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Guanyu (Richard) Liu, M.S.

Person: Research Assistant, Bal Lab

Richard Liu was a research assistant at the Boston Attention and Learning Laboratory (BAL Lab) at the VA Hospital in Boston. He joined the BAL Lab in April 2013. He is also an ALM Psychology (Master of Liberal Arts) candidate at Harvard University.

Marge Ahlquist, B.A.

Person: Lab Technician/Phlebotomist, TRACTS

Marge Ahlquist is a lab technician/phlebotomist responsible for performing EKG measurements, and performing gait evaluation.

Elizabeth Leritz, Ph.D.

Person: Clinical Neuropsychologist and Investigator, TRACTS/GRECC, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dr. Leritz is a clinical neuropsychologist who focuses her research on memory and brain function.

Jon Venne

Person: Research Assistant

Jon Venne was a full-time research technician responsible for subject recruitment, scheduling of tests and on-site data collection.

Erica Scioli-Salter, PhD

Person: 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 mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can commonly co-occur among individuals with chronic pain and...

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...

Protocol

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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...

STEP Home

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STEP Home is a group workshop program started by the TRACTS team and created to help returning veterans reintegrate back into their civilian lives after deployment.Veterans are offered assistance with vocational issues, problem solving, family relationships, substance issues, and related...

Administrator Instructions

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How to Administer the Clock-in-the-Box The Clock-in-the-Box diagnostic has two parts to it. First there is a page of brief instructions that the test taker is asked to commit to memory. Then, when they are ready, they are given a response sheet, depicted below, on which they try to follow the...