McLean-1000 Project to Characterize Anhedonia Phenotypes and Biomarkers
In collaboration with Kerry Ressler, the goal of this project is to improve our understanding of the neurobiology and treatment of anhedonia.
Blog – Grid 2
An Ethics Checklist for Digital Health Research in Psychiatry: Viewpoint
Psychiatry has long needed a better and more scalable way to capture the dynamics of behavior and its disturbances, quantitatively across multiple data channels, at high temporal resolution in real time. By combining 24/7 data—on location, movement, email and text communications, and social media—with brain scans, genetics, genomics, neuropsychological batteries, and clinical interviews, researchers will […]
Context-Adaptive Multimodal Informatics for Psychiatric Discharge Planning
Determining when a patient is ready for discharge is an open problem, as currently 20% of those hospitalized for psychiatric illness will be hospitalized again within 30 days. To address this issue, we are working to identify behavioral biomarkers for severe mental illness in 400 inpatients hospitalized for psychosis at McLean. The Multisense project is […]
Bryce Gillis, BA
Bryce received his Bachelor’s in psychology from Wesleyan University in 2022 after studying experimental psychopathology using behavioral and electrophysiological methods. Working in two research labs, he helped with data acquisition and analysis for cognitive, judgment and decision-making tasks and auditory oddball tasks using EEG. Now, he is a clinical RA in the Baker Lab working […]
Josh Salvi receives 2020 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award
Joshua Salvi, MD, PhD, PGY3, has been selected by the NIMH as the recipient of a 2020 Outstanding Resident Award. Winners of this highly competitive award will participate in a virtual conference with senior NIMH leadership and with national thought leaders in psychiatric research during a virtual conference being held this fall. Research Summary: I […]
Charles Bray ’22 Lands Competitive Summer Internship at McLean Hospital
Charles Bray ’22 has landed a summer internship within The McLean Mental Health Research Summer Program, which seeks to engage scientific curiosity, create research opportunities, and promote academic success in mental health research for promising young Black, Indigenous, and underrepresented students of color interested in pursuing a career in research or have not yet explored […]