Jennifer J. Vasterling, PhD
Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Psychiatry
General Psychiatry

PhD, Vanderbilt University
BS, Louisiana State University



Dr. Vasterling serves as the Chief of Psychology at VA Boston Healthcare System. She is also a clinical investigator within the Behavioral Sciences Division of the VA National Center for PTSD. Dr. Vasterling obtained her Ph.D. in psychology from Vanderbilt University in 1988, subsequently completing pre- and post-doctoral training in clinical neuropsychology at the VA Boston Healthcare System/Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Vasterling has served on the editorial boards of several journals, and currently serves on the board of Psychological Assessment. Her research has centered on neurocognitive and emotional changes that accompany war-zone deployment and posttraumatic stress responses. She is the lead editor of the sole book on the neuropsychology of PTSD and of a book on mild traumatic brain injury and PTSD. She is additionally an editor of a book addressing the mental health concerns of returning veterans.

Dr. Vasterling is the 2009 recipient of the American Psychological Association Trauma Psychology (Division 56) Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award. Her recent work, funded by the VA Cooperative Studies program and NIMH, involves longitudinal examination of neuropsychological and emotional outcomes of military deployment to Iraq and the mental health outcomes of their family members. She currently serves as President of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (Division 40 of the American Psychological Association).
Dr. Vasterling serves as the Chief of Psychology at VA Boston Healthcare System. She is also a clinical investigator within the Behavioral Sciences Division of the VA National Center for PTSD. Dr. Vasterling obtained her Ph.D. in psychology from Vanderbilt University in 1988, subsequently completing pre- and post-doctoral training in clinical neuropsychology at the VA Boston Healthcare System/Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Vasterling has served on the editorial boards of several journals, and currently serves on the board of Psychological Assessment. Her research has centered on neurocognitive and emotional changes that accompany war-zone deployment and posttraumatic stress responses. She is the lead editor of the sole book on the neuropsychology of PTSD and of a book on mild traumatic brain injury and PTSD. She is additionally an editor of a book addressing the mental health concerns of returning veterans.

Dr. Vasterling was the 2009 recipient of the American Psychological Association Trauma Psychology (Division 56) Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award. Her recent work, funded by the VA Cooperative Studies program and NIMH, involves longitudinal examination of neuropsychological and emotional outcomes of military deployment to Iraq and the mental health outcomes of their family members. She has served as President of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (Division 40 of the American Psychological Association), and currently serves as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Governors for the International Neuropsychological Society.

VA Boston Healthcare System




Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Christine Supelana
11/01/2016 - 08/31/2017 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System


Family Adaptation to OIF Deployment
05/22/2012 - 04/30/2017 (Multi-PI)
PI: Jennifer J. Vasterling, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH094422-04

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Christina Supelana
03/01/2016 - 04/30/2016 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System


IPA Personnel agreement for research services of Andrea Massa
03/01/2015 - 08/31/2015 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System


IPA agreement for Rebecca Wilken
04/01/2015 - 06/30/2015 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System


Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Rebecca Wilken
09/15/2013 - 09/14/2014 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System




Title
Family Adaptation to OIF Deployment
(PI)



Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2015 Family Adaptation to OIF Deployment 5R01MH094422-04 1
2014 Family Adaptation to OIF Deployment 5R01MH094422-03 1
2013 Family Adaptation to OIF Deployment 5R01MH094422-02 1
2012 Family Adaptation to OIF Deployment 1R01MH094422-01A1 1

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  1. Knoff AA, Vasterling JJ, Verfaellie M. Beyond trauma: a review of content and linguistic characteristics of nontrauma narratives in posttraumatic stress disorder. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2024; 15(1):2407733.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39415679; PMCID: PMC11488194; DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2024.2407733;
     
  2. Verfaellie M, Patt V, Lafleche G, Vasterling JJ. Associations between PTSD and temporal discounting: The role of future thinking. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2024 Dec; 85:101978.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38964185
     
  3. Raines AM, Clauss KE, Seidler D, Allan NP, Elhai JD, Vasterling JJ, Constans JI, Maieritsch KP, Franklin CL. A Bifactor Evaluation of Self-Report and Clinician-Administered Measures of PTSD in Veterans. Assessment. 2024 Dec; 31(8):1674-1686. PMID: 38347720
     
  4. Verfaellie M, Patt V, Lafleche G, Strang C, Vasterling JJ. Future thinking in PTSD: Preliminary evidence for altered event construction. Psychiatry Res. 2024 Mar; 333:115768.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38325161; PMCID: PMC10901291; DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115768;
     
  5. Verfaellie M, Patt V, Lafleche G, Hunsberger R, Vasterling JJ. Correction to: Imagining emotional future events in PTSD: clinical and neurocognitive correlates. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2024 Feb; 24(1):184-185.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38040864
     
  6. Verfaellie M, Patt V, Lafleche G, Hunsberger R, Vasterling JJ. Imagining emotional future events in PTSD: clinical and neurocognitive correlates. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2023 Oct; 23(5):1428-1444.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37700143; PMCID: PMC10592365; DOI: 10.3758/s13415-023-01121-4;
     
  7. MacDonald HZ, Franz MR, Kaiser AP, Lee LO, Lawrence AE, Fairbank JA, Vasterling JJ. Associations of Warzone Veteran and Intimate Partner PTSD Symptoms with Child Depression, Anxiety, Hyperactivity, and Conduct Problems. Mil Behav Health. 2023; 11(4):236-243.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38859978; PMCID: PMC11164550; DOI: 10.1080/21635781.2023.2246894;
     
  8. Vasterling JJ, Franz MR, Lee LO, Kaiser AP, Proctor SP, Marx BP, Schnurr PP, Ko J, Concato J, Aslan M. Early predictors of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in U.S. Army soldiers deployed to the Iraq war zone. J Trauma Stress. 2023 Oct; 36(5):955-967.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37608526
     
  9. Chiu C, Gnall K, Kaiser AP, Taft CT, Franz MR, Lee LO, Vasterling JJ. Neurocognitive Performance Predicts Future Partner Violence Among U.S. Iraq-and Afghanistan-deployed Army Soldiers and Veterans. Psychol Violence. 2022 May; 12(3):160-169.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38463935; PMCID: PMC10923519; DOI: 10.1037/vio0000408;
     
  10. Vasterling JJ, Lafleche GC, Patt V, Verfaellie M. Episodic Future Thinking and COVID-19 Vaccination Intent in Trauma-Exposed Military Veterans: A Pilot Study. Behav Ther (N Y N Y). 2022; 45(3):96-99.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38584963; PMCID: PMC10996582
     
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2009 American Psychological Association, Division 56: Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award
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