Latest from the Lab

McLean Research Day 2026

Jonah Loshin, Zacchai Singer, and Nathan Weiler present preliminary data analysis from the Visual Perception study.

The goal of McLean Research Day is to enhance communication and encourage potential collaborations within the McLean clinical and research communities. McLean Research Day provides an opportunity for McLean researchers to network and learn about scientific investigation throughout the hospital.

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Jonah Loshin: Integrated Assessment of Visual Perceptual Functions and Relationship with Self-Reported Visual Symptoms

Zacchai Singer: Backwards Masking Performance as a Measure of Early Visual Processing in Youth withPsychosis Risk and Other Mental Health Symptoms: Preliminary Results

Nathan Weiler: The Relationship Between Visual Abnormalities and Psychotic Like Experiences in Young Individuals With and Without Mental Health Symptoms

Doğa Oge presents poster at Mass-STEP Conference

Congrats to Doğa for presenting at the 6th Massachusetts Strategic Plan for Early Psychosis (Mass-STEP)!

2024 BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Award

Dr. Bilge Türközer has received the prestigious 2024 BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Award!

With the support of this award, Bilge will further her research on identifying individual-level risk biomarkers for children at familial high risk for psychosis.

Cemal Demirlek MD, PhD

Huge Congrats to Cemal on completing his PhD and starting a new position at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School as a post-doctoral research fellow!

The LEAP Center Pilot Grant Award

Dr. Bilge Türközer has received the Laboratory for Early Psychosis (LEAP) Center’s Pilot Grant Award!

With the support of this grant, our lab will explore the barriers that prevent young individuals with first-episode psychosis from utilizing Coordinated Specialty Care services.

Our group helped organize CVOP’s inaugural meeting in Rochester, NY and Bilge presented our latest findings on visual cortical changes in individuals with psychotic disorders.