Dr. Josh Salvi is a psychiatrist at the MGH Center for OCD and Related Disorders, an Associate Program Director of the MGH/McLean Psychiatry Residency Program, Director of the Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) in Psychiatry, and an Investigator at the MGH Translational Research Center. Dr. Salvi also teaches medical students in multiple capacities at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Salvi earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from The Rockefeller University in the Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience with A. James Hudspeth. He graduated from Weill Cornell Medical College and has received various awards, including the Gold Humanism Honor Society’s Humanism in Medicine Award, the John Metcalf Polk Prize for academic achievement in medical school, the American Psychiatric Association’s Leadership Fellowship, the NIMH Outstanding Resident Award Program, the Broad Institute’s Pamela Sklar Fellowship for psychiatric research. He has a research interest in behavioral and genetic studies in OCD and is thrilled to continue clinical work in the same area.
Professional Staff
Natasha Bailen, Ph.D.
Natasha Bailen, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (CORD) at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bailen received her PhD in clinical psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, and completed her clinical internship at University of Chicago Medicine. She completed her postdoctoral training at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD). She is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Massachusetts and specializes in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of OCD, anxiety, and related disorders. Her research focuses on the role of dysregulated emotional processes in psychopathology.
Sarah Coe-Odess, Ph.D.
Sarah Coe-Odess, PhD is a staff psychologist in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (CORD) and an Instructor in Psychology (Psychiatry) at Harvard Medical School (HMS). She is also a staff psychologist in MGH’s Child Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Program. Dr. Coe-Odess received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Virginia. She completed her clinical internship at Cambridge Health Alliance/HMS and her post-doctoral fellowship at MGH/HMS. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Massachusetts and specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy for OCD and related disorders and anxiety disorders. Her research aims to assess and develop evidence-based treatments to increase accessibility of mental health care for adolescents and adults, particularly through digital interventions.
Brynn Huguenel, Ph.D.
Brynn Huguenel, PhD is a staff psychologist in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (CORD) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and an Instructor in Psychology (Psychiatry) at Harvard Medical School (HMS). She is also a staff psychologist on MGH’s inpatient psychiatric unit (Blake 11) and in the Psychological Evaluation and Research Lab (PEaRL). Dr. Huguenel received her PhD in clinical psychology from Loyola University Chicago. She completed both her clinical internship and post-doctoral fellowship at MGH/HMS. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Massachusetts and specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy for OCD and related disorders, as well as anxiety more broadly. Dr. Huguenel’s research aims to improve the accessibility of evidence-based mental health treatment through the development, implementation, and evaluation of intervention programs, particularly digital technologies.
Emily Bernstein, Ph.D.
Emily Bernstein, PhD is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and a staff psychologist in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (CORD) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Bernstein received her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and her PhD in clinical psychology from Harvard University. She completed her clinical internship at VA Boston Healthcare System and postdoctoral training at MGH/HMS and is a licensed psychologist in the state of Massachusetts. Dr. Bernstein’s research is focused on developing alternative and more scalable approaches for the prevention and treatment of OCD and related disorders, anxiety disorders, depression, and other emotional concerns. This includes exploring exercise and other lifestyle interventions and brief cognitive behavioral treatments, as well as leveraging digital tools to bring evidence-based therapy to more people. In this pursuit, she also aims to understand why psychological interventions work, and particularly transdiagnostic ones (or those targeting processes that cut across emotional disorders, like perseverative negative thinking), and to use these insights to increase the efficiency and impact of treatments. Dr. Bernstein was a 2022 recipient of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Program Award and member of the Career Development Institute for Psychiatry.