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Celebrating a New Era in Psychiatric Research

“It’s an honor and a responsibility to live up to the traditions of everyone whose work and dreams have been supported by the Rappaport Foundation in the fields of medical research, the arts, and public policy,” said Bill Carlezon, PhD , chief of McLean’s Rappaport Center of Excellence in Basic...

Rappaport Gift Is Culmination of Two Decades of Basic Neuroscience Support

Phyllis and Jerry Rappaport have always taken two things very seriously: McLean Hospital’s leadership in neuroscience research and the importance of emerging leaders in advancing the field of psychiatry. As evidence, and as a capstone to a 20-year relationship with the hospital, the couple has...

Nathaniel G. Harnett, PhD, Receives PFDI Faculty Fellowship

McLean Hospital’s Nathaniel G. Harnett, PhD , is the recipient of the 2022 Harvard Catalyst Program for Diversity Inclusion (PFDI) Faculty Fellowship. Harnett is an assistant neuroscientist at McLean and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. The PFDI program is a two-year...

New Summer Research Program Welcomes Undergraduates of Color

“Racial and ethnic diversity in science is essential to delivering excellence and superior innovations,” said Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, PhD , McLean’s chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. McLean President and Psychiatrist in Chief Scott L. Rauch, MD , Pinder-Amaker, and other members of...

New Study Uncovers Details Behind the Body’s Response to Stress

The biological mechanisms behind stress-related psychiatric conditions, including major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are poorly understood. New research now details the interplay between proteins involved in controlling the body’s stress response and points to...

McLean Researchers Elected to 2022 ACNP Leadership Roles

Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD , has been elected as the next president-elect of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), and Bill Carlezon, PhD , has been elected as an ACNP council member. Ressler and Carlezon will commence their new ACNP roles in 2022. Founded in 1961, the ACNP is an...

Reflecting on a Brilliant Career in Neuropsychiatry

Joseph T. Coyle, MD, director, Laboratory for Psychiatric and Molecular Neuroscience, one of the most renowned psychiatric neuroscientists in history, transitioned to emeritus status on October 30. Coyle’s groundbreaking research has illuminated some of the neurological mechanisms underlying...

Identifying the Roots of PTSD

Survival. In an animal kingdom enriched by a diversity of species, it is the one trait shared by organisms as simple as worms and as complex as humans. And the proof is in a protein with the hopelessly complex name of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide. Commonly referred to by...

Discovery @ McLean Hospital 2019

Read the latest on the breakthroughs that McLean’s researchers are making in identifying the roots of PTSD. Identifying the Roots of PTSD Survival. In an animal kingdom enriched by a diversity of species, it is the one trait shared by organisms as simple as worms and as complex as humans. And the...

Nurses Highlight Neuroscience and Mental Health Research

The tenth annual McLean Research Day took place on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. The event featured approximately 125 posters of new research from McLean investigators across the hospital, representing basic science, translational, clinical, neuroimaging, health services, and implementation science...

McLean Receives $13.5 Million NIMH Grant for Translational Stress Research

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded a $13.5 million grant to a team of McLean Hospital investigators to support their research into stress chemicals and circuits in the brain. According to Bill Carlezon, PhD , chief of McLean’s Jerry and Phyllis Rappaport Center of Excellence...