People
Meet Our Team of Dedicated Researchers, Students, and Staff
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.
Fellows and Investigators
| Yang Ji, Ph.D. | 2019-2021 | Yang Ji, Ph.D. |
| Saskia Steinmann, Ph.D. | 2018-2019 | Postdoctoral research fellow, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Branch, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. |
| Rinat Mukhometzianov, M.S. | 2018-2019 | Predoctoral Research Fellow. Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo |
| Ana Pinheiro, Ph.D. | 2018-2019 | Fulbright Fellow. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Lisbon |
| Gabriel Ramos Llorden, Ph.D. | 2018-2020 | Gabriel Ramos Llorden, Ph.D. |
| Yuko Oda, M.D., Ph.D. | 2017-2018 | Department of Psychiatry at Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Natalia Chunga-Iturry, M.D. | 2017-2018 | Resident in Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY |
| Elisabeth Hartl, M.D. | 2017-2018 | Medical Resident, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Munich, Germany |
| David Kaufman, M.D. | 2017-2018 | Resident in Clinical Radiology at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| Guusje Collin, M.D., Ph.D. | 2017-2019 | Resident Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Utrecht University, the Netherlands |
| Arash Nazeri, M.D. | 2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Kimel Family Translational Imaging Genetics Research Lab, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada |
| Nico Sollmann, M.D. | 2016 | Doctorate student at the Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany. He will begin his residency there in the Department of Neuroradiology in May 2017. |
| Petra V. Viher, M.S. | 2016-2017 | PhD candidate in Clinical Neuroscience at the University Hospital for Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland |
| Li Yin, M.D., Ph.D. | 2016-2017 | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry at West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China |
| Ana Maria Rivas-Grajales, M.D., MSc | 2016-2017 | Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| Huang Huan, M.D. | 2016-2017 | Ph.D. candidate in psychiatry at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China |
| Jeffrey Guenette, M.D. | 2016-2018 | Neuroradiology Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Matt Higger, Ph.D. | 2016-2019 | Lecturer, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University |
| Sinead Kelly, Ph.D | 2016-2020 | Sinead Kelly, Ph.D |
| Matineh Shaker, M.S., Ph.D. | 2015 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Bonsai AI |
| Pawel Wrobel, M.D. | 2015 | Medical Student, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany |
| Jung Sun Lee, M.D., Ph.D. | 2015-2017 | Psychiatrist, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea |
| Weining Wu, Ph.D. | 2015-2017 | Assistant Professor at Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China |
| Anna Willems | 2014-2015 | Medical Student, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany |
| Jakob Hufschmidt | 2014-2015 | Medical Student, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany |
| Johanna Seitz | 2014-2015 | Medical Student, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany |
| Mingtian Zhong, Ph.D. | 2014-2015 | Professor and Researcher at The School of Psychology, South China Normal University, The Second Xiangya Hospital, China |
| Jimmy Yang, M.D. | 2014-2015 | Resident Physician, Neurosurgery Residency Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Kyriakos Dalamagkas, M.D. | 2014-2016 | UCL Centre for Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College of London, UK |
| Jun Konishi, M.D., Ph.D. | 2014-2017 | Staff Psychiatrist, National Hospital Organization Yokohama Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan |
| Boris Rauchmann | 2013-2014 | Medical Student, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany |
| Ahmed Makhlouf, M.D. | 2013-2015 | Resident Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
| Takeshi Sasaki, M.D., Ph.D. | 2013-2015 | Psychiatrist, Toshima Hospital, Japan |
| Elisabetta Del Re, Ph.D. | 2013-2019 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Division |
| Jitka Rehulova, M.D. | 2012 | Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic |
| David Kaufmann, M.D. | 2012 | Doctorate Student, Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany |
| Fan Zhang, Ph.D. | 2012 | Professor, College of Computer and Information Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, China |
| Michael Mayinger, M.D. | 2012-2014 | Medical Student, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany |
| Marc Muehlmann | 2011-2013 | Physician, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany |
| Yingying Tang, Ph.D. | 2011-2012 | Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, China |
| William Panenka, MSc., M.D. | 2011-2012 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Meina Quan, M.D., Ph.D. | 2011-2013 | Posdoc Research Fellow, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA |
| Yi Gao, Ph.D. | 2011-2013 | Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL |
| Julie Stamm, Ph.D. | 2011-2015 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI |
| Christian Clemm | 2010-2011 | Medical student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany |
| Karl Egger, M.D. | 2010-2011 | Consultant, Department of Neuroradiology, Universitatsklinikum, Freiburg, Germany |
| Tomohide Roppongi, M.D., Ph.D | 2010-2012 | Assistant Professor, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan |
| David Tate, Ph.D. | 2010-2012 | Research Neuropsychologist, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, San Antonio, TX |
| Tamar Riklin-Raviv, Ph.D. | 2010-2012 | Faculty Member, Electrical and Computer engineering Department, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel |
| Ting Liu, M.D. | 2010-2012 | Post-Doctoral Research Fellow |
| Sharon Peled, Ph.D. | 2010-2012 | Assistant Professor, Harvard University, Research Physicist at BWH, Boston, MA |
| Maulik Purohit, M.D. | 2010-2013 | Director of Research, Department of Defense, National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Fort Belvoir Hospital, Washington, DC |
| Demian Wassermann, Ph.D. | 2010-2014 | Research Scientist, INRIA (Institute National de Recherche en Informatique at en Automatiqe), Sophia-Antipolis mediteranee, France |
| Hesham Hamoda, M.D., M.P.H. | 2010-2016 | Attending Psychiatrist, Children’s Hospital Boston |
| Ryan Eckbo, M.Sc. | 2010-2017 | Senior Data Analyst, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Sang-Hyuk Lee, M.D., Ph.D. | 2009-2010 | Associate Professor, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, South Korea |
| Tatsui Otsuka, M.D., Ph.D. | 2009-2011 | Staff Psychiatrist, Miyagi Psychiatric Center, Former Assistant Professor, Division of Child Psychiatry, Psychiatric Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center Japan |
| Yukiko Saito, M.D., Ph.D. | 2009-2011 | Assistant Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kansai Medical University |
| Taiga Hosokawa, M.D., Ph.D. | 2009-2014 | Vice President of Tsuchida Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan |
| Francisco Romo, M.D. | 2008 | Coordinator of Research, Technical Academic “C”, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health |
| James Malcolm, Ph.D. | 2008-2009 | CTO, Co-founder AccelerEyes Greater Atlanta Area, GA |
| Sun Woo Lee, M.D., Ph.D. | 2008-2010 | Professor, Chungnam National University, South Korea |
| Thomas Whitford, Ph.D. | 2008-2010 | Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia |
| Takeshi Asami, M.D., Ph.D. | 2008-2011 | Assistant Professor, Yokohama City University, Japan |
| An Nguyen, M.D. | 2008-2011 | Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Jose, CA |
| Toshiyuki Ohtani, M.D., Ph.D. | 2008-2011 | Associate Professor, Safety and Health Organization, Chiba University |
| Jason Schneiderman, Ph.D. | 2008-2012 | Neuroscience Research Fellow, Perelman School of Medicine, UPenn |
| Padmapriya Srinivasan, M.S. | 2008-2014 | Data Analyst at Quanttus |
| Peter Savadjiev, Ph.D. | 2008-2015 | Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, (Research) Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| Aristotle Voineskos, M.D. | 2007 | Koerner New Scientist and Head of Kimel-Family Translational Imaging-Genetics Laboratory, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada |
| Lucas Torres, M.D. | 2007-2008 | Works in his father’s company in Argentina |
| Jungsu Oh, Ph.D. | 2007-2008 | Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 55050, South Korea |
| William Burch, M.D., Ph.D. | 2007-2011 | Psychiatrist, Edit Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA |
| Hannah Fiedosewicz, M.S. | 2007-2011 | Clinical Research Coordinator/Recruiter |
| Gudrun Rosenberger, M.D. | 2006-2007 | Resident physician of psychiatry on the University Clinic for General and Social Psychiatry of the Medical University of Innsbruck |
| Bumseok Jeong, M.D., Ph.D. | 2006-2007 | Associate Professor, Clinical Neuroscience and Development Lab, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Engineering, Daejeon, Korea |
| Jennifer Fitzsimmons, M.D. | 2006-2021 | Jennifer Fitzsimmons, M.D. |
| Marc Niethammer, Ph.D. | 2005-2007 | Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill |
| Katharina Quintus, M.S. | 2005-2008 | Software Engineer, Varian Medical Systems, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Toshiro Kawashima, Ph.D. | 2005-2009 | Associate Professor, Saga Medical School, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Khyushu University, Fukuoaka, Japan |
| Takeshi Yoshida, M.D. | 2004-2005 | Manager and Clinical Psychiatrist, Shonan Yoshida Clinic, Japan |
| KangUk Lee, M.D. | 2004-2006 | Professor and Director, Department of Psychiatry, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Gangwon Provincial Mental Health Center, Director, Gangwon Suicide Prevention Center, Chief Medical Officer, Kangwon National University Hospital, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea |
| Motoaki Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D. | 2004-2007 | Division Chief, Kinkou Hospital, Kanagawa Psychiatric Center, Japan |
| Min-Seong Koo, M.D., Ph.D. | 2003-2005 | Dean, Catholic Kwandong University School of Medicine, Professor, and Chairperson, Department of Psychiatry, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, and Chair and Director of Myung-Ji Hospital, Gangnung City, Korea |
| Na Young Ji, M.D. | 2002-2003 | Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD |
| Anders Brun, M.S. | 2002-2003 | Assistant Professor in Image Analysis, Center for Image Analysis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden |
| Noriomi Kuroki, M.D. | 2002-2004 | Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan |
| Flavia May, MBA | 2002-2005 | Student at California Lutheran University |
| Brenda Bemporad, Ph.D. | 2002-2003 | Clinical Practice, Newtonville, MA |
| Hae-Jeong Park, Ph.D. | 2001-2004 | Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology and Psychiatry, Biomedical Science & Engineering, Yonsei University Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea |
| Xiangyang Li, M.D., Ph.D. | 2001-2005 | Psychiatrist, Milford, MA |
| Jay Nierenberg, M.D., Ph.D. | 2000-2001 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine and Research Scientists, New York, NY |
| Kiyoto Kasai, M.D., Ph.D. | 2000-2002 | Professor and Chairman, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| Toshiaki Onitsuka, M.D., Ph.D. | 2000-2003 | Assistant Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyushu University and Kyushu Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Almos Nagy, M.D. | 1999-2001 | Geriatric Psychiatry, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, NH |
| Chang Uk Lee, M.D., Ph.D. | 1999-2001 | Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, The Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital, The College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea |
| Shin Tanaka, M.D. | 1998-1999 | Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa. |
| Melissa Frumin, M.D. | 1997-2005 | Instructor, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| Jane Anderson, Ph.D. | 1996-2000 | Currently at home raising her son. |
| Hajime Arakaki, M.D. | 1995-1996 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa. President, Arakaki Hospital, Okinawa |
| Yoshio Hirayasu, M.D., Ph.D. | 1995-1999 | Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, and, as of April 1, 2010, also now President of Yokohama City University Hospital Medical Center, and Dean of the Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine,Yokohama, Japan |
| Jun Soo Kwon, M.D., Ph.D. | 1995-1998 | Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
| Paola Mazzoni, M.D. | 1995-1997 | Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatrist, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia, White Plains, NY |
| Hirokazu Ohta, M.D., Ph.D. | 1994-1995 | Director, Hirayasu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan |
| Dan Iosifescu, M.D. | 1994-1996 | Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY |
| Chiara Portas, M.D. | 1994-1995 | Professor at the London Sleep Clinic and Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Neurology, University of London, London, England |
| Hiroto Hokama, M.D., Ph.D. | 1991-1994 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa, Japan |
| Brian O’Donnell, Ph.D. | 1990-1998 | Professor of Psychology and Brain Sciences, Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN |
| Steven Faux, Ph.D. | 1985-1990 | Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Drake University, Des Moines, IA |
| Michael Torello, Ph.D. | 1984-1985 | Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio |
Visiting Research Students
| Olcay Senay Sahin, M.D. | 2020 | Resident physician in psychiatry at the Istanbul Medical School, University of Istanbul |
| Maria Geisler, M.S. | 2019 | PhD candidate at University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Natalie Barry | 2019 | Master’s student in Biomedical Engineering at Université Paris Descartes in Paris, France |
| Hümeyra Husseini, B.S. | 2019 | Master’s student in Molecular Biomedicine at the University of Münster, Germany |
| Guoping Xu, M.S. | 2019 | PhD candidate in Computer Vision at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China |
| Magdalena Seethaler, M.D. | 2019 | Assistant doctor at the Charité Psychiatric University Clinic, St. Hedwig Hospital Berlin |
| Cara Kim | 2019-2020 | Medical Student and Doctoral Candidate, Technical University of Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany |
| Bengisu Solgun | 2018 | Medical student at the Hacettepe University School of Medicine |
| Sarolta Bakos, M.S. | 2018 | Graduate student at the University Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. |
| Sebastian Endt, M.S. | 2018 | Graduate student at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany |
| Janna Kochsiek | 2018 | Medical student and a dissertation candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany |
| Elena Bonke, B.A. | 2018 | Master’s student at the University of Paderborn, Germany |
| Lisa Umminger, B.S. | 2018 | Medical student and dissertation candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany |
| Carina Heller, M.S. | 2018 | PhD candidate at Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany |
| Tamires Zanão, M.S. | 2018-2019 | PhD candidate at University of Campinas (UNICAMP -Brazil) |
| Philine Rojczyk, M.S. | 2018-2019 | Dissertation candidate at Child Brain Research and Imaging in Neuroscience, Ludwig Maximilian University |
| Mina Eghbalian | 2018-2019 | Research Trainee. MD Candidate, University of Hamburg |
| Rosanna Veggeberg, M.S. | 2017 | Clinical Research Coordinator, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA |
| Itatí Branca, B.S. | 2017 | Instructor at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Córdoba, Argentina; Ph.D. student in Psychology at the University of Córdoba, Argentina; graduate student in Medicine at the University of Southern Florida |
| Felix Naegele | 2017-2018 | Medical student and doctoral candidate at the Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
| Ana Gareca Arizaga, M.S. | 2017-2018 | Master’s student in the Medical Sciences Clinical and Translational Research program as a part of NEUFIN Grant Multidisciplinary Training Program on Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Disorders in First Nations |
| Philipp Kinzel | 2017-2018 | Medical student and dissertation candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany |
| Felicitas Heinen, B.S. | 2017-2018 | Medical student and dissertation candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany |
| Haley Lubeck, B.S. | 2017-2018 | Master’s student in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience with a specialization in Neuropsychology at Maastricht University |
| Juan Toranzo | 2016 | Masters student in Medical Science (Clinical and Translational Research), University of South Florida, and Graduate student, University of Buenos Aires. Clinical Neuropsychologist in Argentina |
| Vivian Schultz | 2016-2017 | Medical student, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany and Doctoral candidate, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany |
| Lisa Valerie Bitzan Rivadeneira | 2015-2016 | Medical Student and Doctoral Candidate, Medical Faculty, University of Hamburg, Germany |
| Marlene Wigand | 2010-2011 | Student, Clinical studies in Human Medicine in Munich Technical University of Munich |
| Francois Budin | 2007 | Currently graduate student in Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA |
| Elizabeth David | 2000 | Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Southern California |
Staff
| Michelle Vitagliano, B.S. | 2016-2018 | Grants Administrator for Independent Projects, Research Support Services, Partners HealthCare |
| Joanna Daniluk, B.S. | 2012-2016 | Office Manager for the Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Sanford Evans | 2011 | Director of Communications at Hunter College, NYC, & Communication consultant at Mass General Hospital, Boston |
| Tanja Olzsak | 2011 | At home in Munich Germany raising her young family. |
| Atoya A. Josephs | 2011-2012 | Staff Assistant at Research Space Management Group |
| Kristen Andreozzi | 2010 | Administrative Assistant II at Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Sara Frankel | 2009-2010 | Senior Curatorial Technician, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, Boston, MA |
| Jennifer Goodrich | 2008 | Clinical Trials Financial Analyst at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| Anthony Sabadini | 2008-2009 | Senior Grant Administrator, Division of Transplantation, Partners HealthCare |
| Kate Casale (Smith), M.A. | 2006-2012 | Post-Doc, Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine Dartmouth, Hanover, NH |
| Nancy Maxwell | 2005-2008 | Executive Assistant to Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, FACP, FACMI, FHIMSS |
Undergraduate Thesis Students
Undergraduates Working for Independent Credit or Volunteering
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.