# Jennifer Fonda, PhD Epidemiologist, Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders, VA Boston Healthcare System Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School ![Photo of Dr. Fonda](/sites/g/files/omnuum4691/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/fortenbaugh/files/picture6.png?itok=yjeIQwfw) email laptop\_windows [TRACTS](https://heartbrain.hms.harvard.edu/) laptop\_windows [Boston University Profile](https://profiles.bu.edu/Jennifer.Fonda) laptop\_windows [Harvard Catalyst Profile](https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/143482) I am the lead epidemiologist and biostatistician for the Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders Center (TRACTS), a VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Traumatic Brain Injury National Network. I play a central role in the design and data management of TRACTS, a longitudinal, prospective cohort study that uses state-of-the-art information across the domains of biological function (including blood chemistry, genetics, epigenetics), clinical and psychosocial function, lifetime head trauma and blast exposure, deployment experience, neuropsychological function, and neural integrity. I have 17 years of experience as a researcher focused on biostatistics and epidemiologic methods, with a particular interest in addiction, suicide, and psychiatric epidemiology. - ## Lab Roles [Lab Members](/lab-roles/labmembers)