Faculty

Core faculty hold appointments in the Medical and Graduate Schools of Boston University, as well as senior research or clinical staff positions in the Psychology, Neurology or Research Services of the VA Boston Healthcare System.

Martin Albert, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center at the Boston VA Medical Center

Rhoda Au, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Collaborator, Framingham Heart Study

Marlene Oscar Berman, PhD
Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Boston University School of Medicine
Research Career Scientist, Boston VA Medical Center
Lecturer in Neurology, Tufts New England Medical Center

Terence Keane, PhD
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   

Maxine Krengel, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology), Boston University School of Medicine       

Francesca LaVecchia, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine 

Margaret Naeser, PhD
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

Penny Prather, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Neurology, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Neuropsychologist, Children’s Hospital, Boston

Robert Stern, PhD
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

Mieke Verfaellie, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Research Career Scientist, VA Boston Health Care System

Roberta White, PhD
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

Sanford H. Auerbach, MD
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, PhD
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Professor of Health Sciences, Boston University

Christopher B. Brady, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine

Andrew E. Budson, MD
Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Associate Director for Research, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center

William DeBassio, PhD, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine

Raymon Durso, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Parkinson Clinic, Boston VA Medical Center

Michael Esterman, PhD
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

Laura Grande, PhD, ABPP/ABCN
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology (Psychiatry), Harvard Medical School

Jasmeet Pannu Hayes, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Scott M. Hayes, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Research Psychologist, VA Boston Healthcare System

Jacqueline Liederman, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Boston University

Ann C. McKee, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine

Patrick McNamara, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Mark Moss, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Thomas Perls, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Chris Streeter, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Stacy Anderson-Toomey, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Margaret Bauman, MD
Associate Profesor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Adjunct Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Michael P. Biber, MD
Medical Director, Neurocare Inc., Chestnut Hill, MA
Clinical Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Senior Associate Neurologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Deborah Brief, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Adam Cassidy, PhD
Instructor in Psychology/Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

David Gansler, PhD, ABPP/ABCN
Associate Professor of Psychology, Suffolk University

Ruth Greenberg, JD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Gordon J. Harris, PhD
Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Vinoth Jagaroo, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Emerson College

Robert Joseph, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Danny Kaloupek, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Gary Kaplan, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine

Ronald Killiany, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Marcel Kinsbourne, MD
Professor of Psychology, The New School
Consulting Neurologist, Boston VA Medical Center

Conan Kornetsky, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine

Neil Kowall, MD
Professor of Neurology and Professor of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine

Kimberly Leite-Morris, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine

Elizabeth Leritz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Simon Levy, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Nikos Makris, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Alan Mandell, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Staff Neurologist, Bedford VA Medical Center and Boston VA Medical Center

Brian Marx, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Regina McGlinchey-Berroth, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Neal McGrath, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Neuropsychologist, Private Practice

William P. Milberg, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Mark Miller, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Elisabeth Moes, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Suffolk University

Lisa Najavits, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Marjorie Nicholas, PhD, CCC-SLP
Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA

Clare O’Callaghan, RN, EdD
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Private Practice; Senior Neuropsychologist, South End Community Health Center

Marcia Ratner, PhD
Research Associate, Dept. of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine

Dorene Rentz, PsyD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Kathleen S. Rockland, PhD  
Research Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Douglas L. Rosene, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Rani Sarkis, MD, MS
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Neurologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

David Salat, PhD
Assistant Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Larry Seidman, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director, Neuropsychology, Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Marisa Silveri, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Associate Research Psychologist, Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital

Denise Sloan, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Jean-Jacques Soghomonian, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Kevin M. Spencer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Kimberly Sullivan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health

Joseph Tecce, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Boston College

Lucia Vaina, MD, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Research Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine

Eve Valera, PhD
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Research, MGH Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, and MGH Psychiatric Neuroimaging Unit

Nagagopal Venna, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Director of Neurology Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital

Gloria Waters, PhD
Vice President and Associate Provost for Research, Boston University
Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University

Irina Zhdanova, MD, PhD
Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine