Research

Most faculty are investigators in one or more Research Centers located at the Boston VA Medical Center: the Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center; the Memory Disorders Research Center; the Women’s Health Sciences Center; the Environmental Hazards Center; the PTSD Center; or the Substance Abuse Medication Center. Core faculty hold appointments in the Medical and Graduate Schools of Boston University, and many are senior research or clinical staff members of the Psychology, Neurology or Research Services of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston.

Martin L. Albert, MD, PhD. Language and the aging brain; aphasia

Helen Barbas, PhD. Neural basis of cognitive-emotional interactions

Marlene Oscar Berman, PhD. Alcoholism; cerebral laterality

Domenic Ciraulo, MD. Substance abuse

Subimal Datta, PhD. Sleep and sleep disorders

Raymon Durso, MD. Parkinson’s disease; movement disorders

Danny Kaloupek, PhD. Post-traumatic stress disorder

Terence M. Keane, PhD. Post-traumatic stress disorder

Conan Kornetsky, PhD. Pharmacology; reward systems of the brain

Francesca LaVecchia, PhD. Traumatic brain injury

Patrick McNamara, PhD. Parkinson’s disease; sleep disorders

Mark Moss, PhD. Aging; frontal brain systems

Margaret Naeser, PhD. Neuroimaging; aphasia

Robert A. Stern, PhD. Dementias; traumatic brain injury; hypothyroidism

Chris Streeter, PhD. Addictions

Mieke H. Verfaellie, PhD. Memory disorders; cerebral laterality

Roberta F. White, PhD. Environmental hazards; toxicology; assessment