Dr. Rotem Dan awarded two post-doctoral scholarships
Dr. Rotem Dan has been awarded scholarships from the National Postdoctoral Award Program for Advancing Women in Science (Israel), as well as from the Hebrew University Post-Doctoral Scholarship Program for Women. Congratulations, Rotem!
Read MoreDr. Matthew Sacchet receives McLean Dorris Family Pilot Translational Award
Dr. Matthew Sacchet has recently received a 2021 McLean Dorris Family Pilot Translational Award. In his project entitled, “Multi-level mechanisms of mindfulness-based interventions for depression,” Matthew will use a variety of biological, computational, and psychological approaches to better understand the mechanisms of health-related benefits of mindfulness meditation-based interventions for individuals with depression. Congratulations, Matthew!
Read MoreDr. Jennifer Fanning receives McLean Dorris Family Pilot Translational Award
Dr. Jennifer Fanning has recently received a 2021 McLean Dorris Family Pilot Translational Award. In her project entitled, “Translational role of central amygdala in trauma-related retaliatory aggression,” Jennifer will conduct complementary human and mouse investigations (with Dr. Emily Newman) into the function of the central amygdala in trauma- and stress-exposed individuals using multimodal imaging approaches. Congratulations, Jennifer!
Read MoreDr. Matthew Sacchet promoted to Assistant Professor
Dr. Matthew Sacchet was recently promoted to Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations, Matthew!
Read MoreDr. Daniel Dillon promoted to Associate Professor
Dr. Daniel Dillon was recently promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations Dan!
Read MoreDr. Christian Webb promoted to Associate Professor
Dr. Christian Webb was recently promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations Christian!
Read MoreDr. Pizzagalli takes over as Editor for Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (CABN)
Dr. Diego Pizzagalli takes over as Editor for Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (CABN). Diego’s editorial highlights the journal’s goals and priorities. Please send us your papers! Congratulations Diego!
Read MoreDr. Ang awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Award
Dr. Yuen Ang has been awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Award. Yuen’s project is entitled “Neural Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Motivational Anhedonia in Depression,” and will use an innovative paradigm he has developed to probe the neural correlates of cognitive effort in MDD. Congratulations Yuen!
Read MoreDr. Sacchet awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Award
Dr. Matthew Sacchet has been awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Award. Matthew’s project is entitled “Person-specific Functional Brain Mapping and Major Depressive Disorder” and will pursue innovative analyses probing functional network at the individual level, and will link these metrics to various clinical measures. Congratulations Matthew!
Read MoreDr. Pizzagalli receives Conte Center grant
Dr. Diego Pizzagalli will serve as the center director for the recently awarded Silvio O. Conte Centers for Translational Mental Health Research grant. Under the title “Novel Treatment Targets for Affective Disorders Through Cross-Species Investigation of Approach/Avoidance Decision Making,” this Silvio O. Conte Centers for Translational Mental Health Research grant involves laboratories from McLean, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Washington, and Brown University. Congratulations Diego and team! You can read more about the grant...
Read MoreDr. Jennifer Fanning promoted to Assistant Professor
Dr. Jennifer Fanning was recently promoted to Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations Jennifer!
Read MoreDr. Romer receives National Research Service Award (NRSA)
Adrienne Romer was awarded an NRSA from NIMH for her proposal entitled “Replicability, Mechanisms, and Trajectory of Neural Alterations Related to General Psychopathology.” Congrats Adrienne!
Read MoreSteve Lamontagne awarded Rossano Mind, Brain and Behavior Pre-Doctoral Summer Fellowship
Steve Lamontagne has been awarded a Rossano Mind, Brain and Behavior Pre-Doctoral Summer Fellowship from McLean Hospital for a project entitled “Role of Dopamine Function in Cognitive Control Performance: Behavioral & Physiological Correlates.” Congrats Steve!
Read MoreDr. Sacchet receives Rappaport Mental Health Research Scholar Award
Matthew Sacchet has been awarded a Rappaport Mental Health Research Scholar Award from McLean Hospital for his project entitled, “Stress Mechanisms of Mindfulness-based Interventions for Depression.” Congrats Matthew!
Read MoreDr. Belleau receives K23 award
Emily Belleau has been awarded a K23 from NIMH entitled “Neural Correlates of Stress and Perceived Control in Adolescent Depression.” Congrats Emily!
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