Public Resources | Helpful Links

At McLean

• McLean Hospital: https://www.mcleanhospital.org/

• Brains Matter: https://www.mcleanhospital.org/education/brains-matter

• Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center: https://hbtrc.mclean.harvard.edu

• Collaborations with McLean Hospital: https://www.mcleanhospital.org/education/collaborate

At Harvard

• Harvard Brain Science Initiative: http://brain.harvard.edu/

• Dept of Molecular & Cellular Biology: https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/

• Dept of Psychology: https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/

• Center for Brain Science: https://cbs.fas.harvard.edu/

• Center on the Developing Child: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/

• Program in Neuroscience: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/neuroscience/

• Harvard Medical School: https://hms.harvard.edu/

• Children's Hospital Boston: http://www.childrenshospital.org/

• Harvard Gazette Science Section: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/section/science-technology/

• Harvard Life Sciences Outreach Program: https://lifesciencesoutreach.f...

Helpful Articles

• Article: “Choosing appropriate language to reduce the stigma around mental illness and substance use disorders” (Volkow et al., 2021).
  Read it for free here: https://rdcu.be/cLlng

• Article: “A scientific approach to navigating the academic job market” (Beas and Cummings, 2022). Read it for free here: https://rdcu.be/cLlnC

• Article: “What’s wrong with my experiment?: The impact of hidden variables on neuropsychopharmacology research” (Butler-Struben et al., 2022).
  Read it for free here: https://rdcu.be/cLlp

• Article: “Analysis of sex differences in pre-clinical and clinical data sets” (Becker, et al., 2019). Read it for free here: https://rdcu.be/cR9ou

• Article: “The importance of promoting scientific advocacy & outreach for trainees" (Rouzer, et al., 2023). Read it for free here: https://rdcu.be/c3ICr

News Items

• Bill Carlezon among Harvard Medical School faculty elected as AAAS Fellows for distinguished scientific achievements:
  4 Elected 2022 AAAS Fellows (posted in HMS News & Research, January 2023)

• NPR Radio Broadcast: Dr. Kerry Ressler was recently part of an interview about studying human emotions in animal models.
  Listen to NPR Health News (Jon Hamilton, 4/6/22): In jumpy flies and fiery mice, scientists see the roots of human emotions

Other Helpful Links

• National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

• National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/

• The Dana Foundation: http://www.dana.org/

• Society for Neuroscience: https://www.sfn.org/

• BrainFacts.org: https://www.brainfacts.org/

• Brain and Behavior Research Foundation: https://www.bbrfoundation.org/

• Cure Alliance for Mental Illness: http://curealliance.org/

• Boston Museum of Science: https://www.mos.org/