Brian James Stevenson, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Brian Stevenson
617.414.2035
85 E. Newton St

Biography

Dr. Brian J. Stevenson is a licensed psychologist and researcher for the VISN1 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the VA Bedford Healthcare System. Additionally, he serves as co-chair of the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Fellowship, as well as co-director of the Program for Outpatient, Wellness, Engagement, & Recovery (POWER), a clinic providing outpatient services to veterans living with serious mental illness, as well as director of the Work & Recovery Lab. Dr. Stevenson’s clinical and research endeavors focus on improving vocational outcomes of individuals living with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, as well as the provision of recovery-oriented psychotherapy services. He recently received a 5-year VA Rehabilitation Research & Development (RR&D) Career Development Award-2 (CDA-2) to develop and test a novel vocational counseling intervention to augment transitional work services. Dr. Stevenson serves as a member of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Task Force on Serious Mental Illness and Severe Emotional Disturbance (TFSMI/SED) where he is involved in advocacy and policy work to enhance recovery services for individuals living with serious mental illness. Dr. Stevenson is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry for Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine as well as Adjunct Instructor of Counseling Psychology at Boston College.

Education

  • University of California, Santa Barbara, PhD
  • San Jose State University, MA
  • University of California, Irvine, BA

Publications

  • Published on 11/13/2023

    Stevenson BJ, Calixte RM, Peckham AD, Degeis M, Teravainen TS, Chamberlin ES, Mueller L. Preventing job loss and functional decline: Description and demonstration of the Veterans Health Administration supported Employment: Engage and Keep (SEEK) program. Psychol Serv. 2023 Nov 13. PMID: 37956056.

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  • Published on 10/9/2023

    Müller M, Huber F, Arnaud M, Kraemer AI, Altimiras ER, Michaux J, Taillandier-Coindard M, Chiffelle J, Murgues B, Gehret T, Auger A, Stevenson BJ, Coukos G, Harari A, Bassani-Sternberg M. Machine learning methods and harmonized datasets improve immunogenic neoantigen prediction. Immunity. 2023 Nov 14; 56(11):2650-2663.e6. PMID: 37816353.

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  • Published on 9/21/2023

    Bobisse S, Bianchi V, Tanyi JL, Sarivalasis A, Missiaglia E, Pétremand R, Benedetti F, Torigian DA, Genolet R, Barras D, Michel A, Mastroyannis SA, Zsiros E, Dangaj Laniti D, Tsourti Z, Stevenson BJ, Iseli C, Levine BL, Speiser DE, Gfeller D, Bassani-Sternberg M, Powell DJ, June CH, Dafni U, Kandalaft LE, Harari A, Coukos G. A phase 1 trial of adoptive transfer of vaccine-primed autologous circulating T cells in ovarian cancer. Nat Cancer. 2023 Oct; 4(10):1410-1417. PMID: 37735588.

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  • Published on 6/30/2023

    Stevenson B, Teravainen T, Kathawalla UK, Singer M, Wilkins S, Mueller L, Kelly M, Ellison M, Shirk SD, Bakken S, Blustein D. Feasibility of a Career Development Intervention for Veterans in Vocational Rehabilitation: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jun 30; 12:e47986. PMID: 37389915.

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  • Published on 6/6/2023

    Schmidt J, Chiffelle J, Perez MAS, Magnin M, Bobisse S, Arnaud M, Genolet R, Cesbron J, Barras D, Navarro Rodrigo B, Benedetti F, Michel A, Queiroz L, Baumgaertner P, Guillaume P, Hebeisen M, Michielin O, Nguyen-Ngoc T, Huber F, Irving M, Tissot-Renaud S, Stevenson BJ, Rusakiewicz S, Dangaj Laniti D, Bassani-Sternberg M, Rufer N, Gfeller D, Kandalaft LE, Speiser DE, Zoete V, Coukos G, Harari A. Neoantigen-specific CD8 T cells with high structural avidity preferentially reside in and eliminate tumors. Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 06; 14(1):3188. PMID: 37280206.

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  • Published on 5/1/2023

    Kraemer AI, Chong C, Huber F, Pak H, Stevenson BJ, Müller M, Michaux J, Altimiras ER, Rusakiewicz S, Simó-Riudalbas L, Planet E, Wiznerowicz M, Dagher J, Trono D, Coukos G, Tissot S, Bassani-Sternberg M. The immunopeptidome landscape associated with T cell infiltration, inflammation and immune editing in lung cancer. Nat Cancer. 2023 May; 4(5):608-628. PMID: 37127787.

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  • Published on 2/27/2023

    Fritah H, Graciotti M, Lai-Lai Chiang C, Huguenin-Bergenat AL, Petremand R, Ahmed R, Guillaume P, Schmidt J, Stevenson BJ, Gfeller D, Harari A, Kandalaft LE. Cancer vaccines based on whole-tumor lysate or neoepitopes with validated HLA binding outperform those with predicted HLA-binding affinity. iScience. 2023 Apr 21; 26(4):106288. PMID: 36950115.

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  • Published on 2/27/2023

    Fritah H, Graciotti M, Lai-Lai Chiang C, Huguenin-Bergenat AL, Petremand R, Ahmed R, Guillaume P, Schmidt J, Stevenson BJ, Gfeller D, Harari A, Kandalaft LE. Cancer vaccines based on whole-tumor lysate or neoepitopes with validated HLA binding outperform those with predicted HLA-binding affinity. iScience. 2023 Apr 21; 26(4):106288. PMID: 36950115.

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  • Published on 10/28/2022

    Stevenson BJ, Kathawalla U, Smith C, Mueller L. Career Development in Transitional Work Settings: A Qualitative Investigation Among Veterans and Vocational Counselors. J Career Dev. 2023 Aug; 50(4):947-964. PMID: 37463233.

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  • Published on 7/18/2022

    Stevenson BJ, Calixte R, Mueller L. Recovery-oriented psychotherapy: Practical recommendations for psychologists in organized care settings. Psychol Serv. 2023 Nov; 20(4):918-928. PMID: 35849363.

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