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Thomas Wooten, BS.

Thomas Wooten graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BS in Psychology in May 2016. He is currently working on a research project exploring the relationship between cerebrovascular health and mobility in older age. Tom is planning to pursue a doctoral degree in Cognitive...

Thomas Wooten, B.S.

Thomas Wooten graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BS in Psychology in May 2016. He is currently working on a research project exploring the relationship between cerebrovascular health and mobility in older age. Tom is planning to pursue a doctoral degree in Cognitive...

Ayo Douglas, B.S.

Ayooluwa (Ayo) Douglas is a research assistant in the BAL Lab. She studies training-related effects in developmental prosopagnosia. Ayo graduated from Duke University in May 2017 with a B.S. in Biology.

Lilly Hanlon, B.A.

Lilly joined the TRACTS team as a research assistant in October 2017 after graduating from Connecticut College with a BA in Behavioral Neuroscience and a minor in Psychology. During the summer of 2016, she interned at the NeuroDevelopment Center in Providence, RI administering neurofeedback to...

For Memory Issues, It's Not So Much The Concussion As The Blast

Researchers at TRACTS have been able to control for the veterans’ common comorbidities, such as sleep disorders, PTSD and chronic pain, to tease out the impact of blast exposure on brain physiology and function. Click here to read the full article in U.S. Medicine.

Samarah Cook, A.B.

Samarah Cook graduated with departmental honors from Vassar College with an A.B. in Neuroscience & Behavior. During her undergraduate studies, she worked in a neuroendocrinology lab examining estrogenic effects on TBI in zebra finches. She also completed a senior honors thesis using social network...

Morgane Bulpin, B.A.

Morgane Bulpin graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in Neuroscience in May 2017. She is currently working on a study that investigates training-related neuroplasticity in developmental prosopagnosia. She is also involved in a study testing cognitive training in a drug abuse rehabilitation...

Emma Brown, B.S.

Emma earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and minor in Computer Science from Boston University. Her research interests include the impacts of deployment trauma and aging on structural and functional changes in the brain. During her time with TRACTS as the neuroimaging research assistant for...

Umesh Venkatesan, Ph.D.

Umi's role within TRACTS includes conducting clinical interviews with veterans and offering feedback on their study participation. He is also involved in analyzing and preparing data for publication. Umi obtained his bachelor's degree in psychology from Johns Hopkins University and later earned a...

Alex Mitko, B.A.

Alex Mitko joined the BAL lab as a research assistant after graduating from Hamilton College in May 2016. He is currently working on a study testing cognitive training in a drug abuse rehabilitation program. He is also involved in the lab’s transcranial magnetic stimulation studies. Alex is planning...