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Honoring Andrea M. Cataldo, PhD , and Antonia V. Seligowski, PhD, McLean Hospital – The Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators Each year, McLean Hospital recognizes young researchers with the Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators. The honor is named for one of the hospital’s...

Honoring Nicole M. Benson, MD , and Jakob Hartmann, PhD , McLean Hospital – The Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators Each year, McLean Hospital recognizes young researchers with the Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators. The honor is named for one of the hospital’s most...

Honoring Nathaniel G. Harnett, PhD , and Lauren A.M. Lebois, PhD , McLean Hospital – The Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators Each year, McLean Hospital recognizes young researchers with the Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators. The honor is named for one of the hospital’s...

Presented by Bill Carlezon, PhD , McLean Hospital, and Christopher J. McDougle, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital – Crossroads in Psychiatry lecture In this talk, McDougle and Carlezon discuss past and present investigations into the causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They present...

Presented by Penny Hallett, PhD , McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture Parkinson’s disease (PD), is characterized by tremor, bradykinesia (slowness of movement), rigidity, and postural instability. At the time of diagnosis, about 60% of the midbrain dopamine (mDA) neurons have already degenerated...

Honoring Maria Ironside, DPhil, and Bin Song, PhD , McLean Hospital – The Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators Each year, McLean Hospital recognizes young researchers with the Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators. The honor is named for one of the hospital’s most...

Presented by Elena H. Chartoff, PhD , McLean Hospital – The Jack H. Mendelson Memorial Research Award This talk traces the course of Dr. Chartoff’s research into the neurobiology of substance use disorders. Her recent work looks at the ways exposure to opioids, such as heroin, morphine, and...

Presented by Laura Germine, PhD , and Stephanie A. Maddox, PhD, McLean Hospital – Crossroads in Psychiatry lecture Memories are central to our lives. They allow us to respond to new situations and demonstrate knowledge. They also protect us from future dangerous situations. Unfortunately, memories...

Bill Carlezon, PhD, is chief of McLean’s Jerry and Phyllis Rappaport Center of Excellence in Basic Neuroscience Research. Learn more about research at McLean and working at the hospital.

Presented by Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto – Irene Jakab Lecture According to McIntyre, 20-25% of people with bipolar disorder who are treated with conventional approaches report desired outcomes day to day. That means that most bipolar disorder patients are not responding to...

Kelly Sagar is a research assistant at McLean. Learn more about her employee experience.

Presented by Bruce M. Cohen, MD, PhD , and Dost Öngür, MD, PhD , McLean Hospital – Crossroads in Psychiatry lecture Psychotic disorders are affected by many interacting factors. In fact, large-scale studies conducted on tens of thousands of people with genetic disorders have shown that genetic...

Presented by Bertha K. Madras, PhD , McLean Hospital, this year’s recipient of The Jack H. Mendelson Memorial Research Award “The joyful life of research. The pure joy of just discovering. The pure joy of adding to knowledge. The pure joy of collaborations, of friendships, of experiences.” That’s...

While many innovative discoveries are being made in laboratories using animal models, these findings do not always translate well into humans. Naturalistic recordings of behavioral and neural activity from animals facilitated by technical innovations is paving the way for a new form of behavior...

SIRT2 as Key Regulator of Metabolic Transition During Human Induced Pluripotency Young Cha, PhD , Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, McLean Hospital Insulin Signaling and Brain Energy Metabolism in First Episode Psychosis and Unaffected Siblings Virginie-Anne Chouinard, MD , McLean OnTrack, McLean...

The Jack H. Mendelson Award Marisa M. Silveri, PhD , McLean Hospital

Hippocampal Control of Fear and Anxiety Elif Engin, PhD , McLean Hospital Anhedonia in Adolescents Randy Auerbach, PhD, McLean Hospital

McLean Forum Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD , McLean Hospital