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Lauren Lebois, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States

Dr. Lauren Lebois, PhD, is a cognitive psychologist and neuroscientist passionate about understanding how the mind, brain, and body adapt in the aftermath of trauma. Her work is grounded in a deep commitment to translating scientific breakthroughs into accessible, compelling, and clinically meaningful insights for researchers, clinicians, and individuals with lived experience. Across her research, teaching, and leadership roles, she emphasizes trauma-informed, person-centered approaches that bridge basic science and real-world care.

Dr. Lebois’s National Institute of Mental Health–funded research focuses on the neurobiology of dissociation in trauma-spectrum disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociative identity disorder (DID). Her publications examine the therapeutic effects of mindfulness-based interventions, the role of learning, experience, and neural plasticity in emotion and self-regulation, and brain–behavior correlates of dissociation. Collectively, this work aims to clarify mechanisms of change and inform the development of more precise, effective, and compassionate treatments for trauma-related conditions.

Dr. Lebois earned her doctorate in Cognitive Psychology from Emory University in 2014. She subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School under the mentorship of Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD, and Milissa Kaufman, MD, PhD. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and jointly directs the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Research Program at McLean Hospital.

She serves as Scientific Committee Past Chair for the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and as Operations Co-Director of McLean Hospital’s Initiative for Integrated Trauma Research, Care and Training. Her honors include McLean Hospital’s Alfred Pope Award for Young Investigators and ISSTD’s Morton Prince Award and President’s Award of Distinction for outstanding cumulative contributions to the field.

Dr. Lebois is deeply committed to advancing trauma research while reducing stigma and improving care for individuals living with PTSD and DID.

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