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
Kevin Clancy, PhD
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
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
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
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
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
Hadar Fisher, PhD
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
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
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
Ty Lees, PhD
Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Andreas Strube, PhD
Graduate Trainee
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 233A
Phone: 617-855-4421
Email: astrube@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
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
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
Tracy Lam
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 233
Phone: 617-855-4431
Email: clam@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
Adrian Medina, MPH, EdM
Senior Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: McLean Imaging Center, office 105
Email: aamedina@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
Arnav Shiva, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 229
Phone: 617-855-4439
Email: ashiva@mclean.harvard.edu
Andie Stallman, MA
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: McLean Imaging Center, office 105
Phone: 617-855-4173
Email: astallman@mclean.harvard.edu
Sarah Syed, BS, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 230
Phone: 617-855-4430
Email: ssyed7@mclean.harvard.edu
Jiahong Tong, MA
Communications Specialist
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 233A
Phone: 617-855-4422
Email: jtong2@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
Ethan Zhang, BA
Clinical Research Assistant
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building, office 230
Phone: 617-855-7217
Email: ezhang24@mclean.harvard.edu Students and Visiting Scholars
Rhea Anand
Undergraduate Intern
Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth (TEDY) Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Email: ranand3@mclean.harvard.edu
A.B. candidate (2026), Psychology, Harvard University
Julianna Buchbinder
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
B.S. candidate (2025), Psychology, Northeastern University
Belén Cerda-Luna
MMHRSP Fellow
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
A.B. candidate (2024), Psychology, Harvard University
Valentina Cvackova
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email:
vcvackova@mclean.harvard.edu
B.S. Candidate (2024), Clinical Neuroscience, University of Rhode Island
Tucker Ellis
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email: teellis@mclean.harvard.edu
B.S. Candidate (2025), Biopsychology, Tufts University
Mira Gandhi
Undergraduate Coop Student
Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth (TEDY) Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Email: mgandhi8@mclean.harvard.edu
B.S. candidate (2025), Psychology, Northeastern University
Maryum Khan, BA
Graduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email: mnkhan@mclean.harvard.edu
B.A., Psychology, Rutgers University (2023)
Jennifer Lee, MA
Graduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email: jlee392@mclean.harvard.edu
M.A., Developmental Psychology, Columbia University Teachers College (2022)
Gaeun Lee
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email: glee37@mclean.harvard.edu
B.S. candidate (2026), Psychology, Yale University
Marvin Meiering, MSc
Graduate Trainee
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email: mmeiering@mclean.harvard.edu
M.Sc., Clinical Psychology, Medical School Berlin
Dahlia Shadid
MMHRSP Fellow
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Email: dshadid@mgb.org
B.A. candidate (2025), Clinical Psychology and Art History, Tufts University
Sara Shao, BS
Graduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email: sshao2@mclean.harvard.edu
B.S., Statistics (Data Science) & Psychology, Duke University
Nicola Sharp, BS
Graduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email:
nrsharp@mclean.harvard.edu
M.S. Candidate (2024), Media, Medicine and Health, Harvard Medical School
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
Mia Vaidean
Undergraduate Intern
Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Office: deMarneffe Building
Email: mvaidean@mclean.harvard.edu
B.S. Candidate (2026), Psychology, Northeastern University
Shelly Xue
Undergraduate Intern
Laboratory for Affective and Translational Neuroscience
McLean Hospital
Email: wxue2@mclean.harvard.edu
B.A. Candidate (2025), Applied Psychology and Philosophy, Boston College