Photo: Dr. Meghan Pierce, a research scientist with the Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, and Boston University School of Medicine, who is lead author of a paper published online in Translational Psychiatry Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, which found that chronic inflammation and psychological symptoms associated with neurodegeneration may be related to blast exposure in post-9/11 Veterans. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Meghan E. Pierce)
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Dr. Meghan Pierce, researcher with the Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders at VA Boston, Harvard Medical School, and BU School of Medicine, lead author of a paper finding inflammation and symptoms may be related to blast exposure. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Meghan Pierce)