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On April 21, McLean’s Scott E. Lukas, PhD, received the Stuart T. Hauser, MD, PhD, Mentorship Award in Psychiatry from Harvard Medical School (HMS). Presented annually, the award is given to an HMS faculty member “for outstanding sustained mentorship of medical students, residents, fellows, and...

Since its invention more than 40 years ago, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology has allowed clinicians and researchers to produce more precise images of the human body and gain a greater understanding of injuries and disease. For McLean’s Scott E. Lukas, PhD, and Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD...

Scott E. Lukas, PhD, director of the McLean Imaging Center (MIC), can barely contain his excitement when describing McLean’s new 3 Tesla Siemens PRISMA MRI scanner. An extraordinary $3.75M grant from the Manton Foundation funded this state of the art acquisition. According to Lukas and fellow MIC...

The arrival of a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner for the McLean Imaging Center (MIC) last week will help investigators significantly expand their research scope, provide a more comfortable experience for patients, and position the hospital to better compete for grants and other funding...

One researcher is looking at how administering xenon gas may minimize injury to a traumatized brain. Another is studying how childhood sexual abuse affects brain function and increases the risk of re-victimization. A third is trying to understand the connection between early tobacco use and later...

Thinking big is a common theme at McLean, with many faculty and staff serving as leaders of national and international psychiatric associations—from those that promote bench and translational research to those that emphasize clinical studies and advocate for patients and providers. For example...