MIRECC / CoE

Leadership

	Director LTC(R) Michael Russell, Ph.D. [bio] michael.russell5@va.gov
	Deputy Director of Research Behavioral Science Core Leader Dena Davidson, Ph.D. dena.davidson@va.gov
	Neuroimaging & Biomarkers Core Leader Steven Nelson, Ph.D. steven.nelson1@va.gov
	Education & Dissemination Core Leader Richard Seim, Ph.D. richard.seim@va.gov
	Implementation Science Core Leader Justin Benzer, Ph.D. justin.benzer@va.gov
	Administrative Officer Brandon Moore, Ph.D. brandon.moore4@va.gov
	Budget Analyst MSG(R) John Eline john.eline@va.gov

Investigators

	Suzannah Creech, Ph.D. Investigator, Treatment Core Areas: relationship functioning, military sexual trauma, intimate partner violence
	Bryann DeBeer, Ph.D. Investigator, Treatment Core Areas: suicide prevention, serious mental illness
	Sheila Frankfurt, Ph.D. Investigator, Behavioral Science Core Areas: moral injury, PTSD
	Evan Gordon, Ph.D. Investigator, Neuroimaging Core Areas: traumatic brain injury, executive function, functional brain organization
	Rakeshwar Guleria, Ph.D. Investigator, Biomarkers & Genetics Core Areas: sympathetic arousal, cardiac dysfunction, molecular signal transduction
	Geoffrey May, M.D. Investigator, Neuroimaging Core Areas: EEG, fMRI, TMS, PTSD, TBI
	Eric Meyer, Ph.D. Investigator, Treatment Core Areas: PTSD, SUD, treatment outcome research
	Joseph Mignogna, Ph.D. Investigator, Implementation Science Core Areas: integrated health care, primary care
	Keith Young, Ph.D. Investigator, Biomarkers & Genetics Core Areas: biomarkers of PTSD and suicide
	Laura Zambrano-Vazquez, Ph.D. Associate Director of Training, Education & Dissemination Core Areas: psychophysiological assessment, PTSD

Fellows

	Adam McGuire, Ph.D. OAA Postdoctoral Research Fellow adam.mcguire@va.gov
	Carey Pulverman, Ph.D. OAA Postdoctoral Research Fellow carey.pulverman@va.gov
	Yvette Szabo, Ph.D. OAA Postdoctoral Research Fellow yvette.szabo@va.gov

To learn more about our post-doctoral fellowship program, please visit our Fellowship page.

Research Staff

Jennifer Bakan, B.A. - Technical Writer
Nickolas Chevalier - MRI Technician, Neuroimaging Core
Laura Constable, M.S. - Study Coordinator, Behavioral Science Core
Lisa Corcoran, M.A. - Psychology Technician, Behavioral Science Core
Leslie Dannhaus, M.A., LPC - Study Coordinator, Neuroimaging Core
Christina Hejl, B.S. - Laboratory Technician, Biomarkers & Genetics Core
Staley Justice, MSW, LCSW - Study Coordinator, Neuroimaging & Behavioral Science Core
Andrea MacCarthy, B.S. - Data Analyst, Implementation Science Core
Corina Mendoza, M.A. - Mental Health Specialist, Behavioral Science Core
Edward Millican, B.S. - Psychology Technician, Behavioral Science Core
Dawn Pierson, M.S. - Psychology Technician, Implementation Science Core
Kathryn Roe, B.S. - Psychology Technician, Behavioral Science Core
Celeste Sanders, Ph.D. - Psychology Technician, Implementation Science Core
Arsenio Scott, B.S. - Psychology Technician, Neuroimaging Core
Mollie Shin, B.S. - Psychology Technician, Behavioral Science Core
William Stewart, B.S. - Laboratory Technician, Biomarkers & Genetics Core
Ramy Sweiden, M.A. - Psychology Technician, Behavioral Science Core
Randy Tea, M.S. - Psychology Technician, Behavioral Science Core

Program Support

Lisa Boynton, BBA - Program Support Assistant
Robert Cervantes, MBA - Data Manager
Ruth Ann Mitchell - Administrative Support Assistant
Victor Robinson - Program Support Assistant
April Salinas - Program Support Assistant

Advisory Board

David Carroll, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Mental Health Operations
VACO

Carl A. Castro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Research Director,
Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families
University of Southern California

Charles J. Foulks, M.D.
Associate Chief of Staff for Research Services
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

Steve Holliday, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
VISN 17 Mental Health Liaison Officer

Wendell E. Jones, M.D. MBA, FACP, CPE
VISN 17 Chief Medical Officer

Kathryn J. Kotrla, M.D., Ph.D.
President of MEK, Inc.
Former Associate Dean, College of Medicine, Round Rock
Texas A&M Health Science Center

Walter E. Penk, Ph.D.
Professor Texas A&M, College of Medicine
Consultant, VA Rehabilitation, Research and Development

Murray A. Raskind, M.D.
Director, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Veterans Advisory Council

In addition to our Advisory Board, our Center also has a Veterans Council which meets quarterly to represent Veterans interests in our research and services.