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January 11, 2022
New CLBB-Petrie-Flom Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience

Introducing Stephanie Tabashneck
The Center for Law, Brain & Behavior and the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School are excited to announce our Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience for 2022-2023: Stephanie Tabashneck, PsyD, Esq.

The Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, launched in 2014, is a collaboration between the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain & Behavior (CLBB) and the Petrie-Flom Center. The collaboration includes a Senior Fellow in residence, public symposia, and an HLS Law and Neuroscience Seminar. The Petrie-Flom Center's fellowship programs are a central component of the Center's mission to promote scholarly inquiry and shape the debates surrounding issues of health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics. The fellowship also provides opportunities to bring brain science to policy conversations regarding issues such as addiction, trauma, protections for vulnerable populations, and emerging treatments for psychiatric disorders.
Stephanie Tabashneck, PsyD, Esq., is a forensic psychologist and attorney in Boston. She is a Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center. Her practice areas include substance use disorders, forensic psychological assessment, child custody, and criminal forensic evaluations. Stephanie presents regionally and nationally on psychology and law topics, including at events organized by the American Bar Association, the Federal Judicial Center, the American Psychiatric Association, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Massachusetts Trial Courts, and the New York Office of Attorneys for Children. 

Stephanie's recent publications include the book Substance Use and Parenting: Best Practices for Family Court Practitioners (2021), an article on the opioid crisis and family drug courts in the scholarly journal Family Law Quarterly (2019), and a chapter in the American Bar Association book, Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers (2019). 

Stephanie serves on the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee. Stephanie is a board member of the Massachusetts chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.