Trainees
Sarah Bottari, PhD
Sarah.Bottari@va.govPostdoctoral Fellow
Sarah is a postdoctoral clinical research fellow in neuropsychology and joined the TRACTS team in August 2025. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Florida and completed her internship with an emphasis in neuropsychology at...
Molly Higgins, PhD
Molly.Higgins1@va.govPostdoctoral Fellow
Molly is a postdoctoral clinical research fellow in psychology and joined the TRACTS team in August 2026. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in trauma from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and completed her...
Arielle Knight, M.P.H.
arielle.knight@va.govResearch Assistant, TRACTS
Arielle joined the TRACTS team in June 2022 and will be working on multiple projects, including our new study focusing on the relationship between combat exposure and Alzheimer's disease (ATRACTS). Currently, Arielle is a PhD candidate at Boston...
Abbs Kortenhoeven, PhD
Abigail.Kortenhoeven@va.govPostdoctoral Fellow
Abbs joined the TRACTS team in September 2026 as a postdoctoral research fellow. She received her PhD in Experimental Psychology with an emphasis in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience from Texas Tech University. She was a 2025-2026 Fulbright-University...
Kerri Walter, PhD
Kerri.Walter@va.govPostdoctoral Fellow
Kerri joined the TRACTS team in July 2025 as a postdoctoral health science research fellow. She completed her BS in Neuroscience from the University of Delaware followed by obtaining her PhD in Psychology with a concentration in Vision Science from...
Tyler Robinson, PhD
tyler.robinson@va.gov Tyler joined the TRACTS team in September 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow with an interest brain aging, translational research, and epigenetics. He completed his PhD at Louisiana State University before working with the Cranium lab at the Rotman Research...