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

Noah Babbott Bryan
Research Coordinator

Frannie Marin
Research Programs Manager

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

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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