Lab Alumni

We are fortunate to have a number of gifted individuals who have worked with us on neuroimaging studies of schizophrenia and schizophrenia related disorders. Individuals prior to 2005 were part of the Clinical Neuroscience Division (Directed by Dr. Martha Shenton) of the Laboratory of Neuroscience (Directed by Dr. Robert McCarley). In October 2005, the Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory was established and we include past members of the Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience in our list of alums. The two laboratories share personnel, resources, and most importantly, science.

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Fellows and Investigators
1984-1985Michael Torello, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
1985-1990Steven Faux, Ph.D.Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
1990-1998Brian O'Donnell, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1991-1994Hiroto Hokama, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa.
1994-1995Hirokazu Ohta, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa.
1994-1995Chiara Portas, M.D.Currently at the Institute of Neurology, University of London, London, England.
1994-1996Dan Iosifescu, M.D.Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
1994-1998Geoff Potts, Ph.DAssistant Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida, Florida.
1995-1996Hajime Arakaki, M.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa.
1995-1999Yoshio Hirayasu, M.D., Ph.D.Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
1995-1998Jun Soo Kwon, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, where he has received the Paul Janssen Schizophrenia Award from the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association, October, 2000, for his work in schizophrenia.
1995-1997Paola Mazzoni, M.D.Completing her residency training in Psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
1996-2000Jane Anderson, Ph.D.Currently at home raising her son.
1997-2005Melissa Frumin, M.D.Currently working on research projects with Larry Seidman, Ph.D. at Harvard Medical School as a Research Associate and conducting clinical work.
1998-1999Shin Tanaka, M.D.Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa.
1999-2001Almos Nagy, M.D.Currently a resident in Psychiatry at the South Shore Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
1999-2001Chang Uk Lee, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
2000-2001Jay Nierenberg, M.D., Ph.D.Senior Researcher at the Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY.
2000-2002Kiyoto Kasai, M.D.Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
2000-2003Toshiaki Onitsuka, M.D., Ph.D.Staff member at Fukuoka Prefectural Dazaifu Hospital Psychiatric Clinic and Research Fellow at the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyushu University.
2001-2004Hae Jeong Park, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
2001-2005Xiangyang Li, M.D., Ph.D.Completing studies for publication.
2002-2003Na Young Ji, M.D.Instructor at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore.
2002-2003Anders Brun, M.S.Currently a Ph.D. candidate n Medical Imaging in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
2002-2004Noriomi Kuroki, M.D.Instructor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
2002-2005Flavia May, B.A.Completing prerequisites for medical school.
2002-2003Brenda Bemporad, Ph.D.Clinical Practice.
2003-2005Min-Seong Koo, M.D., Ph.D.Instructor, College of Medicine, Kwandong University, Seoul, Korea.
2004-2005Takeshi Yoshida, M.D. Instructor, National Defense Medical School, Saitama, Japan.
2004-2006KangUk Lee, M.D.Research Associate in Psychiatry at Boston VA.
2004-2007Motoaki Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D.
2006-2007Gudrun Rosenberger, M.D.
2007Aristotle Voineskos, M.D.
2005-2007Marc Niethammer, Ph.D.
2005-2008Katharina Quintus, M.S.Ph.D. student in Computer Science at ETH Zurich
2007-2008Lucas Torres, M.D.
2007-2008Jungsu Oh, Ph.D.
2008-2008Francisco Romo, M.D.
2005-2009Toshiro Kawashima, Ph.D.Head Physician of the Department of Psychiatry at Fukuoka Prefectural Dazaifu Hospital Psychiatric Center, Japan.
2008-2009Julien De Siebenthal, Ph.D.Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Visiting Research Student
2007Francois BudinStudent, CPE Lyon (Lyon School of Chemistry and Electronics), France.
Staff
2005-2008Nancy Maxwell
2008-2008Jennifer Goodrich
2008-2009Anthony Sabadini
Undergraduate Thesis Students
1991-1992I-han Chou, Ph.D.Class of 1992, Department of Psychology, Harvard College. Summa cum laude thesis was awarded the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for Excellence in the Work of an Undergraduate and Faculty Member. (Received, a Ph.D. in the Cognitive Neuroscience Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
1994-1995Robert Donnino, B.A.Class of 1998, Cognitive Neuroscience Major (Departments of Psychology and Biology), Harvard College. Magna cum laude thesis. This work has been published in Schizophrenia Research (2001), where Janos is first author. As a medical school at Mount Sinai, he received a Howard Hughs Medical Institute and the National Institute of Health Research Scholars Program Fellowship to conduct biomedical research at NIH 2000-2001. He then completed medical school at Mount Sinai, and is currently a resident in the psychiatry residency training program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
2001-2002Laura Wiegand, B.A.Class of 2002, Cognitive Neuroscience Major Magna plus cum laude thesis. One paper from this work is published in Biological Psychiatry, with Laura as first author, and the second paper from this work is published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. She is currently a medical student at the University of Pittsburgh.
2001-2002Kathleen Rose, B.A.Class of 2002, Cognitive Neuroscience Major (Departments of Psychology and Biology), Harvard College. Magna cum laude thesis. Currently applying for medical school.
Undergraduates Working for Independent Credit or Volunteering
1993-1994Michelle Ballard, B.A.Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
1993-1994Stephanie Rose, B.A.Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
1994-1995Emma Kwong, B.A.Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
1994-1995Laura Gravelin, B.A.Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
1997-1998Michelle Harper, B.A.Department of Psychology, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA.
2000-2000Elizabeth David, B.A.Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
2000-2000Amanda Knowles, B.A.Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
Former Research Assistants
Most of the RA's listed below have entered either a Ph.D. program or medical school, and many have made important contributors to the research work which has been recognized by co-authorship on publications. Prior to 2005, these Research Assistants were part of the Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton MA (1985-present), although between 1984 and 1986, these individuals were part of the Laboratory of Neuroscience at Massachusetts Mental Health Center. Starting in 2005, Research Assistants who are alums worked in the Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory. These individuals have been funded by one or more of the following investigators: Drs. Shenton, McCarley, Kubicki, Dickey, Niznikiewicz, Nestor, and Salisbury.
1984-1985Michael Bachop
1985-1986Ruth Ballinger
1985-1986Melanie Cane
1986-1989Brian Marcy
1988-1989Amy Ludwig
1988-1990Virginia Penhune
1989-1990Erik Mondrow
1990-1992Seth Pollak
1991-1992R. Scott Smith
1991-1993Matthew Kimble
1992-1993Lloyd Smith
1992-1993I-han Chou
1992-1993Lisa Kaplan
1993-1994Sue Law
1993-1995Jonathan Solinger
1993-1996Andrea Sherwood
1994-1996Maria Karapelou
1994-1996Jay Allard
1995-1996Robert Donnino
1995-1996Richard Van Rhoads
1995-1996Sarah Carrigan
1995-1997Paola Mazzoni
1995-2000Iris Fischer
1996-1997Sare Akdag
1996-2001Engeat Teh
1996-1998Creola Petrescu
1996-1998Tanya Kisler
1996-1998Joanna Gainski
1997-1998Claire Stylianopoulos
1997-2000Deirdre Farrell
1998-1999Stephanie Fraone
1998-1999Alaka Pellock
1998-1999Danielle Synderman
1998-1999Christopher Dodd
1998-2000Jonathan Sutton
1998-2000Ashley Kricun
1999-2000Sara Corriveau
1999-2001Aleksandra Ciszewski
1999-2001Christopher Allen
1999-2001Eric Berry
1999-2001Carlye Griggs
2000-2001Lynn Stravinski
2000-2001Elizabeth David
2000-2002Anita Madan
2000-2002Sarah Toner
2001-2002Jessica Allen
2001-2002Megan Fagan
2001-2003Magdelena Spencer
2001-2004Susan Demeo
2001-2003Hal Ersner-Hershfield
2001-2003Nicola Sumorok
2001-2002Valerie Rosenberg
2002-2004Daniel Schwartz
2002-2004Rachel Berman
2002-2005Lisa Lucia
2002-2003Laura Wiegand
2002-2003Sara Rabbit
2002-2004Meredith Klump
2002-2004Sunnie Kim
2003-2004Aaron Baer
2003-2004Sophie Woolston
2003-2005Katherine Long
2003-2005Erin Connor
2003-2005Matthew Koskowski
2003-2005Kankshi Thakur
2003-2007Lida Ungar
2004-2006Adam Cohen
2004-2006Mark Dreusicke
2004-2006Georgia Bushell
2004-2006Laura Rosow
2005-2006Lily Hsu
2005-2008Doug Markant
2006-2008Charlie Davidson
2006-2008Usman Khan
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