Mieke H. Verfaellie, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
Dr. Verfaellie is a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the BU Memory Disorders Research Center. She is also a Research Career Scientist at VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Verfaellie received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1986, and following several years of predoctoral research training at the University of Florida, completed postdoctoral training at VA Boston Healthcare System/Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.
Dr. Verfaellie’s research aims to elucidate the cognitive and neural bases of various forms of human memory, through the study of patients with memory disorders as well as individuals with intact memory. In addition to the study of patients with selective amnesia, her current research extends to other clinical populations in whom memory impairment is one of the presenting complaints, such as individuals who suffered cardiac arrest or traumatic brain injury. Her research is funded through the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Verfaellie is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. She serves on the editorial board of several journals, including Neuropsychology, Neuropsychologia, and Journal of Memory and Language.
Other Positions
- Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- Université catholique de Louvain, PhD
Publications
- Published on 1/26/2025
Verfaellie M, Patt V, Lafleche G, Jones D, Vasterling JJ. Choosing certainty over risk: Associations of PTSD symptom severity with memory sampling during experiential decision making. J Anxiety Disord. 2025 Mar; 110:102979. PMID: 39889322.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/18/2024
Katrinli S, Wani AH, Maihofer AX, Ratanatharathorn A, Daskalakis NP, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Núñez-Ríos DL, Zannas AS, Zhao X, Aiello AE, Ashley-Koch AE, Avetyan D, Baker DG, Beckham JC, Boks MP, Brick LA, Bromet E, Champagne FA, Chen CY, Dalvie S, Dennis MF, Fatumo S, Fortier C, Galea S, Garrett ME, Geuze E, Grant G, Hauser MA, Hayes JP, Hemmings SMJ, Huber BR, Jajoo A, Jansen S, Kessler RC, Kimbrel NA, King AP, Kleinman JE, Koen N, Koenen KC, Kuan PF, Liberzon I, Linnstaedt SD, Lori A, Luft BJ, Luykx JJ, Marx CE, McLean SA, Mehta D, Milberg W, Miller MW, Mufford MS, Musanabaganwa C, Mutabaruka J, Mutesa L, Nemeroff CB, Nugent NR, Orcutt HK, Qin XJ, Rauch SAM, Ressler KJ, Risbrough VB, Rutembesa E, Rutten BPF, Seedat S, Stein DJ, Stein MB, Toikumo S, Ursano RJ, Uwineza A, Verfaellie MH, Vermetten E, Vinkers CH, Ware EB, Wildman DE, Wolf EJ, Young RM, Zhao Y, van den Heuvel LL, Uddin M, Nievergelt CM, Smith AK, Logue MW. Epigenome-wide association studies identify novel DNA methylation sites associated with PTSD: a meta-analysis of 23 military and civilian cohorts. Genome Med. 2024 Dec 18; 16(1):147. PMID: 39696436.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/11/2024
DeGutis J, Palsamudram T, Campbell A, Fry R, Verfaellie M, Anderson ND. Better face-name recall is associated with better face recognition ability. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2024 Nov 11; 17470218241290229. PMID: 39324221.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/17/2024
Knoff AA, Vasterling JJ, Verfaellie M. Beyond trauma: a review of content and linguistic characteristics of nontrauma narratives in posttraumatic stress disorder. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2024; 15(1):2407733. PMID: 39415679.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/27/2024
Wani AH, Katrinli S, Zhao X, Daskalakis NP, Zannas AS, Aiello AE, Baker DG, Boks MP, Brick LA, Chen CY, Dalvie S, Fortier C, Geuze E, Hayes JP, Kessler RC, King AP, Koen N, Liberzon I, Lori A, Luykx JJ, Maihofer AX, Milberg W, Miller MW, Mufford MS, Nugent NR, Rauch S, Ressler KJ, Risbrough VB, Rutten BPF, Stein DJ, Stein MB, Ursano RJ, Verfaellie MH, Vermetten E, Vinkers CH, Ware EB, Wildman DE, Wolf EJ, Nievergelt CM, Logue MW, Smith AK, Uddin M. Blood-based DNA methylation and exposure risk scores predict PTSD with high accuracy in military and civilian cohorts. BMC Med Genomics. 2024 Sep 27; 17(1):235. PMID: 39334086.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/19/2024
Palsamudram T, Campbell A, Fry R, Yosef B, Kirsch L, Anderson ND, Verfaellie M, DeGutis J. Face naming and recollection represent key memory deficits in developmental prosopagnosia. Cortex. 2024 Nov; 180:78-93. PMID: 39378712.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/15/2024
Katrinli S, Wani AH, Maihofer AX, Ratanatharathorn A, Daskalakis NP, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Núñez-Ríos DL, Zannas AS, Zhao X, Aiello AE, Ashley-Koch AE, Avetyan D, Baker DG, Beckham JC, Boks MP, Brick LA, Bromet E, Champagne FA, Chen CY, Dalvie S, Dennis MF, Fatumo S, Fortier C, Galea S, Garrett ME, Geuze E, Grant G, Michael A Hauser, Hayes JP, Hemmings SM, Huber BR, Jajoo A, Jansen S, Kessler RC, Kimbrel NA, King AP, Kleinman JE, Koen N, Koenen KC, Kuan PF, Liberzon I, Linnstaedt SD, Lori A, Luft BJ, Luykx JJ, Marx CE, McLean SA, Mehta D, Milberg W, Miller MW, Mufford MS, Musanabaganwa C, Mutabaruka J, Mutesa L, Nemeroff CB, Nugent NR, Orcutt HK, Qin XJ, Rauch SAM, Ressler KJ, Risbrough VB, Rutembesa E, Rutten BPF, Seedat S, Stein DJ, Stein MB, Toikumo S, Ursano RJ, Uwineza A, Verfaellie MH, Vermetten E, Vinkers CH, Ware EB, Wildman DE, Wolf EJ, Young RM, Zhao Y, van den Heuvel LL, Uddin M, Nievergelt CM, Smith AK, Logue MW. Epigenome-wide association studies identify novel DNA methylation sites associated with PTSD: A meta-analysis of 23 military and civilian cohorts. medRxiv. 2024 Jul 15. PMID: 39072012.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/24/2024
Verfaellie M, Patt V, Lafleche G, Vasterling JJ. Associations between PTSD and temporal discounting: The role of future thinking. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2024 Dec; 85:101978. PMID: 38964185.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/19/2024
Patt VM, Strang C, Verfaellie M. The sign effect in temporal discounting does not require the hippocampus. Neuropsychologia. 2024 Jul 04; 199:108888. PMID: 38642846.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/3/2024
Mylonas D, Schapiro AC, Verfaellie M, Baxter B, Vangel M, Stickgold R, Manoach DS. Maintenance of Procedural Motor Memory across Brief Rest Periods Requires the Hippocampus. J Neurosci. 2024 Apr 03; 44(14). PMID: 38351000.
Read at: PubMed
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