Team

Leadership

Milissa L. Kaufman, MD, PhD

Medical Director, Trauma Continuum

Director, Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program

Director, Initiative for Integration of Trauma Research, Training and Care

McLean Hospital

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

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Matthew A. Robinson, PhD

Program Director, Trauma Continuum

Operations Co-Director, Initiative for Integrated Trauma Research, Care, and Training

Investigator, Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program

McLean Hospital

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

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Lauren A. M. Lebois, PhD

Director, Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program

Operations Co-Director, Initiative for Integrated Trauma Research, Care, and Training

McLean Hospital

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

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Heidi Browne, MD

Associate Medical Director, Trauma Continuum

McLean Hospital

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Stephanie Rickey, PsyD

Assistant Director for Partial Hospital Services, Trauma Continuum

McLean Hospital

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Patricia Mangones, CNP

Director of Nursing Operations and Consultations, Trauma Continuum

McLean Hospital

Michaela Swee, PhD, ABPP

Director of Clinical Training and Education, Trauma Continuum

Investigator, Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program

McLean Hospital

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Meghan Shanahan, CNP

Assistant Director for Outpatient Services, Trauma Continuum

McLean Hospital

Kim Baranowski, PhD, ABPP

Director of Community Engagement, Trauma Continuum

McLean Hospital

Lecturer, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Staff

Kelly Brown - Jeanbart, MD

Heidi Browne, MD

Malavika Chatterjee, LMHC

Rebecca Coltin, LICSW

Vona Davis, CNP

Ally Dick, PhD

Christie Dolan, LMHC

Rhiannon Espinoza, LMHC

Francesca Guarino, MA, MT

Julia Kaufman, PhD

Kathryn Kieran, CNP

Katie Lederman, LICSW

Emma Lorsch, LCSW

Jessica Margolis, LICSW

Antonia Mariani, LICSW

Maddison Norton, LICSW

Ryan Piers, PhD

Rose Sajjabi

Meghan Shanahan, CNP

Valeria Tretyak, PhD

Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program Staff

Lauren A. M. Lebois, PhD

Director, Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program

Milissa L. Kaufman, MD, PhD

Medical Director, Trauma Continuum

Sherry Winternitz, MD

Clinical Director, Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program

Matthew A. Robinson, PhD

Program Director, Trauma Continuum

Meghan E. Shanahan, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Trauma Continuum

Michaela B. Swee, PhD, ABPP

Director of Clinical Training, Trauma Continuum

Laura Ward, MBA, MPH

Cori Palermo, MA

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Romeo Cabanban, MS

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Mollie Marr, MD, PhD

Juliann Purcell, PhD

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Zoe Bair, BS

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Rebecca Modell, BS

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Xi Pan, LICSW, MPA

Jonathan Wolff, MA

Aliya Hosford

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Research Staff Alumni

Cara E. Bigony, PhD

Clinical Research Assistant 2016-2017

Lauren Broderick, MD

Clinical Liaison and Investigator 2019-2020

Maya Joshi Delity

Summer Clinical Research Assistant / Research Intern 2019-2020

Sarah B. Hill, BA

Clinical Research Assistant 2016-2019

Maddie Goodman, BA

Clinical Research Intern 2022-2023

Isabella Kahhale, BS

Summer Clinical Research Assistant / Honors Thesis Student 2016-2017

Chloe Kaplan, BA

Clinical Research Assistant 2020-2023

Kathryn Kieran, PMHNP-BC

Clinical Liaison and Investigator 2015-2020

Chris King, M.Ed.

Graduate Student Volunteer 2016-2017
Clinical Research Assistant / Data Analyst 2017-2020

Nina Lewis-Schroeder, PhD

Investigator 2015-2020

Emily Mellen, BA

Clinical Research Assistant 2018-2019

Julia Merker, BS

Research Intern 2017 Clinical Research Assistant 2018-2021

Shae Nester, MA

Research Intern 2021-2022

Lauren K. O’Connor, PhD

Clinical Research Assistant 2014-2015

Xi Pan, LICSW, MPA

Senior Clinical Research Assistant 2020-2022

Jonathan D. Wolff, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator 2015-2019

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Milissa L. Kaufman, MD, PhD

Dr. Kaufman is a psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. At McLean Hospital, she is the Director of the Initiative for Trauma Research, Training and Care. She also is the Medical Director at the Hill Center for Women and the Adult Outpatient Trauma Clinic.

Dr.  Kaufman completed her doctoral training with Dr. Terry Keane at the National Center for PTSD. Then, after graduating from Boston University’s combined MD/PhD Program, she trained with Dr. James Chu within the MGH/McLean Hospital psychiatry residency program. She has 25 years of experience in the assessment and treatment of trauma-spectrum and dissociative disorders. She has published widely in these areas.

Currently, she serves as a principal investigator or a co-investigator on various studies designed to further our understanding of the neurobiology of PTSD and dissociative identity disorder. Her research utilizes a multimodal approach involving sophisticated psychometric assessment paired with neuroimaging, psychophysiology, genetic, and neurocognitive techniques.  She and her colleagues at McLean Hospital have received both philanthropic funding and federal funding from the National Institute of Mental Health to study biomarkers of dissociation in traumatized individuals.

Dr. Kaufman has been honored to receive numerous national and local awards for her work as a clinician, as a researcher, and as an educator. She is the former Associate Training Director for the MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program and currently serves as their Director of Trauma Psychiatry Didactics curriculum.

E-Mail – ResearchGate – Google Scholar

Matthew-A.-Robinson,-PhD

Matthew A. Robinson, PhD

Matthew A. Robinson, PhD is Director of the Trauma Continuum at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, which provides partial hospital and outpatient treatment for trauma and dissociative disorders including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). He also serves as Director of Adult and Geriatric Ambulatory services at McLean Hospital including multiple clinics with specialized multidisciplinary teams treating a range of mental health problems including mood disorders, psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, personality disorders, and more. He is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and provides clinical supervision and didactic training as part of the MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program.

Dr. Robinson is a co-investigator with the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program (DDTRP) and collaborates on federally funded studies exploring the phenomenology, neurobiology, and treatment of trauma and dissociative disorders including Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). His current research includes exploring the effectiveness and acceptability of evidence-based treatments for PTSD, new approaches to treatment of ICD-11 Complex PTSD, and expanding treatment options and availability for DID.

Dr. Robinson provides professional training and is engaged in public outreach efforts aimed at understanding and destigmatizing DID. He helped develop and launch the Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP), a group of individuals with DID lived experience who collaborate with the Trauma Continuum and DDTRP on program development and research initiatives.

Dr. Robinson earned his doctorate in counseling psychology from Teachers College Columbia University and completed pre- and post-doctoral training at the Manhattan and Boston VA Hospital’s respectively.

E-Mail – ResearchGate – Google Scholar

Lauren A. M. Lebois, PhD

Dr. Lauren Lebois is a cognitive neuroscientist who is passionate about understanding how the mind, brain, and body adapt in the aftermath of trauma.  She prioritizes translating scientific breakthroughs in accessible, compelling, and clinically-relevant ways.  Dr. Lebois is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, where she serves as the Director of the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program at McLean Hospital.  Dr. Lebois’ National Institute of Mental Health funded research program focuses on the neurobiology of dissociation in trauma-spectrum disorders.  Her published research analyzes the therapeutic effect of mindfulness-related treatments, the role of learning, experience, and plasticity in emotion, and the assessment of brain and behavioral correlates of dissociation.  Dr. Lebois serves as the Scientific Committee Immediate Past Chair for the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), and the Operations Co-Director of the Initiative for Integrated Trauma Research, Care and Training at McLean Hospital. In 2021, she was awarded McLean Hospital’s Alfred Pope Award for Young Investigators for the publication of an exceptional peer-reviewed, first-authored publication, and ISSTD’s Pierre Janet Writing Award for the best research paper in the field of dissociation and/or trauma within the past year. Recently, she also received the Morton Prince Award from ISSTD for her outstanding cumulative contributions to research on dissociative disorders. Dr. Lebois is deeply committed to using her advances in neurobiology, behavior, and treatment to reduce the stigma and improve care for individuals living with PTSD and dissociative identity disorder.


E-Mail – ResearchGate – Google Scholar – LinkedIn – X @LaurenLeboisPhD

Cori Palermo, MA

Cori is the Lab Manager for the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program. The clinical research studies she works on examine the neurobiology of dissociative symptoms and biological markers of PTSD. 

Cori received her MA in Clinical Psychology from Towson University, and her BS in Psychology from Sacred Heart University. Throughout her graduate training under the direction of Dr. Bethany Brand, Cori researched the assessment of complex dissociative disorders. She has clinical experience treating comorbid developmental disabilities, problematic behaviors, and trauma histories.

Romeo S. Cabanban, MS

Cori is the Lab Manager for the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program. The clinical research studies she works on examine the neurobiology of dissociative symptoms and biological markers of PTSD. 


Cori received her MA in Clinical Psychology from Towson University, and her BS in Psychology from Sacred Heart University. Throughout her graduate training under the direction of Dr. Bethany Brand, Cori researched the assessment of complex dissociative disorders. She has clinical experience treating comorbid developmental disabilities, problematic behaviors, and trauma histories.

Juliann Purcell, PhD

Dr. Juliann Purcell is passionate about supporting survivors of trauma through direct clinical work, research to understand neurobiological changes after trauma, and advocacy to help decrease mental health stigma.

Dr. Purcell earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham under the mentorship of Dr. David Knight and Dr. Sylvie Mrug and completed her clinical internship at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System in Richmond, Virginia. Her published research broadly explores the neurobiological impacts of adversity (e.g., childhood abuse and neighborhood disadvantage). Dr. Purcell’s NIH-funded dissertation work investigated relationships that different patterns of substance use across adolescence have with brain structure and function in young adulthood. Additionally, she was instrumental in developing an intervention designed to enhance emotion regulation and interpersonal skills for individuals reintegrating into their communities after incarceration. Dr. Purcell’s clinical background and neuroscience expertise afford a unique perspective from which she approaches clinical, research, and advocacy work.

Zoe Bair, BS

Zoe is passionate about understanding mental health issues through the stories and experiences shared by individual participants. She is currently a Clinical Research Assistant in the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program. Zoe graduated in 2022 from Tufts University with a B.S. in Clinical Psychology. While at Tufts she worked directly under Dr. Jasmine Mote in the Mote Emotion and Social Health Lab to investigate the effects of loneliness on heart rate variability in people with schizophrenia. She also was a part of the Social Identity and Stigma Lab with Dr. Jessica Remedios examining discrimination and adversity faced by individuals with multiple marginalized identities. Zoe has clinical experience conducting assessments for ADHD and autism and working for multiple crisis hotlines. In the future, she hopes to continue doing meaningful research in a clinical psychology graduate program.

Rebecca Modell, BS

Rebecca is a driven individual with a love of people, an interest in research, and a passion for empathetic clinical care. She graduated from Boston University in 2022 with a BS in Health Science. In the future, she is interested in pursuing an MD and/or PhD in the fields of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience. As a student, Rebecca discovered her interest in research as a Research Assistant in the Boston University Global Health Nutrition Lab under Dr. Lindsey Locks. In the Global Health Nutrition Lab, Rebecca studied malnutrition in populations of women, children, and adolescents and the interaction between malnutrition and infection. She continued to explore her research interests in the Dekel Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital. As a Clinical Research Intern under Dr. Sharon Dekel, Rebecca helped to investigate women’s postpartum mental health and the processes involved in their adjustment post childbirth. Eventually, Rebecca’s interests led her to the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program at McLean Hospital where she now works as a Clinical Research Assistant under Dr. Milissa Kaufman and Dr. Lauren Lebois investigating the neurobiology of trauma and dissociative disorders. Rebecca’s ultimate goal is to become a physician-scientist working in the field of trauma and dissociative disorders. She hopes that one day, her research and clinical practice will be able to improve the lives of those struggling with trauma spectrum disorders.

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