OCAR staff, past and present, attended the 2025 Annual Convention for the Anxiety and Depression Association of America in Las Vegas! Dr. Van Kirk was a discussant for the panel “When OCD, Trauma, and Psychosis Converge: Insights into Treatment for Complex Comorbidity”; Lauren, Melanie, Mira, Kara, Andreas, and Olivia presented posters!
Heather Martin, Martha Falkenstein, Jacob Nota, and Jennie Kuckertz published an article in Cognitive Therapy and Research that discusses harm avoidance and incompleteness as motivational dimensions of OCD, and their associations with various content-based OCD symptom dimensions, obsessive belief patterns, and other clinical characteristics.
Jacob Nota published an article in Sleep Medicine that discusses the biological circadian rhythms of individuals with OCD seeking residential treatment.
Congratulations to our post doctoral fellow, Dr. Molly McNamara, for receiving the 2025-2026 Pope-Hintz Endowed Fellowship Award! Molly’s award will support her project titled “Targeting refractory rumination to improve outcomes for depression & OCD.”
The Pope-Hintz Fellowship is an internal award designed to support post-doctoral fellows or faculty members at McLean Hospital who are engaged in mental health research and/or patient care. The award is geared toward clinician-scientists in the field of mood disorders and can be used to support a stand-alone proposal or to supplement other funds for a larger project.
Andreas Bezahler, Martha Falkenstein, and Jennie Kuckertz published an article in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry that discusses clinical presentations and treatment outcomes between bi+, gay/lesbian, and heterosexual adults with obsessive–compulsive disorder.
On January 22, 2025 the OCAR Research Assistants authored posters to present at McLean’s Annual Research Day Conference.
From Left to right: Jake Nota, Nathaniel Van Kirk, Martha Falkenstein, Jennie Kuckertz, Melanie DelAngelo, Nick Kim, Lauren Oh, Mira Becker, Molly McNamara.
Nick, Melanie, Lauren and Mira join the OCAR staff.
On January 25, 2023, research assistants and counselors co-authored posters to present at McLean’s Annual Research Day Conference. For more information, see the Program Booklet or Full Abstract Book!
Olivia, Heather, and Judy join the OCAR staff.
Dr. Martha Falkenstein received the 2021 Pillars of Excellence Award from Mass General Brigham in the category of Advancing Innovation & Progress!
The Pillars of Excellence Awards recognize employees who have contributed to Mass General Brigham’s success over the past year. The Advancing Innovation & Progress category recognizes individuals for their significant “above and beyond” contributions to the development and implementation of new ideas.