Mary Kathryn Dahlgren, PhD

Dr. Mary Kathryn (Kate) Dahlgren is an assistant neuroscientist in the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core (CCNC) and the Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery (MIND) program, both led by Dr. Staci Gruber. Her work focuses on the impact of both recreational and medical cannabis use on cognition, clinical state, neural activation, and brain structure. Dr. Dahlgren’s specific interests include researching vulnerability factors for developing psychological disorders, identifying predictors of treatment response, and advanced statistical analyses, particularly regression modeling.

Dr. Dahlgren was awarded the 2017 McLean Hospital Rossano Mind, Brain, and Behavior Pre-Doctoral Fellowship and the 2020 McLean Hospital Jonathan Edward Brooking Mental Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship to examine the impact of recreational and medical cannabis use on driving. Results from this research garnered international attention with coverage in The Boston Globe, Discovery Magazine, Forbes, CNN, and other news outlets.