Alumni

Alex Mitko, B.A.
Research Assistant, BAL Lab
Alex Mitko joined the BAL lab as a research assistant after graduating from Hamilton College in May 2016. He is currently working on a study testing cognitive training in a drug abuse rehabilitation program. He is also involved in the lab’s transcranial...
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Kathleen Moriarty
Research Assistant
Kathleen Moriarty was a full-time research technician responsible for subject recruitment, scheduling of tests and on-site data collection.

Randall Newmark, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow, TRACTS
Randall was a post-doctoral fellow whose research focuses on identifying the behavioral and neural correlates of increased stress in veterans with active suicidal ideation. His other interests include using structural and functional neuroimaging methods...
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Hidefusa Okabe, B.A.
Research Assistant, Bal Lab
Hide graduated with a BA in Psychology from NYU, and is a research assistant for the Boston Attention & Learning Laboratory. He has been conducting research on the neural mechanisms of sustained attention using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). In...
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Victoria Nicole Poole, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Bal Lab
Post-doctoral Fellow, Gerontology Department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)
Victoria is a postdoctoral fellow in the BIDMC/Harvard "Translational Research in Aging" T32 program and is mentored by Drs. Bill Milberg and Michael Esterman. She received her BS in Chemistry from Oakwood University (2009) and PhD in Biomedical...
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Megan Powell, B.A.
Research Assistant, TRACTS and GRECC
Megan Powell was a Research Assistant at TRACTS.
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Ann Rasmusson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Ann Rasmusson, MD is the Psychiatry Liaison, PTSD Research and Education, at VA Boston Healthcare System, a Research Associate of the VA National Center for PTSD, Women's Health Science Division, and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Boston...
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Meghan E. Robinson, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Researcher, TRACTS
Post-doctoral Researcher, Neuroimaging Research for Veterans (NeRVe) Center; Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE)
Post-doctoral Researcher, Boston University School of Medicine
My research to date has focused on task-based and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and the study of traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially those not associated with symptoms of concussion. I recieved by PhD from Purdue...
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Monica Rosenberg
Research Assistant
Monica Rosenberg was a full-time research technician responsible for subject recruitment, scheduling of tests and on-site data collection.

Jim Rudolph, M.D.
Director, Geriatric Neuropsychology Lab
Along with his clinical practice, Dr. Rudolph assisted the GNL in the assessment of neuropsychological function, gait, balance and bladder function.
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Kathryn Russo, B.S.
Research Assistant, Bal Lab
Kathryn recently graduated from Temple University with a B.S. in neuroscience, and she was a research assistant in the Boston Attention and Learning Laboratory. Her research interests include attention, PTSD, molecular neuroscience, and Autism Spectrum...
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Nicolette F. Schwarz, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Research Fellow in GRECC and the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
M​y research involves cognitive neuroscience methods​​ and neuroimaging in particular. Using MRI, I study brain ​structure and ​function in individuals with cardio-metabolic syndrome as part of Dr. Elizabeth Leritz's R01 study, which examines neuroimaging...
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Jeffrey M. Spielberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware.
My research investigates neural networks involved in trauma and anxiety, with a particular focus on circuitry involved in two sets of processes central to pursuing goals – motivation and executive function.
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Caroline Sablone, B.A.
Research Assistant, TRACTS
Caroline joined the TRACTS team in July 2022 after graduating from Bowdoin College with her B.A. in Neuroscience with a minor in Sociology. She will be working on both the TRACTS and STEP-Home studies. Through this work she hopes to foster her passion for...
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