Laura Holsen

Laura Holsen is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and faculty member in the Division of Women’s Health, Department of Medicine and in the Department of Psychiatry at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She received her M.S. in Developmental Psychology from Vanderbilt University and Ph.D. in Child and Developmental Psychology from the University of Kansas under the mentorship of Dr. Cary Savage. Dr. Holsen completed postdoctoral training in affective neuroscience with Dr. Richie Davidson at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Education

• Ph.D. The University of Kansas (2001 — 2004)
• M.S. Vanderbilt University (1999 — 2001)
• B.A. Illinois Wesleyan University (1995 — 1999)

Companies

• Associate Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School (2021)
• Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry Brigham and Women's Hospital (2007)
• Associate Psychologist in the Division of Women's Health, Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital (2007)
• Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School (2013 — 2021)
• Instructor in Psychiatry Harvard Medical School (2007 — 2013)
• Postdoctoral Fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005 — 2007)
• Graduate student University of Kansas Medical Center (2001 — 2004)