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Mieke Verfaellie is a Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and serves as the Director of the BU Memory Disorders Research Center. Additionally, she is a Research Career Scientist at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Her research focuses on the cognitive and neural foundations of human memory, particularly in clinical populations like PTSD and traumatic brain injury patients.
- Education: PhD in Psychology from Université catholique de Louvain (1986)
- Training: Predoctoral research at University of Florida, postdoctoral training at VA Boston Healthcare System/Boston University School of Medicine
Verfaellie’s work explores memory disorders through neuroimaging, epigenetics, and behavioral studies. Her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Recent publications highlight PTSD-related DNA methylation patterns, memory sampling in decision-making, and hippocampal contributions to procedural memory.
She serves on the editorial boards of Neuropsychology, Neuropsychologia, and Journal of Memory and Language, and has received fellowships from leading psychological societies.
