LATN Staff

Members of the LATN lab

Emma Palermo, BA

Clinical Research Assistant

Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience

McLean Hospital

Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 229
Phone: 617-855-4412

Email: ehpalermo@mclean.harvard.edu

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Madeline Ward, BA

Clinical Interviewer

Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience

McLean Hospital

Office: deMarneffe Building, office 235


Email: mward@mclean.harvard.edu

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Katie Azadi

Administrative Manager

Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 242
Phone: 617-855-4247

Email: kazadi@mclean.harvard.edu

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Emily Borges

Former Center role: Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
After CDASR: B.S. Candidate (2023), Neuroscience, Emmanuel College

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Rebecca Dunayev, BS

Clinical Research Assistant

Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience

McLean Hospital

Office: deMarneffe Building, office 229
Phone: 617-855-4425

Email: rdunayev@mclean.harvard.edu

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Danna Gelfand

Former Center role: Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
After CDASR: B.S. Candidate (2025), Health, Science, Society, and Policy, Brandeis University

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Mohammad S.E. Sendi, PhD

T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience

McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Office: Oaks Building, office 328
Phone: 617-855-3479

Email: msendi@mclean.harvard.edu

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Lauren Borchers, PhD

Former Center Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
After CDASR: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University

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Mario Bogdanov, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience

McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Office: deMarneffe Building, office 231
Phone: 617-855-7366

Email: mbogdanov1@mclean.harvard.edu

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Michelle Thai, PhD

Instructor, Department of Psychiatry

Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience

McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Office: deMarneffe Building, office 231
Phone: 617-855-4434

Email: methai@mclean.harvard.edu

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Molly Sapperstein, BS

Clinical Research Assistant

Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience

McLean Hospital

Office: deMarneffe Building, office 229
Phone: 617-855-2247

Email: msapperstein@mclean.harvard.edu

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Tatiana Papageourgiou, B.S.

Former Center Role: Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
After CDASR: B.S., Cognitive and Brain Science & Biology, Tufts University (2023)

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Kimberly Santos

Former Center role: McLean Mental Health Research Summer Program Fellow
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
After CDASR: B.A. Candidate (2024), Psychology, Gordon College

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Anel Zhunussova

Former Center role: Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
After CDASR: B.S. Candidate (2023), Biomedical Engineering & Business Administration, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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Aliza Brown, BA

Clinical Research Assistant

Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience

McLean Hospital

Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 229
Phone: 617-855-2589

Email: abrown98@mclean.harvard.edu

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