Our Research Team
Gaelle E. Doucet , Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Gaelle.Doucet@boystown.org
Dr. Doucet is the Director of the Brain Architecture, Imaging and Cognition (BrAIC) Lab. She received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Caen-Basse Normandie in France in 2010. From 2010 to 2017, she completed two postdoctoral fellowships focusing on the impact of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders on the brain architecture. Dr. Doucet was an assistant professor in psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, NY), before joining to Boys Town National Research Hospital. Her work involves the investigation of the brain architecture and its relation to cognition in health and disease and she has developed expertise in the use of resting-state fMRI to characterize the brain functional organization.
We are currently recruiting a postdoc fellow and graduate students! For more information, please email Dr. Doucet at
gaelle.doucet@boystown.org.
Callum Goldsmith, Research Assistant
Callum Goldsmith is a research assistant in the BrAIC Lab. His main roles involve the analysis of resting-state functional MRI and cognitive data during adolescence. He is currently working on his Bachelor’s in Psychology at Concordia University and will graduate in May of 2023, with additional minors in Sociology, Sports Psychology and Coaching. During his time at Concordia, he has acted as a Teacher’s Assistant for Intro to Research classes, as well as a being a member of the men’s soccer team. His future goals include obtaining a master in Sports Psychology, whilst still pursuing research as well as a clinical career.
Jordanna Kruse, Research Assistant
Jordanna Kruse is a research assistant in the BrAIC Lab. Her main role is to analyze and process MRI and cognitive data. She received a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Cultural Studies in 2020 from Northwestern College in Orange City, IA. Since graduation, she has been working as a Helpline Specialist at the Helpline Center of South Dakota and now works in research at the BrAIC lab. Her future plan is to obtain a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a continued interest in translational research.
Katrina Myers, Research Assistant
Katrina Myers is a Research Assistant in the BrAIC Lab. Her role is to recruit participants and run cognitive and behavioral assessments during studies. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science with an emphasis in Cognition and a minor in Spanish at the University of Arizona. She previously worked in The Child Cognition Lab and studied memory, language, and cognitive development in infants and toddlers. Katrina’s goal is to obtain a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and continue to pursue research in different domains of cognitive development within the brain.
