Matthew W. Jerram, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology   

Phone: 617.305.6357
Fax: 617.367.2924
Email: mjerram@suffolk.edu 
Office: Donahue Building, Rm. 618

*Note that Dr. Jerram will not be admitting a doctoral student for Fall 2012.

Education

• PhD, Suffolk University
• MA, Suffolk University
• MLA, Johns Hopkins University
• BA, Johns Hopkins University

Internship: Brockton/West Roxbury VAMC - Harvard Medical School; Postdoctoral Fellowship: Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Mental Health Center Clinical Research Fellowship; Two Brattle Center; Licensed Psychologist, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

Specialty Areas

Neuroimaging; affective neuroscience; cognitive behavioral therapy/dialectical behavior therapy; neuropsychological assessment; statistics; research design

Primarily, I am interested in exploring the brain systems responsible for the interaction of cognitive and affective processes, especially the process of emotion regulation. In particular, I am focusing on a specific set of brain regions that includes the anterior cingulate gyrus, insula and orbitofrontal cortex and seems to be the center of the integration of affect and cognition in the brain. My methods include the use of functional MRI, structural MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, psychophysiology (including electrodermal response) and cognitive and affective assessment. Secondarily, I am interested in the mechanisms of emotional regulation and their relationship to cognitive functioning (i.e., the relationship between dissociation and executive functions). These two branches come together in my overall goal to better understand what neuroimaging can tell us about how psychopathology develops and is remediated.

Selected Publications

Goldstein, J., Jerram, M., Poldrack, R., Makris, N. (2010) Sex differences in stress response circuitry activation in the brain dependent on female hormonal cycle. Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 431-438.

Gansler D, Lee A, Emerton B, D'Amato C, Bhadelia R, Jerram M, Fulwiler C. (2011) Prefrontal regional correlates of self-control in male psychiatric patients: Impulsivity facets and aggression. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191, 16-23.

Lee, A.W.K., Jerram, M., Fulwiler, C., Gansler, D. (2011) Neural correlates of impulsivity factors in psychiatric patients and healthy volunteers: A voxel-based morphometry study. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 5, 52-64.

Gansler, D., Jerram, M., Vannorsdall, T., Schretlen, D. (in press). Comparing alternative metrics to assess performance on the Iowa Gambling Task. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.

Gansler, D., Jerram, M., Vannorsdall, T., Schretlen, D. (in press). Cortical Morphology of Decision-Making on the Iowa Gambling Task in Healthy Adults. 

Courses Taught

PSYCH 215 - Behavioral Statistics
PSYCH 216 - Research Methods
PSYCH 313 - Physiological Psychology
PSYCH 722 - Univariate Statistics
PSYCH 723 - Multivariate Statistics
PSYCH 764 - Cognitive and Experimental Approaches to Emotion
PSYCH 792 - Introduction to Neuropsychology