Jennifer J. Vasterling, Ph.D. is a clinical neuropsychologist who serves as a Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Psychology at the US Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, and an affiliated investigator in the National Center for PTSD.
Her research and clinical work have focused on the neuropsychological correlates of PTSD and the comorbidity of PTSD and mild TBI - both topics on which she has published edited books in additional to journal articles. She is a former President of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (APA Div 40) and a former member of the Governing Board of the International Neuropsychological Society.
Area of interest
Neuropsychology, PTSD, longitudinal cognitive and mental health outcomes of military deployment to war
Website
https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/profile/jennifer-vasterling/
Publications
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Vasterling, J. J., Aslan, M., Lee, L. O., Proctor, S. P., Ko, J., Jacob, S., & Concato, J. (2018). Longitudinal Associations among Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Neurocognitive Functioning in Army Soldiers Deployed to the Iraq War. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 24(4), 311–323. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617717001059
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Vasterling, J. J., Brailey, K., Constans, J. I., & Sutker, P. B. (1998). Attention and memory dysfunction in posttraumatic stress disorder. Neuropsychology, 12(1), 125–133. https://doi.org/10.1037//0894-4105.12.1.125
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Vasterling, J. J., Franz, M. R., Lee, L. O., Kaiser, A. P., Proctor, S. P., Marx, B. P., Schnurr, P. P., Ko, J., Concato, J., & Aslan, M. (2023). Early predictors of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in U.S. Army soldiers deployed to the Iraq war zone. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36(5), 955–967. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22964
Membership
International Neuropsychological Society
American Psychological Society (Divisions 18 and 40)
