Staney Cobb Professor of Psychiatry, BIDMC/Massachusetts Mental Heatlh Center/Harvard Medical School
Academic Chair, Department of Psychiatry, BIDMC/Harvard Medical School

Dr. Keshavan's neuroimaging research interests are focused on the structural, functional and neurochemical bases of severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders and other developmental neuropsychiatric disorders. Clinical research interests include early intervention in schizophrenia, especially as it pertains to the premorbid and prodromal phases of this illness. Click here for more information on Dr. Keshavan's research. 

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, BIDMC/Harvard Medical School
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, BIDMC
Director, BIDMC Harvard Psychiatry Residency Research Track
 

Dr. Brady’s research is focused on understanding the physiology of different mood states and mood instability in bipolar disorder. He is also interested in identifying biomarkers that differentiate between bipolar and unipolar depression. Specific techniques used in these studies include functional MRI and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Click here for more information on Dr. Brady's research. 

Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry
Director, Center for Sleep and Cognition Research, BIDMC

Dr. Cunningham’s research has centered on the role of healthy and disrupted sleep in memory, emotion, and cognitive functioning. His projects include the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) during sleep to improve impairments in sleep microarchitecture and cognition in patients with schizophrenia, the neural and behavioral impact of Insomnia Disorder and sleep restriction on emotion perception and regulation, and the effects of the COVID pandemic on sleep and mental health. Click here for more information on Dr. Cunningham's research.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Del Re’s research has focused on the genetics and neuroimaging correlates of schizophrenia and on other mental illnesses characterized by psychosis. This has included childhood trauma and cannabis use as significant etiological risk factors for psychotic disorders and psychotic experiences. Click here for more information on Dr. Del Re's research. 

Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, BIDMC/Massachusetts Mental Health Center/Harvard Medical School
Principal investigator, Response to Risk for Psychosis Research Program
Co-Founder and Lead for Family Programming, CEDAR Clinic
 

Dr. Friedman-Yakoobian's research focuses on the development and implementation of psychosocial interventions for individuals experiencing psychosis, or who are at high risk for developing psychosis, and their families. She is the Director of Research and Development at the CEDAR clinic, which focuses on the assessment and treatment of people identified as being at high risk for the development of psychotic illnesses. She also works with the BIDMC Digital Clinic on providing digital intervention to individuals who experience psychosis. Click here for more information on Dr. Friedman-Yakoobian's research and the CEDAR clinic.

Instructor in Psychiatry
Medical Director, Advancing Services for Psychosis Integration and Recovery (ASPIRE), BIDMC

Dr. Good is the director of the ASPIRE program, which focuses on treatment early in the course of psychotic disorders. Her academic interests include identifying medical comorbidities and contributors of psychotic symptoms in the clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) and first-episode psychosis (FEP) populations, as well as developing evidence-based protocols for diagnosis and treatment of secondary psychosis. Click here for more information on the ASPIRE program.

Instructor in Psychiatry, BIDMC/Harvard Medical School
Director of Psychiatry, Berenson Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, BIDMC

Dr. Subramaniam’s work focuses on non-invasive brain stimulation in the treatment of psychiatric illness. Her studies have included the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with mindfulness to improve anxiety and depression in older adults, EEG markers of electroconvulsive therapy response, and investigation of neurobiological mechanisms of psilocybin via precision functional brain mapping in healthy adults. She is currently conducting clinical studies employing novel interventions such as psilocybin and personalized TMS and utilizing brain imaging to understand how these treatments drive neuroanatomical and symptom change. Click here for more information on Dr. Subramanian's research and the Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation at BIDMC.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, BIDMC/Harvard Medical School
Director, Digitial Psychiatry Division, BIDMC

Dr. Torous is a leader in the field of digital mental health, serving as the head of the APA work group on evaluation of smartphone apps and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Internet Research-Mental Health. In addition to providing clinical care using evidence-based digital interventions, the BIDMC Division of Digital Psychiatry’s research includes digital phenotyping, digital health literacy, smartphone app evaluation, relapse prediction, and college mental health.  For more information on Dr. Torous's research and the Division of Digital Psychiatry at BIDMC, click here..

Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, BIDMC/Harvard Medical School

Dr. Trotti’s background is in experimental psychology and translational neuroscience. During her doctoral education, she worked with large datasets to identify transdiagnostic EEG biomarkers of psychosis-spectrum disorders, with a focus on emotional processing. In her postdoctoral work, she has studied the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for reducing hallucinations. Additionally, she received the Livingston Fellowship from Harvard Medical School to run a tDCS clinical trial to improve emotion identification and social functioning in people with early course psychosis. 

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, BIDMC/Harvard Medical School

Dr. Yassin's research uses cognitive and behavioral assessments, neuroimaging, and artificial intelligence to explore neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions such as schizophrenia, and autism. His work aims to identify objective biomarkers and risk factors for neuropsychiatric conditions for tailored therapeutic interventions. He aims to advance computational and precision psychiatry by combining diverse methodologies to deliver objective, biomarker-informed interventions for mental health care. Click here for more information on Dr. Yassin's research. 

Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, BIDMC/Massachusetts Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Director of Psychology, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Director, Clinical Psychology Internship Program, Massachusetts Mental Health Center


 

Dr. Yen’s research focuses on identifying risk factors and developing interventions for suicidal behaviors in adolescents and adults. As an investigator on prospective, longitudinal studies of youth with bipolar disorder, adults with personality disorders, and suicidal adolescents, Dr. Yen has examined prospective predictors of suicidal behavior. She has been continuously funded as a Principal Investigator on NIH studies for the past 20 years. She is currently the MPI of a multi-site R01 on an acceptance based multi-modal positive affect intervention for young adult outpatients which utilizes test messaging to enhance skills practice, as well as the MPI of a multi-site R01 on a yoga-based intervention for depressed teens. She has also conducted research to examine mechanisms of suicide risk in sexual minority adolescents. Dr. Yen is the Past President of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD) and a current VP of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD).

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