Our Team
Our team includes clinical research staff, engineers, investigators at McLean Hospital, affiliated Harvard Medical School faculty, and members of the nonprofit Many Brains Project. We are united by a common mission of building open, high-quality tools for understanding cognitive function. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact bachtech@mclean.harvard.edu. Note we do not take on unpaid volunteers. The team is led by Dr. Laura Thi Germine. Members of our team are listed in alphabetical order (by last name) below.
Director and Principal Investigator
McLean Hospital
Laura leads the Laboratory for Brain & Cognitive Health Technology. She is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, President of the Many Brains Project, and creator of TestMyBrain. More about Laura
Clinical Research Assistant
McLean Hospital
Katelin Curtis
Katelin is a clinical research coordinator for the Digital Cognitive Research program, working with Dr. Singh. She manages recruitment, participant support, and study monitoring for digital neuropsychology data collection.
Lab Assistant
McLean Hospital
Milena Ferreira
Milena provides study administration support for the ThreatSense project, including participant recruitment, participant support, and ensuring study materials are accessible to Spanish-speaking participants.
Data Engineer
McLean Hospital
Liz Grinspoon, PhD
Liz is a data engineer and software developer who supports technical infrastructure needs for the overall research program. Liz has a PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University.
Director, Lifespan Cognitive Dynamics
McLean Hospital
Zoë Hawks, PhD
Zoë leads the Lifespan Cognitive Dynamics Program at McLean Hospital. She is an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Research Data Analyst
McLean Hospital
Laneé Jung
Laneé helps to build and maintain data analysis pipelines for processing participant data in NIH-funded lab research studies. Laneé also supports data infrastructure for the NIDDK-funded GluCog project.
Lab Manager & Staff Scientist
McLean Hospital
Lisa Kluen, PhD
Lisa manages NIH-funded research and infrastructure activities for the lab together with Laura and other lab faculty. Lisa is also a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School.
Head of Research & Development
The Many Brains Project
Paolo Martini, PhD
Paolo leads software engineering and oversees technical infrastructure development for the TestMyBrain program at the Many Brains Project, including development of custom research study infrastructure.
Program Director
The Many Brains Project
Corianna Moffatt
Corianna leads operations and program management (our COO!) for the Many Brains Project, including ensuring that researchers are connected with appropriate technical and other support resources.
Program Associate
The Many Brains Project
Rebecca Nawls-Walker
Becca leads communications and researcher education for the Many Brains Project. They ensure that the community of researchers, clinicians, and patients are aware of our cognitive assessment tools and these tools serve community needs.
Clinical Research Assistant
McLean Hospital
Amira Parker
Amira manages study activities and provides participant support for lab research studies, including participant monitoring and data quality control. She is one of two clinical research coordinators for the NIMH-funded ThreatSense project.
Director, Digital Cognitive Research
McLean Hospital
Shifali Singh, PhD
Shifali leads the Digital Cognitive Research Program at McLean Hospital. She is Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and a licensed clinical neuropsychologist.
Head of Psychometrics & Data Analytics
The Many Brains Project
Roger Strong, PhD
Roger leads the development of new cognitive tests, psychometric validation, and data analytic resources to support cognitive testing for free & accessible tools as well as custom studies.
Clinical Research Assistant
McLean Hospital
Christina Wu
Christina manages study activities and provides participant support for lab research studies, including providing technical support and managing recruitment. She is one of two research coordinators for the NIMH-funded ThreatSense project.