Tahlia Bragg

Dr. Tahlia Bragg (she/her pronouns in English and Spanish) is a Clinical Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Associate at Boston University Chobanian & Avedesian School of Medicine in the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center. She completed her doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at Fielding Graduate University and her predoctoral internship at The Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology (CMTP) at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center, where her clinical foci were providing behavioral and psychotherapeutic interventions in systems-based care for children and families. Dr. Bragg’s dissertation examined how childhood and adolescent stress exposure influenced the risk for accelerated cognitive aging and poorer physical and mental health outcomes in self-identifying Black people. Her postdoctoral research interests in Clinical Neuropsychology emphasize abolishing racial disparities in neuropsychology that may harm Black self-identified communities experiencing endemic rates of onset for Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. Dr. Bragg is the recent recipient of an NIA Diversity Supplement investigating perceived racism and risk for cardiovascular disease and neurocognitive aging in older adults who self-identify as Black. Dr. Bragg is a scholar in the 2023-2025 Cohort of the Emerging Scholars Program on Black Men’s Brain Health in partnership with the NFL Alumni Association, Alzheimer’s Association, and the National Institute of Aging. She was awarded the 2022 Stuart C. Tentoni Outstanding Professional Development Program Award by the American Psychological Association (APA). In 2023, she was awarded the Foremother Award—Early Career Track from Division 35, Section 1 (Black Women in Psychology) of the APA for her commitment to mentorship and representation of Black womxn in psychology and academia.