VA Boston Psychology Training Program Graduation

 

On Wednesday, July 25th, 2018 the VA Boston Healthcare System Psychology Training Program held its annual commencement ceremony. Graduates included psychology trainees at all levels: 11 practicum students, 19 predoctoral interns, and 21 postdoctoral fellows. Jennifer Vasterling, PhD, Chief of Psychology and BUSM Professor of Psychiatry, presided over the ceremony. John Bradley, MD, Acting Chief of Mental Health Services, offered congratulatory remarks, as did training directors, Risa Weisberg, PhD, BUSM Professor of Psychiatry, Amy Silberbogen, BUSM Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Suzanne Pineles, PhD, BUSM Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr Pineles also received the annual Nga Pham award, which honors individuals for exceptional service and commitment to the education of our psychology trainees. The commencement address was offered by Lizbeth Roemer, PhD, Professor and Chair of Psychology, UMASS Boston. Dr Roemer, an alumnus of the VABHS internship and fellowship programs, offered moving remarks, guiding graduates on how to “discern what matters, stay connected to what matters, and integrate social justice into their work lives.”  A reception at the Elks Club of West Roxbury followed the ceremony.

    
Dr Lizbeth Roemer giving the Commencement Address, and Dr Vasterling and Steven Lancey, PhD, presenting the Nga Pham award to Dr Pineles


2017-2018 Graduating Class of Clinical Postdoctoral Fellows
Back Row: Amy Silberbogen, PhD, ABPP (Training Director), Christina Goodwin, PhD, Bruna Martins, PhD, Claire Burgess, PhD, Toni Maraldo, PhD, Amanda Roxbury, PhD, Kelly OMalley, PhD, Shawna Jacobs, PhD, Nikki Hegberg, PhD, and Sarah Rycroft, PhD

Front Row: Kathleen Holmes, PhD, Hannah King, PhD, Karen Gibson, PhD, Tory Hasler, PhD, and Laura Grande, PhD, ABPP

2017-2018 Graduating Class of Psychology Interns
Back row:  Amanda Brunette, Sarah Williston, Brett Goshe, Kevin Haworth, Evan Plys, Rachel Micol, Ronald Smith
Middle row: Sheena Dev, Liorah Sabbah-Talasazan, Victoria Ameral, Sharon Radomski, Julie Huston, Stephanie Larew, Michelle Bourgeois
Front row: Risa Weisberg (Training Director), Tejas Srinivas, Alexandra Rodman, Erica Appleman, Emily Manove, Rachel Geotze