Faculty
Core faculty hold appointments in the Medical and Graduate Schools of Boston University, and many are senior research or clinical staff members of the Psychology, Neurology or Research Services of the Boston VA Medical Center. A list of core faculty and other faculty in the program follows (* = Core Faculty):
*Martin Albert, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Director, Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center at the Boston VA Medical Center
Sanford H. Auerbach, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Director, Sleep Disorders Center, and Director, Behavioral Neurology Program, Boston Medical Center
Helen Barbas, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, BUSM;
Professor of Health Sciences, Boston University
*Marlene Oscar Berman, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Neurology, and Director, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Boston University School of Medicine; Director, Behavioral Neuroscience Ph.D. Program, Division of Graduate
Medical Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine; Research Psychologist, Boston VA Medical Center; Lecturer in Neurology, Tufts New England Medical Center
Paul H. Black, M.D.
Professor Emeritus (Microbiology and Medicine), Boston University School of Medicine
Gene Blatt, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Christopher B. Brady, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
*Domenic Ciraulo, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Division of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Boston Medical Center; Chief, Psychiatry Service, VA Medical Center/Outpatient Clinics
*Subimal Datta, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Laboratory of Sleep and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine
*Raymon Durso, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Director, Parkinson Clinic, Boston VA Medical Center
Deborah Fein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Professor of Psychology, University of Connecticut
Richard Fine, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Research Scientist, Bedford VA Medical Center
Ruth Greenberg, J.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Danny Kaloupek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
*Terence Keane, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chairman, Division of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Chief, Psychology Service, Boston VA Medical Center/Outpatient Clinics; Director, National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Behavioral Science Division
*Marcel Kinsbourne, M.D.
Research Professor, Cognitive Studies, Tufts New England Medical Center; Consulting Neurologist, Boston VA Medical Center
*Conan Kornetsky, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine
Maxine Krengel, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, and Instructor in Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Francesca LaVecchia, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Chief Neuropsychologist, Statewide Head Injury Program
Jacqueline Liederman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Boston University
Jennifer Luebke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Associate Professor (Research) Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Patrick McNamara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychaitry, Boston University School of Medicine
Lena Moskovich, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor in Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
*Mark Moss, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
*Margaret Naeser, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Research Speech Pathologist/Linguist, Boston VA Medical Center; Director, Neuroimaging Research Section, Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center at the Boston VA Medical Center
Loraine Obler, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor, Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center at the Boston VA Medical Center; Distinguished Professor in Speech and Hearing Sciences, City University of New York Graduate School
Clare O’Callaghan, R.N., Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Neuropsychologist, Private Practice; Senior Supervising Neuropsychologist, South End Community Health Center, Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center
Carole Palumbo, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Deepak Pandya, M.D.
Professor of Neurology, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
*Penny Prather, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor of Neurology, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Neuropsychologist, Children’s Hospital, Boston
Katherine Putnam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Schoolof Medicine; Research Psychology, Boston VA Healthcare Center
Douglas L. Rosene, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Larry Seidman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director, Neuropsychology, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Paul Spiers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Visiting Scientist, Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Clinical Neuropsychologist, Neuropsychology Associates, P.C.
Chris Streeter, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
*Robert Stern, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Co-Director and Director of Neuropsychology for the Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical and Research Program (ADCRP), and Associate Director of the Clinical Core of the NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center
Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Louis Vachon, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Psychiatrist, Boston Medical Center
*Mieke Verfaellie, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine;
Research Career Scientist, VA Boston Health Care System
*Roberta White, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health;
Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology), Boston University School of Medicine;
Director of Clinical Neuropsychology, Boston University School of Medicine;
Director of Clinical Neuropsychology, Boston VA Medical Center; Director, Boston Environmental Hazards Center
Associated Faculty
Jane Holmes Bernstein, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Senior Associate in Psychology, Children’s Hospital, Boston; Director, Neuropsychology Program, Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital, Boston
Michael P. Biber, M.D.
Medical Director, Neurocare Inc., Chestnut Hill, MA; Clinical Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Senior Associate Neurologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Christopher Brady, Ph.D.
Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Research Associate, Boston University School of Medicine; Research Health Scientist, VA Boston Healthcare System
Robert Ferrante, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology/Laboratory Services/Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Director, Experimental Neuropathology Laboratory, GRECC Unit, Bedford VA Medical Center; and Health Research Scientist, and Neurobehavior Clinician, GRECC Dementia Study Unit, Bedford Veterans Administration Hospital
David Gansler, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCN
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Suffolk University; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine
J. Stephen Heisel, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Psychiatrist, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Charles Levy, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus (Biology), Boston University
Simon Levy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Alan Mandell, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Staff Neurologist, Bedford VA Medical Center and Boston VA Medical Center
Neal McGrath, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Neuropsychologist, Private Practice
Marjorie Nicholas, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Graduate Program in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Margaret O’Connor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology), Harvard Medical School; Faculty, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
Whitney R. Powers, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Anatomy, Neurobiology and Health Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine, and Boston University
Kevin M. Spencer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Joseph Tecce, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Boston College
Eve Valera, Ph.D.
Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Research, MGH Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, and MGH Psychiatric Neuroimaging Unit
Nagagopal Venna, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Director of Neurology Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
