# Directors ## expand\_more [### William Milberg, Ph.D. ](/people/william-milberg-phd) Principal Investigator and Director, TRACTS Associate Director for Research, New England GRECC, VABHS Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Dr. Milberg is a clinical and research psychologist who founded the Geriatric Neuropsychology laboratory when he became part of the GRECC in 1981.At that time the focus of the lab was on the cognitive consequences of dementia and stroke in older adults... ![Bill](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/dscn5416.jpeg?itok=BK2TfJGh) [### Catherine Fortier, Ph.D. ](/people/catherine-fortier-phd) [catherine\_fortier@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:catherine_fortier@hms.harvard.edu)Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director, TRACTS Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Psychologist, VA Boston Healthcare System I serve as Deputy Director of the RR&D TBI Center of Excellence at VA Boston Healthcare System (the Translational Center for TBI and Stress Disorders, TRACTS). Our Center is conducting state-of-the-art research studies that aim to understand how mild... ![Cate](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/fortier_1.jpeg?itok=LxhB-Rhv) [### Regina McGlinchey, Ph.D. (Deceased) ](/people/regina-mcglinchey-phd)Founding Director, VA RR&D TBI Research Center: TRACTS Associate Director for Research Training; GRECC VABHS Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School ![gina](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/heartbrain/files/screenshot_2023-08-04_at_4.34.19_pm_1.png?itok=xE9Xj-0T)