Behavioral Neuroscience
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 Albert, MD, PhD
Research interests: Language and the aging brain; aphasia - Rhoda Au, PhD
Research interests: Normal and abnormal aging - Sanford H. Auerbach, MD
Research interests: Sleep, Alzheimer’s disease - Helen Barbas, PhD
Research interests: Neural basis of cognitive-emotional interactions - Marlene Oscar Berman, PhD
Research interests: Alcoholism; cerebral laterality - Paul Black, MD
Research interests: Psychoneuroimmunology - Gene Blatt, PhD
Research interests: Autism - Christopher Brady, PhD
- Deborah J. Brief, PhD
Research interests: Post-traumatic stress disorder - Andrew Budson, MD
Research interests: Alzheimer’s disease and aging - Domenic Ciraulo, MD
Research interests: Substance abuse - Subimal Datta, PhD
Research interests: Sleep and sleep disorders - Raymon Durso, MD
Research interests: Parkinson’s disease; movement disorders - Michael Esterman, PhD
Research interests: Attention; transcranial magnetic stimulation - Patricia Fitzpatrick, PhD
Research interests: Communication disorders - Terrell Gibbs, PhD
Research interests: Pharmacology - Laura Grande, PhD
Research interests: Traumatic brain injury - Ruth Greenberg, JD
Research interests: Forensic neuropsychology - Scott Hayes, PhD
Research interests: Neuroimaging - Robert Joseph, PhD
Research interests: Autistic disorders - Danny Kaloupek, PhD
Research interests: Post-traumatic stress disorder - Terence M. Keane, PhD
Research interests: Post-traumatic stress disorder - Marcel Kinsbourne, MD
Research interests: Brain laterality; consciousness; pediatric neurology - Conan Kornetsky, PhD
Research interests: Pharmacology; reward systems of the brain - Maxine Krengel, PhD
Research interests: Traumatic brain injury; neurotoxicology - Francesca LaVecchia, PhD
Research interests: Traumatic brain injury - Simon Levy, PhD
Research interests: Sensory systems - Jacqueline Liederman, PhD
Research interests: Neurobehavioral disorders - Alan Mandell, MD
Research interests: Normal and abnormal aging - Patrick McNamara, PhD
Research interests: Parkinson’s disease; sleep disorders - Lena Moskovich, MD, PhD
Research interests: Parkinson’s disease; aphasia - Mark Moss, PhD
Research interests: Aging; frontal brain systems - Margaret Naeser, PhD
Research interests: Neuroimaging; aphasia - Clare O’Callaghan, RN, EdD
Research interests: Attention deficit disorders; attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; pervasive developmental disorder - Carole Palumbo, PhD
Research interests: Neuroimaging; aphasia; aging/dementia; head injury - Thomas Perls, MD, MPH
Research interests: Correlates of longevity in centenarians - Whitney Powers, PhD
Research interests: Drug delivery systems - Penny Prather, PhD
Research interests: Child neuropsychology - Marcia Ratner, PhD
Research interests: Neurotoxicology - Douglas Rosene, PhD
Research interests: Nonhuman modes of aging - Jean-Jacques R. Soghomonian, PhD
Research interests: Basal ganglia and motor disorders - Paul Spiers, PhD
Research interests: Forensic neuropsychology - Robert A. Stern, PhD
Research interests: Dementias; traumatic brain injury; hypothyroidism - Chris Streeter, MD
Research interests: Addictions - Louis Vachon, MD
Research interests: Institutional Review Boards - Lucia Vaina, MD, PhD, DSc
Research interests: Motion perception - Mieke H. Verfaellie, PhD
Research interests: Memory disorders; cerebral laterality - Gloria S. Waters, PhD
Research interests: Acquired language disorders; psycholinguistic assessment; effects of deafness on word recognition and reading ability - Roberta F. White, PhD
Research interests: Environmental hazards; toxicology; assessment - Irina Zhdanova, PhD
Research interests: Circadian rhythms - Charles Zucker, PhD
Research interests: Neurotransmitters; retinal functioning
