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
Rhoda Au, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
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
Christopher B. Brady, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Deborah Brief, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Andrew E. Budson, M.D.
Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Associate Director for Research, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center
*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, Professor of Neurology; 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
Michael Esterman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Co-director, Boston Attention and Learning Laboratory; Associate Director, Functional Neuroimaging, Boston VA Neuroimaging Center, Boston VA Healthcare System
Ruth Greenberg, J.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Scott M. Hayes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Research Psychologist, VA Boston Healthcare System
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, Behavioral Science Division, National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
*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
Francesca LaVecchia, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Chief Neuropsychologist, Statewide Head Injury Program
Jacqueline Liederman, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Boston University
Patrick McNamara, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychaitry, 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
*Carole Palumbo, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Thomas Perls, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, 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
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.
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine; Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy; Director of the Clinical Core of the NIH-Funded BU Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Louis Vachon, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Psychiatrist, Boston Medical Center
Lucia Vaina, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University; Research Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
*Mieke Verfaellie, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine;
Research Career Scientist, VA Boston Health Care System
Gloria Waters, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University
*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
Charles Zucker, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Associated Faculty
Belinda Anderson, Ph.D., LAc
Academic Dean and Research Director, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, NY; Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Margaret Bauman, M.D.
Associate Profesor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Jane Holmes Bernstein, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Senior Associate in Psychology/Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital, Boston; Director, Neuropsychology Program, Department of Psychiatry, Boston Children’s Hospital
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
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
William Bosl, Ph.D.
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
David Gansler, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCN
Associate Professor of Psychology, Suffolk University
Terrill Gibbs, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine
Laura Grande, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Adjunct Instructor of Psychology (Psychiatry), Harvard Medical School
Gordon J. Harris, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Jasmeet Pannu Hayes, Ph.d.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Vinoth Jagaroo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Emerson College
Robert Joseph, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Gary Kaplan, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine
Ronald Killiany, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Neil Kowall, M.D.
Professor of Neurology and Professor of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine
Maxine Krengel, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology), Boston University School of Medicine
Kimberly Leite-Morris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine
Elizabeth Leritz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Simon Levy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Nikos Makris, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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
Brian Marx, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Regina McGlinchey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Neal McGrath, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Neuropsychologist, Private Practice
William P. Milberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Mark Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Elisabeth Mose, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Suffolk University
Lisa Najavits, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Marjorie Nicholas, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Graduate Program in Communication Sciences and Disorders
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
Whitney R. Powers, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Anatomy, Neurobiology and Health Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine, and Boston University
Marcia Ratner, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Dept. of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine
Dorene Rentz, Psy.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Douglas L. Rosene, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
David Salat, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Larry Seidman, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director, Neuropsychology, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Marisa Silveri, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Associate Research Psychologist, Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital
Denise Sloan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Jean-Jacques Soghomonian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Kevin M. Spencer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Kimberly Sullivan, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
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
Irina Zhdanova, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

