MIRECC / CoE

Jerome Yesavage, MD
Director, VISN 21 MIRECC
650-852-3233
[email protected]
[email protected]
Interests: Dementia, depression, clinical trials, implementation

Jennifer Kaci Fairchild, PhD
Associate Director, VISN 21 MIRECC
Director, Palo Alto PhD Fellowship
650-493-5000 ext. 63432
[email protected]
[email protected]
Interests: Activity-based interventions; neuroplasticity; mild cognitive impairment (MCI)

Sherry Beaudreau, PhD, ABPP Director, National VA Advanced Fellowship Program
650-493-5000 ext. 64119
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[email protected]
Interests: older adults, suicide prevention, anxiety, depression, cognition

Jauhtai Joseph Cheng, MD
Director, Dementia Clinical Unit
[email protected]
[email protected]
Interests: Non-invasive brain stimulation, interaction between electromagnetic field and biological system, Alzheimer’s disease, effect of brain stimulation on brain structure and cognitive function

Thomas Neylan, MD
Research Director, VISN 21 MIRECC 
Director, PTSD Clinical Unit
415-750-6961
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Interests: PTSD, dementia, sleep

Allyson Rosen, PhD, ABPP-Cn
Director, Dementia Education & Implementation Unit
650-493-5000 ext. 68035
[email protected]
[email protected]
Interests: aging, dementia, neuromodulation, neuroimaging, neuropsychology

Leanne Williams, PhD
Director, PTSD Education & Implementation Unit
Director, Precision Medicine Research Core
650-723-3579
[email protected]
Interests: Precision medicine, neuroimaging, biotypes, PTSD, depression, TMS, pharmacotherapy, exploratory therapeutics

Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski, PhD
Director, Sleep Research Core
Clinical Researcher, PTSD Clinical Unit
650-493-5000 ext. 65436
[email protected]
Interests: sleep deprivation, brain, memory

Joachim Hallmayer, MD
Director, Neurochemistry Research Core
Co-Director, VA Advanced Fellowship, National Coordinating Site
[email protected]
Interests: genotype, genetic linkage, genetic predisposition to disease

Laura Lazzeroni, PhD
Director, Biostatistics Research Core
[email protected]
Interests: Biostatistics in mental health and cognition, statistical genetics, and genomics

Craig Rosen, PhD
Director, Health Services Research Core
650-493-5000 x22812
[email protected]
[email protected]

Michael Weiner, MD
Director, Neuroimaging Research Core
ADNI & Brain Health Registry
415-221-4810 ext. 23642
[email protected]
Interests: Alzheimer’s disease, imaging, biomarkers

Jamie Zeitzer, PhD (Stanford profile)
Director, Chronobiology Research Core
650-493-5000 ext. 62410
[email protected]
Interests: sleep, circadian, light, actigraphy, TBI

Steven Chao, MD
Clinical Researcher, Dementia Clinical Unit
[email protected]
Interests: TBI, MCI, Dementia, headache and COVID related cognitive issues

Tim Durazzo, PhD
Clinical Researcher, PTSD Clinical Unit
650-493-5000 ext. 62982
[email protected]
Interests: neuroimaging, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, cigarette smoking, neurocognition, alcohol use disorder

Raquel Gardner, MD
Investigator, Epidemiology / Risk Factors Research Core
415-221-4810 ext. 3129
[email protected]
Interests: traumatic brain injury, aging, neurodegeneration

Laura Hack, MD, PhD
Investigator, Precision Medicine Research Core
650-493-5000 ext. 61911
[email protected]
[email protected]
Interests: precision psychiatry, treatment resistant depression, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); ketamine and other psychedelics

Corey Keller, MD, PhD
Investigator, PTSD Clinical Unit
[email protected]
[email protected]
Interests: TMS, EEG, depression

Erica S. Kornblith, PhD
Investigator, Epidemiology / Risk Factors Research Core
415-221-4810 ext. 24125
[email protected]
[email protected]
Interests: traumatic brain injury, cognitive aging, telehealth

Scott Mackin, PhD
Neuropsychologist, Neuroimaging Research Core
415-221-4810 ext. 26463
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Michelle Madore, PhD
Co-Director, Palo Alto PhD VA Advanced Fellowship
650-493-5000 ext. 64221
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Interests: Neuromodulation, teleneuropsychology, cognition

Shira Maguen, PhD
Director, San Francisco PhD VA Advanced Fellowship
Fellowship Director, PTSD Clinical Unit
415-221-4810 ext. 22511
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Interests: PTSD, veterans, suicide, health services

Ruth O’Hara, PhD
Co-Director, Neurochemistry Research Core
Co-Director, Palo Alto PhD VA Advanced Fellowship
[email protected]
Interests: aging, cognition disorders, neuropsychological tests

Michael Ostacher, MD
Director, Palo Alto MD VA Advanced Fellowship
[email protected]

Claudia Padula, PhD
Clinical Researcher, PTSD Clinical Unit
650-493-5000 ext. 61640
[email protected]
Interests: addiction, alcohol use disorder, sex differences, functional neuroimaging and relapse risk

Viktoriya Samarina, PhD
Co-Director, VA Advanced Fellowship, National Coordinating Site
650-493-5000 ext. 64268
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Interests: cognition, neuropsychological assessment, neurodegenerative disorders, aging, dementia

Joy Taylor, PhD
Clinical Researcher, Dementia Clinical Unit
650-493-5000 ext. 63102
[email protected]
[email protected]
Interests: MCI, AD biomarkers, TMS

Jong Yoon, PhD
Investigator, PTSD Clinical Unit
650-493-5000 ext. 64335
[email protected]
[email protected]
Interests: neuroimaging, psychosis, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

Azeezat Azeez, PhD
3rd Year Fellow
[email protected]
Interests: fMRI, neuroimaging, data science, TMS

Sarah Hagerty, PhD
2nd Year Fellow
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Interests: precision assessment and treatment, PTSD, threat regulation, dimensional models of psychopathology

Agnieszka Kalinowski, PhD
3rd Year Fellow
[email protected]
Interests: schizophrenia, neuroimmunology, neurodevelopment

Peter Louras, PhD
1st Year Fellow
650-493-5000 ext. 68957
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Interests: rehabilitation, clinical research, cognitive impairment, health, fitness

Peter Johannes van Roessel, PhD
2nd Year Fellow
650-721-5896
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Interests: sleep deprivation, brain, memory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), health anxiety, clinical insight, neurocognition, pharmacotherapies

Jessica Marie Ross, PhD
1st Year Fellow
[email protected]
Interests: aging, cognition, action-perception, neurophysiology, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electroencephalography (EEG)

Nicole Walker, PsyD
1st Year Fellow
650 493-5000 ext. 69650
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Interests: rTMS, Cognition, Depression, PTSD, Older Adults

Catherine Baxley, PhD
2nd Year Fellow
415-221-4810, ext. 22902
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Interests: Opioid use disorder, buprenorphine, motivational interviewing, chronic pain

Meredith Bock, PhD
1st Year Fellow
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Interests: movement disorders; Parkinson's disease; cognitive disorders

Emily Dolsen, PhD
2nd Year Fellow
415-221-4810 ext. 23559
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Interests: suicide, LGBTQ+ mental health, sleep, PTSD

Jennifer A. Eastman, PhD
2nd Year Fellow
415-273-9363
[email protected]
Interests: neuropsychology, aging, cognition, cancer

Jessica Hua, PhD
2nd Year Fellow
415-221-4810 ext. 26403
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Interests: schizophrenia, psychosis, magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG)

Michelle Kassel, PhD
2nd Year Fellow
415-221-4810 ext. 24525
[email protected]
Interests: neuropsychology, aging, mood disorders, cognitive control, fMRI, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)

Kristin Nishimi, PhD, MPH
2nd Year Fellow
415-221-4810 ext. 26349
[email protected]
Interests: PTSD, trauma, epidemiology, physical comorbidity

Rachel M. Ranney, PhD
1st Year Fellow
415-221-4810 ext. 22488
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Interests: PTSD, treatment access, evidence-based psychotherapy

Sara Timtim, MD
1st Year Fellow
[email protected]
Interests: white matter microstructural changes in PTSD