participation at $10/hour and are conducted at the Boston VA located at 150 S. Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02130. If you are interested in functional MRI or...

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Identify Risk Chart review Assessment of risk factors: cognitive impairment, advanced age, severe illness, sensory deficits, infection, polypharmacy, sleep deprivation, dehydration Screen Clock-in-the Box Assessment Modified Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale (mRASS) Days of the Week Backward...

Other Clinical Projects

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Currently there are two other clinical demonstration projects from the VA Boston Healthcare System Geriatrics in Primary Care Clinical Demonstration Project- Dr. Peter Engel - Coinciding with the initiation of Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT), the Geriatrics in Primary Care program seeks to...