Director and Principal Investigator
Dr. Seligowski is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School. She is also an Associate Editor for the European Journal of Psychotraumatology and a Board Member for the Massachusetts Board of Psychologists. Dr. Seligowski completed her pre-doctoral clinical psychology internship at McLean Hospital & Harvard Medical School, where she also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Dr. Kerry Ressler’s Neurobiology of Fear Laboratory.
Dr. Seligowski’s research aims to elucidate brain-heart mechanisms underlying stress and PTSD, and to identify how these mechanisms are involved in cardiovascular disease risk. She also studies sex differences in these phenomena, including the influence of gonadal hormones. Dr. Seligowski’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Marissa is working towards a career in medical sonography/ultrasound. She is interested in learning more about clinical research and she is contributing towards poster and manuscript projects.
McLean Hospital and
Harvard Medical School
Robyn is a Clinical Psychologist and Instructor at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She is interested in understanding the psychophysiological mechanisms of treatment for PTSD and substance use disorders, as well as how gonadal hormones may influence engagement of mechanisms in treatment.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Annie is working on studies that are using FDG-PET imaging and autonomic measures to test the impact of PTSD treatments on cardiovascular mechanisms.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Courtney is a clinical psychology Postdoctoral Fellow in the NEST lab and in the MGH Center for Women's Mental Health. She is interested in using physiological methods to understand the mechanisms and treatment of anxiety-related disorders during periods of hormone flux (e.g., menstrual cycle, perimenopause).
Massachusetts General Hospital
Annabel is a pre-med undergraduate at Boston College and an EMT. Annabel is interested in better understanding the effects of stress and trauma on the cardiovascular system.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Sinead is a Clinical Psychologist and Postdoctoral Fellow in the NEST lab and in the T32 Harvard Medical School Research Fellowship in Integrative Medicine. Her research examines cardiovascular correlates of PTSD, particularly among women. She also examines how behavioral health interventions, such as yoga, meditation, and physical exercise, may reduce symptoms of PTSD and cardiovascular risk.
Jahnvi Jain, BS
Student Visitor
Currently: Medical Student, University of Texas at Houston
Maria Khalil, MD
Nuclear Cardiology Fellow
Currently: Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Maine Healthcare
Hui Chong Lau, MD
Nuclear Cardiology Fellow
Currently: Clinical Cardiology Fellow, LSU Health Shreveport
Julia B. Merker, BS
Research Assistant
Currently: Clinical Psychology PhD Student, University of Delaware
Natalie C. Noble, BA
Research Assistant
Currently: Clinical Psychology PhD Student, University of Vermont
Theresa K. Webber, BA
Research Assistant
Currently: Social Work MSW Student, Boston University