Director
Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD
Director, Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research
Director of Research, Division of Depression & Anxiety Disorders
Director, McLean Imaging Center
Director, Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
CDASR office: deMarneffe Building, Room 233C
CDASR phone: 617-855-4230
MIC office: McLean Imaging Center, Room 130
MIC phone: 617-855-2797
FAX: 617-855-4231
Email: dap@mclean.harvard.edu
Faculty
Emily Belleau, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: McLean Imaging Center, office 107
Phone: 617-855-4245
Email: ebelleau@mclean.harvard.edu
Andrea Cataldo, PhD
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Neuroscientist
Motivated Learning & Memory Lab
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 225
Phone: 781-243-9593
Email: amcataldo@mclean.harvard.edu
Daniel Dillon, PhD
Director, Motivated Learning & Memory Laboratory
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 244
Phone: 617-855-4233
Email: ddillon@mclean.harvard.edu
Manuel Kuhn, PhD
Director, Neuroimaging and Instrumentation Core
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 233B
Phone: 617-855-4429
Email: mkuhn@mclean.harvard.edu
Poornima Kumar, PhD
Director, COMputational Psychopathology (COMP) Group
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: McLean Imaging Center Office 107
Phone: 617-855-4244
Email: pkumar@mclean.harvard.edu
Arkadiy Maksimovskiy, PhD
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Motivated Learning & Memory Laboratory
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 225
Phone: 617-855-2672
Isabelle M. Rosso, PhD
Director, Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 232
Phone: 617-855-2607
Email: irosso@hms.harvard.edu
Christian Webb, PhD
Director, Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 240
Phone: 617-855-4429
Email: cwebb@mclean.harvard.edu
Lab Website: https://WebbsLab.comPost-doctoral Fellows
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
Kreshnik Burani, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Motivated Learning and Memory Laboratory
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 225
Phone: 617-855-4249
Email: kburani@mclean.harvard.edu
Kevin Clancy, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 226
Phone: 617-855-2120
Email: kclancy@mclean.harvard.edu
Rotem Dan, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 233A
Phone: 617-855-2919
Email: rdanyogev@mclean.harvard.edu
Quentin Devignes, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 226
Phone: 617-855-2120
Email: qdevignes@mclean.harvard.edu
Hadar Fisher, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 239
Phone: 617-855-7814
Email: hbfisher@mclean.harvard.edu
Steven Granger, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
Affective Neuroscience of Trauma and Resilience Lab
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: Oaks Building, office 330
Email: sgranger@mclean.harvard.edu
Ty Lees, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 231
Phone: 617-855-4428
Email: tlees@mclean.harvard.edu
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
Michelle Thai, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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
Peter Zhukovsky, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: McLean Imaging Center, office 107
Phone: 617-855-2963
Email: pzhukovsky@mclean.harvard.edu
Research Assistants and Staff
Eylul Akman, BS
Clinical Research Assistant
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: Oaks Building, Room 358
Phone: 617-855-2268
Email: eakman@partners.org
Madeline Alexander, PhD
Director of Clinical Assessment
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 234
Phone: 617-855-4435
Claire Anderson, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 233
Phone: 617-855-4421
Email: canderson1@mclean.harvard.edu
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
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
David Crowley, ALM
Manager of LATN Research Operations
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 233B
Phone: 617-855-4432
Email: djcrowley@mclean.harvard.edu
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
Madison Gilbertson, BS
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: McLean Imaging Center, Room 105
Phone: 617-855-3289
Email: mgilbertson@mclean.harvard.edu
Lauren Hutson, BA/BS
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 230
Phone: 617-855-4439
Email: lhutson@mclean.harvard.edu
Nigel Jaffe, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 239
Phone: 617-855-4246
Email: njaffe@mclean.harvard.edu
Sydney Jobson, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: Oaks Building, Room 358
Phone: 617-855-2268
Email: sjobson@mclean.harvard.edu
Janice Kiley
Senior Grant Manager
Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 242
Phone: 617-855-4241
Email: jkiley@mclean.harvard.edu
Monica Landi, MSW
Clinical Interviewer
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 234
Phone: 617-855-2132
Email: mlandi@mclean.harvard.edu
Iris Li, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 230
Phone: 617-855-4432
Email: moli1@mclean.harvard.edu
Abigail Moline, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Motivated Learning and Memory Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 225
Phone: 617-855-4236
Email: amoline@mclean.harvard.edu
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
Kristina Pidvirny, BS
Clinical Research Assistant
Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 238
Phone: 617-855-4195
Email: kpidvirny@mclean.harvard.edu
Yara Pollmann, BS
Clinical Research Assistant
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 224
Phone: 617-855-2268
Email: ypollmann@mclean.harvard.edu
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
Anna Tierney, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 241
Phone: 617-855-4239
Email: aotierney@mclean.harvard.edu
Isabelle Vratimos, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 224
Phone: 617-855-2268
Email: ivratimos@mgb.org 
Madeline Ward, BA
Clinical Interviewer
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 235
Email: mward@mclean.harvard.edu
Sylvie Weinstein, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: Oaks Building, office 358
Phone: 617-855-2268
Email: sjweinstein@mclean.harvard.edu
Brianna Weissel, BS
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: McLean Imaging Center, office 105
Phone: 617-855-4173
Email: bweissel@mclean.harvard.edu
Sarah Woronko, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, Room 230
Phone: 617-855-4431
Email: sworonko@mclean.harvard.edu
Students and Visiting Scholars
Subul Ahmad
Undergraduate Intern
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: Oaks Building
Email: sahmad9@mgb.org
B.S. Candidate (2025), Neuroscience and Neurobiology, Harvard University
Nicole Cassarino, MPH
Graduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Doctor of Medicine (candidate), Tufts University School of Medicine
Hannah Dineen
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
Email: hdineen@mclean.harvard.edu
B.A. Candidate (2025), Psychology, Williams College
Madison Fisher
Undergraduate Intern
Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
Email: mfisher@mclean.harvard.edu
B.A. Candidate (2024), Psychology, Colby College
Kshitij Kumar, MS
Graduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email: kkumar13@mgb.org
M.S., Cognitive Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2021)
Tracy Lam
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
Email: clam@mclean.harvard.edu
B.A. Candidate (2024), Clinical Psychology and Fine Arts, Tufts University
Meaghan McKenna
Undergraduate Intern
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: Oaks Building
Email: mmckenna@mgb.org
B.A. Candidate (2024), Neuroscience & Behavior and Latin, Mount Holyoke College
Yeabsira Mohammed
Undergraduate Intern
Motivated Learning and Memory Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
Email: ytmohammed@mgb.org
B.A. Candidate (2025), Computer Science and Neuroscience, Harvard University
Jacqueline Moss
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
Email: jmoss@mclean.harvard.edu
B.A. Candidate (2024), Applied Mathematics, Harvard University
Sarah Naticchia
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
B.A. Candidate (2025), Neuroscience, Harvard University
Jack Ognibene
Undergraduate Intern
Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
Email: jognibene@mclean.harvard.edu
B.S. Candidate (2024), Psychology, Northeastern University
Martino Schettino, MSc
Graduate Student
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 234
Email: mschettino@mclean.harvard.edu
PhD candidate (2024), Behavioral Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome
Lillian Shattuck
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
Email: lshattuck@mclean.harvard.edu
B.A. Candidate (2025), Psychology, Middlebury College
Valeria Strohmeier
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
Email: vstrohmeier@mclean.harvard.edu
B.A. Candidate (2025), Clinical Psychology, Tufts University