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For its exceptional results in patient care, the MGH Department of Psychiatry has earned top rankings in psychiatry for the past 19 years in the annual “America’s Best Hospitals” survey by US News & World Report.

Leadership

David Mischoulon, MD, PhD

David Mischoulon is a Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Joyce R Tedlow Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the Director of the Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Cristina Cusin, MD

Dr. Cusin is an Associate Director of the DCRP and Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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Paola Pedrelli, PhD

Dr. Pedrelli is an Associate Director of the Depression Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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Albert Yeung, MD, ScD

Albert Yeung, MD, ScD is Associate Director of Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Professor of Psychiatry (Part-time) at Harvard Medical School, and co-Medical Director at South Cove Community Health Center which focuses on serving Asian immigrants.

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Andrew Nierenberg, MD

Dr. Andrew Nierenberg is an Associate Director of the DCRP and director of the Bipolar Clinical and Research Program.

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Lauren Fisher, PhD

Dr. Lauren Fisher is a clinical psychologist who serves as director of clinical services at the DCRP, and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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Clinicians & Researchers

Kate Bentley, PhD

Dr. Kate Bentley is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, a Clinical Psychologist in the DCRP, and Director of the Suicide Prevention Research Program in the MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry.

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Trina Chang, MD, MPH

Dr. Chang is the director of community-based studies at the DCRP.

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Amit Chopra, MD

Dr. Amit Chopra is a Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Chopra completed his medical training at Sawai Man Singh College, Jaipur, India in 2003, followed by research and clinical training in UK at King’s College London and University College London between 2003-2007. Dr. Chopra completed his Adult Psychiatry Residency, Sleep Medicine Fellowship, and Deep Brain Stimulation Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota in between 2007-2013. Dr.

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Amanda Collins, PhD

Dr. Amanda Collins is the Director of Digital Phenotyping and Therapeutics Research at the DCRP, and she is a Member of the Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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Joshua Curtiss, PhD

Dr. Joshua E. Curtiss, PhD, is currently an associate researcher at MGH with the DCRP and an assistant professor at Northeastern University. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the DCRP, as well as with the OCD and Related Disorders Program at MGH. He completed his doctoral program in clinical psychology at Boston University.

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Amy Farabaugh, PhD

Dr. Farabaugh is the director of psychotherapy research at the DCRP and is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.

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Simmie Foster, MD, PhD

Simmie Foster, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist in the DCRP and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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Felipe Jain, MD

Dr. Felipe Jain is Director of Healthy Aging Studies at the Depression Clinical and Research Program, a Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. He is the first psychiatrist to receive the prestigious Paul K. Beeson K76 Emerging Leaders in Aging Research Career Development Award from the National Institute on Aging.

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Richard Liu, PhD

Dr. Richard Liu is a licensed clinical psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, the Director of Suicide Research in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MGH, and Director of Big Data Studies at the DCRP.

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Naoise Mac Giollabhui

Naoise Mac Giollabhui is the Director of Research on Inflammatory Depression, a licensed clinical psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

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Maren Nyer, PhD

Dr. Maren Nyer is director of yoga studies at the DCRP.

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Aderonke Pederson, MD

Dr. Pederson is the Director, Stigma Research Studies. Dr. Pederson completed medical school and residency training in psychiatry at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. During residency she also received a certificate of scholarly concentration in global health. Dr. Pederson is the Director of Research Equity in the Clinical Trials Network and Institute at MGH and a Member of the Faculty of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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Jonathan Liu Worth, MD

Dr. Jonathan Liu Worth, MD, is a staff psychopharmacologist in the DCRP. He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine.

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Program Management

Paulina Gutierrez-Ramirez

Paulina Gutierrez-Ramirez is the Program Coordinator of the DCRP. She is a graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and completed premedical studies at Harvard Extension School.

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Clinical Research Coordinators

Caitlyn Arnold

Caitlyn graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2025 with a B.A. in Biosociology & Medical Ethics and a Pre-Health Professions Certificate.

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Minna Behnan

Minna graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology.

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Amos Darius

Amos graduated from Brown University in 2025 with a B.A. in Health and Human Biology on the Mind, Brain, and Behavior pathway.

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Ava Licht

Ava graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Neuroscience.

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Heather Raslan

Heather graduated from Duke University in 2025 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and minors in Chemistry and Global Health.

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Catherine Schuessler

Catherine Schuessler graduated from Northeastern University in 2023 where she studied Psychology and minored in Human Services.

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Shirley Wu

Shirley graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2025 with a B.A. in Psychology and Art History.

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Sherry Wu

Sherry Wu joins the DCRP as a Clinical Research Coordinator this December 2024.

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Clinical Support Staff

Maria Lalai

Maria Lalai is the Administrative Coordinator for the DCRP. She is a diligent, detail-oriented individual who is comfortable working in fast-paced and challenging work environments.

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Aashna Pandya

Aashna graduated from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences with a Bachelor of Science in Medical and Molecular Biology and a minor in Health Psychology. Over the past year, Aashna interned as a Clinical Research Intern at MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health where she contributed to the National Pregnancy Registry for Psychiatric Medications. At her university, Aashna was also an Undergraduate Research Assistant in Dr.

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Jason Jusino

Jason Jusino is the Patient Services Coordinator for the DCRP. He has worked for multiple departments at Mass General Brigham, including the Registration and Referral/Authorizations department and the Central Billing Office.

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Co-op & Practicum Students

Tanvi Chalumalla

Tanvi Chalumalla is joining the DCRP as a co-op student for the Fall semester. She is a third-year undergraduate student at Northeastern University and is majoring in Psychology on the pre-medical track, as well as minoring in Behavioral Neuroscience.

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Fatou Gaye

Fatou Gaye is a second-year undergraduate student at Boston University, majoring in Biology with a specialization in Neurobiology and minoring in Psychology.

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Dhwani Lalwani

Dhwani Lalwani has joined the DCRP as a co-op student for the Fall semester. She is currently a junior at Northeastern University, majoring in Cell and Molecular Biology with a minor in Business Administration and Consulting.

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Zoe Lee

Zoe Lee is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Northeastern University, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Speech Language Pathology & Audiology.

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Sophia Lind

Sophia Lind is a third-year undergraduate student studying Behavioral Neuroscience on the pre-medical track at Northeastern University and is joining the DCRP as a co-op student.

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Madeline Morton

Madeline Morton is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying psychology and neuroscience at the College of the Holy Cross.

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Matias Cattani

Matias Cattani is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying biopsychology and biotechnology at Tufts University.

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Directors Emeriti

Jonathan Alpert, MD, PhD

Dr. Jonathan Alpert is Director Emeritus of the DCRP, and co-founder and co-director of the MGH Depression and Anxiety Associates Group Practice.

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Maurizio Fava, MD

Dr. Maurizio Fava founded the DCRP in 1990 and is now Director Emeritus.

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