Directors | Staff |Principal Investigators | Senior Faculty | Clinical Team | Instructors | Fellows

Directors

Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD Director — Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD
Director

Todd Griswold, MD Medical Director — Todd Griswold, MD
Medical Director, MBC Group Leader Training and Co-Director

Staff

Richa Gawande, PhD
Research Scientist and Co-Director, MBC Group Leader Training and Co-Director

Laure Tobiasz Veltz
Center Operations Manager

Ahmed Sanousi
CMC Research Operations

Frannie Marin
Research Programs Manager

Joshua Phillips
Senior Research Coordinator

Noah Babbott Bryan
Research Coordinator

Principal Investigators

Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD
Director, Associate Professor

Richa Gawande, PhD
MSC Instructor and MBC supervisor, Research Scientist

Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH
Director of Primary Care Implementation Research, Associate Professor

Michael Datko, PhD
Research Faculty; HMS Instructor; Co-Director, CMC Neuroimaging Core

Carl Fulwiler, MD PhD
Director, MBCT Training Program, Associate Professor

Diane Joss, PhD
Assistant Professor. Trauma Research at CMC & Co-director of CMC’s Neuroimaging Core

Jeffrey Thomas — Jeffrey Thomas
Project Director, Mandela Yoga Project, Senior Community Leadership Fellow

Senior Faculty

Tara Cousineau, PhD Psychology Faculty — Tara Cousineau, PhD
Psychology Faculty

Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD Director — Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD
Director

Carl Fulwiler, MD PhD
Director, MBCT Training Program

Paul Fulton, EdD Director, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Course — Paul Fulton, EdD
Director, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Course

Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH Psychiatry and Internal Medicine Faculty — Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH
Psychiatry and Internal Medicine Faculty

Christopher Germer, PhD
Senior Instructor and Supervisor, MSC

Todd Griswold, MD Medical Director — Todd Griswold, MD
Medical Director

Richa Gawande, PhD
MSC Instructor and MBC supervisor

Dominique Malebranche, PhD Faculty — Dominique Malebranche, PhD
Faculty

Sasha Oxnard, MD, MPH Psychiatry and Family Medicine Faculty — Sasha Oxnard, MD, MPH
Psychiatry and Family Medicine Faculty

Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH Director of Primary Care Implementation Research — Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH
Director of Primary Care Implementation Research

Susan Pollak, MTS, EdD Faculty — Susan Pollak, MTS, EdD
Senior Faculty Member, Supervisor, and Grand Rounds Co-Chair

Elana Rosenbaum, MS, MSW Senior faculty member and supervisor — Elana Rosenbaum, MS, MSW
Senior Faculty Member and Supervisor

Richard Schwartz, PhD Instructor, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Teacher Training — Richard Schwartz, PhD
Instructor, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Lead Trainer

Zayda Vallejo, MLitt Senior Instructor and Supervisor, MBSR — Zayda Vallejo, MLitt
Senior Instructor and Supervisor, MBSR

Laura Warren, MD
Psychiatry faculty

Nancy Sowell, LICSW Instructor, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Teacher Training — Nancy Sowell, LICSW
Instructor, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Lead Trainer

Martha Sweezy, PhD Instructor, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Teacher Training — Martha Sweezy, PhD
Instructor, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Lead Trainer

Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD Psychology faculty — Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD
Psychology faculty

Julie Dunne, PhD, PMHNP-BC Post-Doc Research Fellow — Julie Dunne, PhD, PMHNP-BC
Certified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Kiera Fredericksen, LICSW
MMHS & MINDFUL-PC, Social Work Training Faculty

Nicole Herschenhous, MD
Instructor, Internal Family Systems and Psychiatry Faculty

Christopher Willard, PsyD Psychology faculty — Christopher Willard, PsyD
Psychology faculty

Barbara Ogur, MD
Senior faculty and MBCT Instructor

Esther Estey, PhD, RYT-200
Qualified Instructor in MBCT, MBC, MSC; MBSR and mPEAK Teacher-In-Training

Clinical Team

Todd Griswold, MD MMHS & MINDFUL-PC — Todd Griswold, MD
MMHS & MINDFUL-PC

Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD MMHS & MINDFUL-PC — Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD
MMHS & MINDFUL-PC

Joe Rosansky, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow — Joe Rosansky, PhD
Staff Psychologist, Associate Director for CMC Post-Doctoral Training

Fiona Kate Rice, LMHC
PARTS Clinical Lead

Janet Yassen, LICSW MMHS & MINDFUL-PC — Janet Yassen, LICSW
MMHS & MINDFUL-PC

Hanna Soumerai, LICSW
PARTS Clinical Director

Savannah Wilkinson, MSW
Clinical Fellow

Dilara Ally PhD/LCSW
Richard C. Schwartz IFS Post- Doctoral Fellow

Mary Catherine Ward, LICSW MMHS & MINDFUL-PC — Mary Catherine Ward, LICSW
MMHS & MINDFUL-PC

Liv Valo, JD, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow

Natalia Bracamonte Moreno, LCSW PCBHI — Natalia Bracamonte Moreno, LICSW
Mindful PC

Barbara Hamm, PsyD MINDFUL-PC — Barbara Hamm, PsyD
MINDFUL-PC

Stephanie Cohen, MD Associate Medical Director, Mindful Mental Health Service — Stephanie Cohen, MD
Associate Medical Director, Mindful Mental Health Service

Jessika Bailey, MA MMHS & MINDFUL-PC — Jessika Scogland, MA
MMHS & MINDFUL-PC

Senior Instructors

Fatimah Finney, LMHC
Co-lead Trainer, Associate Director of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Professional Training pathway, and Therapist

Jorge Armesto, PhD, EdM, C-IAYT
Certified Instructor, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)

Susie Fairchild, MA Certified Instructor Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) — Susie Fairchild, MA
Certified Instructor, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)

Bryan Cadel, JD
Certified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Natalia Cepeda, MA Certified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) — Natalia Cepeda, MA
Certified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Éowyn Ahlstrom, M.Ed., LMT, RYT
Certified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Jody Daniels, MBA Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) — Jody Daniels, MBA
Certified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Yasemin Isler, MA Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) & Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) — Yasemin Isler, MA
Certified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR); Instructor, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)

Lisa Kim, MA
Senior Instructor, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)

Qualified Instructors

Rahil Rojiani, MD
Qualified Instructor, Psychiatry Resident and Mindfulness Instructor

Juan José Miret, PhD Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) — Juan José Miret, PhD
Qualified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Stephanie Palacios Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Resilience (MBTC-R), Mindfulness Training for Living Well (MTLW), & Mindfulness Training for Primary Care (MTPC) — Stephanie Palacios
Qualified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Resilience (MBTC-R), Mindful Behavior Change (MBC), & Mindfulness Training for Primary Care (MTPC)

Teresa Yeh, LICSW

Qualified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindful Behavior Change (MBC), Psychotherapist

Suzanne Westbrook, MD Instructor, Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) — Suzanne Westbrook, MD
Qualified Instructor, Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT)

Patrice Mann, MD, MPH
Qualified Instructor, Mindful Behavior Change (MBC)

Jeff Siegel, M.ED. Student-Athlete Mindfulness Instructor — Jeff Siegel, M.ED.
Qualified Instructor, Student-Athlete Mindfulness Instructor

Jen Anderson, MBA, C-IAYT
Qualified Instructor, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR_

Maïté Paillet
Qualified Instructor, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Resilience (MBCT/ MBTC-R)

Danielle Schuman-Olivier, CNM, PMHNP-BC Certified Instructor, Mindfulness-based Childbirth& Parenting — Danielle Schuman-Olivier, CNM, PMHNP-BC
Qualified Instructor, Mindfulness-based Childbirth& Parenting

Neeti Mishra Jha, MD
Qualified Instructor, Mindful Behavior Change (MBC)

Michael Spertus, MD
Qualified Instructor, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Resilience (MBCT/ MBTC-R)

Fellows

Visiting research fellows and scholars

Eunmi (Jina) Kim, PhD Post-Doc Research Fellow — Eunmi (Jina) Kim, PhD
Visiting Scholar

Julia Petrovic, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow

Nancie Rouleau, PhD Visiting Scholar — Nancie Rouleau, PhD
Visiting Scholar

Acelya Aslan
Pre-Doctoral Research Scholar

Research, Clinical Support, and Community Health Fellows and Volunteers

Colleen Blascik
Research Fellow

Hannah Goodman
Research Fellow

Juliana Katzenstein
Fellow

Nathaniel Glassy
Research Fellow

Featured News: CMC was awarded a research grant titled “Neural and physiologic effects of self-compassion on chronic pain” from the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. This grant provides seed funding for a pilot neuroimaging study examining self-compassion training for people experiencing chronic lower back pain.

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