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  [### Marge Ahlquist, B.A.

 ](/people/marge-ahlquist) <mahlquist2@gmail.com>Lab Technician/Phlebotomist, TRACTS

 

 

 Marge Ahlquist is a lab technician/phlebotomist responsible for performing EKG measurements, and performing gait evaluation. 

 

 

      ![Marge Ahlquist, B.A.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/screen_shot_2015-01-22_at_4.32.24_pm.png?itok=cjPiOTiu) 

 

 

 

   [### Will Allen B.S.

 ](/people/will-allen)Research Assistant, TRACTS

 

 

 Will Allen graduated from Boston College in May of 2018 with a B.S. in Biology. Will's undergraduate research centered around microbiology, specifically the characterization of multidrug-resistant genes within Acinetobacter baumanni, a pathogen commonly... 

 

 

      ![Will Allen](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/will.jpg?itok=iuQ7RZbo) 

 

 

 

   [### Ryan Andrews, B.S.

 ](/people/ryan-andrews-bs) <ryanjandrews42@gmail.com>Research Assistant, TRACTS

 

 

 Ryan graduated with a BS in Behavioral Neuroscience and minor in Psychology from Lehigh University in 2015. 

 

 

      ![Ryan Andrews, B.S.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/image.jpg?itok=ygYy30nC) 

 

 

 

   [### Britta Beck, B.A.

 ](/people/britta-beck-bachelors) <britta.m.beck@gmail.com>Alumni

 

 

 Brigitta graduated from Endicott College with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a focus on Neuroscience in May 2018. She participated in collegiate internships with TRACTS at the Boston VA Healthcare System, as well as with the Bon Secours Health... 

 

 

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   [### Amrita Bedi, B.S.

 ](/people/amrita-bedi-bs) <amrita.bedi@va.gov>Alumni

 

 

 Amrita Bedi joined the TRACTS team in October 2018 after graduating from The City College of New York with a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. During her undergraduate studies, Amrita was a Product Engineering Intern at Soterix Medical where... 

 

 

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   [### John Bernstein

 ](/people/john-bernstein-0)Ph.D.

 

 

 John received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Louisiana State University and completed his predoctoral internship at the Minneapolis VA Healthcare System. He is interested in using cognitive and psychiatric data to predict changes in everyday... 

 

 

      ![John Bernstein](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/john_bernstein.jpeg?itok=I6EDViGr) 

 

 

 

   [### Emma Brown, B.S.

 ](/people/emma-brown-bs) <emmargbr@bu.edu>Research Assistant, TRACTS

Research Assistant, NeRVe

 

 

 Emma earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and minor in Computer Science from Boston University. Her research interests include the impacts of deployment trauma and aging on structural and functional changes in the brain. During her time with TRACTS... 

 

 

      ![Emma Brown](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/image1.jpeg?itok=ZalPPSXQ) 

 

 

 

   [### Morgane Bulpin, B.A.

 ](/people/morgane-bulpin-ba) <mbulpin@bu.edu>Research Assistant, BAL Lab

 

 

 Morgane Bulpin graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in Neuroscience in May 2017. She is currently working on a study that investigates training-related neuroplasticity in developmental prosopagnosia. She is also involved in a study testing... 

 

 

      ![Morgan Bulpin](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/morgane.jpg?itok=t8u_DLVF) 

 

 

 

   [### Christopher Chiu, B.A.

 ](/people/christopher-chiu) <cchiu3@u.rochester.edu>Research Assistant, Bal Lab

 

 

 Christopher Chiu graduated from the University of Rochester with a bachelor degree in Psychology and a minor in Brain Cognitive Sciences. Chris' prior research experience has primarily focused on mood disorders including research on depression and anxiety... 

 

 

      ![Christopher Chiu, B.A.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/screen_shot_2015-01-23_at_10.06.50_am.png?itok=6oQmDQcH) 

 

 

 

   [### Alexandra Clark

 ](/people/alexandra-clark)Research Assistant

 

 

 Alexandra Clark was a full-time research technician responsible for subject recruitment, scheduling of tests and on-site data collection. 

 

 

      ![Alexandra Clark](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/screen_shot_2015-01-23_at_10.08.56_am.png?itok=l2DAIXDM) 

 

 

 

   [### Livie Clark, BS

 ](/people/livie-clark-bs) <olcark@bu.edu>

 Livie Clark started in September and works as a Research Statistician on the UMSL IPV study in TRACTS. She studied Health Sciences at BU and will earn her MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics this Spring, also at BU. Next fall, she will pursue her JD in... 

 

 

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   [### Tristan Colaizzi, B.A.

 ](/people/tristan-colaizzi) <tristan.colaizzi@va.gov>Senior Biorepository Research Coordinator, TRACTS

 

 

 Tristan Colaizzi graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in Psychology with minors in Neuroscience and Public Health. Tristan's research interests are in the diagnosis and reporting of Traumatic Brain Injury. During his time with TRACTS he has focused... 

 

 

      ![Tristan Colaizzi, B.A.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/r0000989_1.jpg?itok=JOO5Ed2g) 

 

 

 

   [### Samarah Cook, A.B.

 ](/people/samarah-cook) <samarahcook@gmail.com>Research Assistant, TRACTS

 

 

 Samarah Cook graduated with departmental honors from Vassar College with an A.B. in Neuroscience &amp; Behavior. During her undergraduate studies, she worked in a neuroendocrinology lab examining estrogenic effects on TBI in zebra finches. She also completed... 

 

 

      ![Samarah Cook, A.B.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/img_2481.jpg?itok=3Ak-OTLF) 

 

 

 

   [### Vincent Corbo, Ph.D.

 ](/people/vincent-corbo-phd) <v.corbo@snhu.edu>Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern New Hampshire University.

 

 

 I am currently interested in the cognitive, emotional and neurological impact of early life trauma on adults exposed to stress and trauma. 

 

 

      ![img_2151.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/img_2151_2.jpg?itok=MQ-nFU2E) 

 

 

 

   [### Raychel Dayton

 ](/people/raychel-dayton)Research Assistant

 

 

 Rachael Dayton was a full-time research technician responsible for subject recruitment, scheduling of tests and on-site data collection. 

 

 

      ![screen_shot_2015-01-23_at_10.10.23_am.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/screen_shot_2015-01-23_at_10.10.23_am.png?itok=b5wesZy1) 

 

 

 

   [### Vitaly Dobromyslin

 ](/people/vitaly-dobromyslin)Research Assistant

 

 

 Vitaly Dobromyslin was a full-time MRI technician responsible for processing imaging data. 

 

 

      ![screen_shot_2015-01-23_at_10.12.40_am.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/screen_shot_2015-01-23_at_10.12.40_am.png?itok=qWokyQ06) 

 

 

 

   [### Ayo Douglas, B.S.

 ](/people/ayo-douglas-bs)Research Assistant, BAL Lab

 

 

 Ayooluwa (Ayo) Douglas is a research assistant in the BAL Lab. She studies training-related effects in developmental prosopagnosia. Ayo graduated from Duke University in May 2017 with a B.S. in Biology. 

 

 

      ![Ayo Douglas](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/ayo.jpg?itok=GGWAqsjb) 

 

 

 

   [### Vladislav Bravman

 ](/people/vladislav-bravman) <Vladislav.Bravman@va.gov>Data Analyst

 

 

 Vlad joined TRACTS as a data analyst in June 2022 and graduated from the University of Florida with an M.S. in biostatistics. He is involved in many projects requiring data preparation, analysis, validation, and visualization. He also takes an... 

 

 

      ![photo of Vlad - data analyst at TRACTS](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/Vlad%20Headshot.jpg?itok=7oEOOe-Z) 

 

 

 

  

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