CLINICAL UNIT BASED RESEARCH
Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program
MEMORIES of CHILDHOODHealthy unmedicated right-handed individuals ages 20 to 25. Receive up to $225 for participation in a research study - includes online questions, office interview and if eligible, MRI. Print (PDF) |
BAD MEMORIES of CHILDHOODHealthy unmedicated right-handed individuals ages 18 - 19. Receive up to $225 for initial participation in a research study and if eligible, $100 each year, up to 4 years, for follow-up visits For details visit our website www.research-participate.com or call Cindy at 617-85-LEARN Print (PDF) |
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DBRP Mission
Our primary mission is to improve the lives of children, adolescents and adults by exploring the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders that arise during development. This is a multifaceted research program spanning both clinical and preclinical brain sciences.
Research Support
Donor Support
- Hall-Mercer Foundation (1988-1991)
- Snider Family (1988-1991)
- Callaghan Family – NARSAD (2001-2003)
- Simches Family (current)
- Porat Family (current)
- Susan Miller (current)
Personnel
The DBRP Staff |
- Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D. - Director, and Director of the Laboratory of Developmental Neuropharmacology
- Gordana Vitaliano, M.D. - Medical Director
- Cynthia E. McGreenery - Research Project Manager
- Ann M. Polcari, R.N., Ph.D. - Associate Director Clinical Studies DBRP
- Carl M. Anderson, Ph.D. - Assistant Psychobiologist DBRP and Brain Imaging Center
- Steven B. Lowen, Ph.D. - MRI Analyst
- Kyoko Ohashi, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Alaptagin Khan, M.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Garrett Fitzmaurice, Dr.Sc. - Biostatistical Analysis
- Jacqueline Samson-Jian, Ph.D. - Associate Psychologist, Chief Depression Research Facility
- Elizabeth A. Bolger, M.A. - Clinical Research Assistant and Activity Therapist
- Hannah McCormack, B.A. - Clinical Research Assistant
- Michelle Lipkin - Research Assistant
- Mary Foley, R.N., M.S.C.S. - Research Associate
Personnel - Attendings
- Charles Popper, M.D.
- Frederic Schiffer, M.D
- Leslie Weiser, Ph.D.
- Maria Iacobbo, Ph.D.
DBRP Collaborators
- Kwang-Soo Kim, Ph.D.. - Professor, Neuroanatomist, Director Molecular
- Bruce M. Cohen, Ph.D., M.D. - Professor, Director Shervert Frazier Research Institute, McLean Hospital
- Akemi Tomoda, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor, University of Fukui, Japan
- Mike Rohan, Ph.D. - Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital
- Karlen Ruth-Lyons, Ph.D. - Professor, HMS, Cambridge Health Alliance
- Diego A. Pizzagalli, Ph.D. - Director, Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital
- Pia Pechtel, Ph.D. - Post Doc/Visiting Rsch. Fellow
- Sunny Shin, Ph.D. - Boston University
Former Students and Trainees
Ongoing Studies
- Differential Effects of Exposure to Parental Verbal Aggression and Witnessing of Domestic Violence on Brain Morphology, Functional Activity and Neurochemistry
- Effects of Harsh Corporal Punishment on Brain Morphology, Functional Activity and Neurochemistry
- Effects of Harsh Corporal Punishment on Physiology and Neuroendocrinology of Stress Response
- Genetic Risk Factors and Psychiatric Mediating Factors that Link Exposure to Childhood Trauma to Increased Risk for Drug Abuse
- Development of Objective Tests to Aid in the Diagnosis of ADHD in Children, Adolescents and Adults
- Functional Brain Activity in Adolescent with Depression
- Preclinical Studies of Adolescent Brain Development
- Early Stress, Sensitive Periods, Brain Development and Risk for Depression
- Longitudinal Study of Early Stress, Neurobiology and Risk for Substance Abuse
- Development of Objective Tests to Aid in the Diagnosis of ADHD in Children, Adolescents and Adults
- Functional Brain Activity in Adolescent with Depression
Technologies Used in Our Studies
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging T2-relaxometry
- Morphometric Brain Imaging and Image Analysis
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Optical Oximeter Brain Activity Measurements
- Infrared Motion Analysis
- Computerized Measures of Attention and Attention-State Shifts
- Actigraphy and Chronobiological Measures
- Trier Social Stress Test with Measures of Stress Hormones and Heart Rate Variability
- Spectral and Wavelet Analyses of Multisecond Oscillations in Physiologial Systems
See the McLean Research study page for these and other clinical trials at McLean.
