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We are thrilled to share that Caroline Carrozzini was awarded the Nelson Butters Award at the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society’s Poster Symposium on May 20th. This award recognizes excellence in research and presentation. Caroline’s project...

Congratulations to Dr. Madeleine Nowak for being named one of two Postdoctoral Fellow Poster Contest winners at the inaugural Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) Research Symposium on her poster titled, "Vigorous Physical Activity is Associated with Better...

Photophobia, or light sensitivity, is a complex condition frequently reported by individuals with chronic pain, PTSD, and other neuropsychiatric conditions—yet it remains poorly understood and primarily assessed through self-report. At the 2025 Cognitive...

Investigator Jenalyn Jotie presented her paper titled "The Impact of Repetitive mTBI and PTSD Symptom Severity on Photosensitivity" at the American Academy of Optometry meeting in Boston, MA.

Julia Brau, a current research assistant for the CASSL, presented her undergraduate work titled "Anticipated Psychosocial Stress Modulates Sustained Attention: A Behavioral and Physiological Perspective" at the virtual Association for Psychological...

Dr. Fortenbaugh and Julia Brau attended the virtual Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting to present their posters titled "Web-based Assessment of Visuospatial Processing Speed Across the Lifespan" and "The Impact of Image Contrast, Blur, and...

Blast TBI Associated with Increased Myopia and Chronic Convergence Insufficiency Results from a study led by Dr. Francesca Fortenbaugh and Dr. Jennifer Gustafson showed an increased frequency in participants with a history of blast-related mTBI of...