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Director: Dr. Jasmeet Pannu Hayes
Dr. Jasmeet Pannu Hayes
Dr. Pannu Hayes graduated with High Honors from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000. She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (specialization in Neuropsychology) from the University of Arizona in 2006, where she worked with Drs. Alfred Kaszniak and Steven Rapcsak. After completing her clinical internship at the Boston Consortium with Dr. Bill Milberg, she joined the MIRECC and BIAC at the Durham VA/Duke University as a postdoctoral fellow and then Assistant Professor of Psychiatry researching the clinical neuroscience of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her primary mentors as a fellow were Gregory McCarthy, Rajendra Morey, and Kevin LaBar. She is currently a Staff Psychologist at the National Center for PTSD, Behavioral Sciences Division, core faculty at the Boston VA Neuroimaging Center, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. She is currently funded by a career development award through NIH to study functional changes in the brain associated with trauma memory and emotion regulation using fMRI. As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Pannu Hayes’ clinical interests include neuropsychological assessment of TBI and PTSD in returning veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Lab Coordinator
Huiting Liu is a Psychology Research Technician at the National Center for PTSD—Behavioral Science Division and the Memory Disorders Research Center, VA Boston Healthcare System. Prior to joining the NCPTSD, she was a research assistant at the New York State Psychiatric Institute for Dr. Katherine Shear and at Columbia for Dr. George Bonanno and Dr. Lawrence Yang. She received a B.A. in psychology and policy studies from Grinnell College and an M.A. in clinical psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include the cognitive processes involved in the development of PTSD and other anxiety disorders as well as issues in geropsychology.
Lab Alumni
Amanda Mikedis, B.A. Pursuing Ph.D in Clinical Psychology at Clark University
Laura Mandel, Junior at Brandeis University majoring in psychology and health sciences.
Collaborators
The Trauma Memory Lab collaborates with a diverse group of talented researchers including:
Kevin LaBar, Ph.D.
Roger Pitman, Ph.D.
Lisa Shin, Ph.D.
Rajendra Morey, M.D.
Scott Hayes, Ph.D.
Florin Dolcos, Ph.D.
Gregory McCarthy, Ph.D.
Jean Beckham, Ph.D.
Larry Tupler, Ph.D.