Professor Dr. Suzanne Pineles

Biography

Dr. Suzanne Pineles is an Associate Professor at Boston University in the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, specializing in Psychiatry. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University, along with an MS from the same institution and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Her primary research interests focus on the cognitive and neurobiological processes related to the maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Currently, Dr. Pineles is examining how the menstrual cycle affects startle responses, sensory gating, and fear conditioning in women with PTSD. She works as a Clinical Research Psychologist at the VA Boston Healthcare System's National Center for PTSD, specifically in the Women’s Health Sciences Division at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Pineles has received various research grants that support her studies on extenuating factors influencing PTSD treatments, including the impacts of the menstrual cycle on therapeutic outcomes. With a strong emphasis on physiological and psychological experiments, her work contributes significantly to the field of trauma recovery and women’s mental health.

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