PUBLICATIONS

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Harward, L. K., Lento, R. M., Teer, A., Samph, S., Parmenter, M. E., Bonvie, J., Magee, C., Brenner, L., Picard, K., Sanders, W., Tinney, W. J., Andrew, C., Covitz, J., Echevarria, K., Vanderweit, R., Maggiolo, N. S., & Tanev, K. S. (2024). Massed treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and co-occurring conditions: The home base intensive outpatient program for military veterans and Service members. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1387186 

 

Goetter EM, Blackburn AM, Stasko C, Han Y, Brenner LH, LeJeune S, Tanev K, Spencer TJ, Wright EC.  Comparative effectiveness of prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy for military service members in an intensive treatment program. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 2021;13(6):632-640.

 

Bui, E., Blackburn, A.M., Brenner, L., Laifer, L., Park, E. R., Fricchione, G., & Sylvia, L. (2018). Military and veteran caregivers’ perspectives of stressors and a mind-body program. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 1-8. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2018.1485796

 

Goldstein, D.A., Cantos, A.L., Brenner, L.H., Verborg, R.J., & Kosson, D.S. (2016). Perpetrator type moderates the relationship between severity of intimate partner violence and recidivism. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 43(7), 879-898. 

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES

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Brenner, L.H. (2025, February). Behavioral approaches for managing insomnia. Seminar for Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

 

Brenner, L.H. & Bonvie, J. (2024, December). Approaches to transdiagnostic care with the Special Operations Forces community. Seminar for Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

 

Brenner, L.H. (2024, January). Behavioral approaches for managing insomnia. Seminar for Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

 

Brenner, L.H. (2024, May). Transdiagnostic approaches to behavioral health care with the Special Operations Forces Community. Psychology Internship Didactic Seminar, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA.  

 

Brenner, L.H. (2023, February). Behavioral approaches for managing insomnia. Seminar for Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

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Brenner, L.H. (2023, January). Approaches to transdiagnostic care with the Special Operations Forces community. Seminar for Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

 

Brenner, L.H. (2022, October 17-19). Providing Clinical Care to the Special Operations Force Community: Considerations and approaches to transdiagnostic behavioral health evaluation and treatment [Conference presentation]. Navy SEAL Foundation Impact Forum, San Diego, CA, United States.

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Brenner, L.H. (2021, March). Diagnostic Interviewing. Didactic seminar for trainees at Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

 

Brenner, L.H. (2019, October). Adapting individual therapy in an abbreviated, intensive trauma-focused treatment program. Invited panelist at Guidehouse summit at Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital.

 

Brenner, L.H. (2019, September). Partnering in Suicide Prevention: It’s Everyone’s Business. Invited panelist at Education Summit at Merrimack College.

 

Brenner, L.H. (2019, August). Beyond PTSD: Psychological health, assessment, and treatment. Presentation at the Home Base Brain Injury Symposium, “Neurotrauma: Caring for the Special Operator Community.”

 

Brenner, L.H. (2018, October). Current research review: Cannabis and PTSD. Presentation at the Addiction Rounds at Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

 

Brenner, L.H. (2018, October). Substance use treatment for Veteran student populations. Invited panelist at Education Summit at Merrimack College. 

 

Brenner, L.H., and Lento, R.M. (2018, September). Dual substance use and mental health treatment for military populations. Presentation at the Blum Center Recovery Month at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

 

Brenner, L.H. (2017, November). Behavioral treatment for insomnia: An overview. Presentation to the Veteran Outreach Coordinator team at Home Base Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

 

Brenner, L.H. (2015, February). The relationship between typology of intimate partner violence and attribution of blame for an arresting incident of intimate partner violence on future recidivism. Presentation at the Department of Psychology Colloquium Series, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL.​

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, GRAND ROUNDS & SYMPOSIA​

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Brenner, L. & Jarnagin, J. (2025, May 15). Mild TBI and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Military. Harvard Medical School, NeuroRehabilitation 2025, Boston, MA, United States. 

 

Brenner, L. (2024, September 12). Interdisciplinary Approaches to Brain Health: An overview of Home Base SOF Programming. Home Base Brain Health Summit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

 

Brenner, L. & Iaccarino, M.A. (2024, May 16). Mild TBI and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Military. Harvard Medical School, NeuroRehabilitation 2024, Boston, MA, United States. 

 

Brenner, L. (2023, May 16). Transdiagnostic approaches to behavioral health care with the Special Operations Forces Community. The University of Texas at San Antonio, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, virtual, United States.

 

Brenner, L. (2023, April 25). Transdiagnostic approaches to behavioral health care with the Special Operations Forces Community. Office for Well-Being Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholar Lecture, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

 

Brenner, L. (2023, April 12). Transdiagnostic approaches to behavioral health care with the Special Operations Forces Community. The Ohio State University, Psychiatry Grand Rounds. 

 

Brenner, L. (2023, March 30). Behavioral approaches for managing anger and irritability following TBI. [Conference presentation]. Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Annual Conference, Boston, MA, United States. 

 

Brenner, L. (2022, September 23). Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide [Conference presentation]. Massachusetts Governor’s Challenge- Serving Those Who Serve: Women Service Members and Veterans, Boston, MA, United States.

 

Brenner, L. (2022, June 6-7). Outcomes of an Intensive Trauma Treatment Program for Special Operations Forces Service Members and Veterans [Conference presentation]. 12th Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference, Washington DC, United States. 

 

Goetter, E.M., Brenner, L., Blackburn, A.M., Wright, E., Makhija-Graham, N., Petersen, T., Lejeune, S., Tanev, K., Spencer, T., (2019, March). Comparative Effectiveness of Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-9/11 Veterans Delivered in an Intensive, Accelerated Treatment Format. In P. Held (Chair), Improving PTSD Treatment Access and Retention: Insights and Outcomes from the First 3 Years of the Warrior Care Network’s Intensive PTSD Treatment Programs. Symposium accepted the 39th Annual Meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, IL.

 

Brenner, L.H., Goldstein, D.A., Cantos, A.L. (2014, July). The relationship between typology of intimate partner violence and attribution of blame for an arresting incident of intimate partner violence on future recidivism. In A.L. Cantos (Chair), Empirical Determination of Variables Relevant to Treatment of Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence on Probation. Symposium presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH.

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Cantos, A.L., Goldstein, D.A., Brenner, L.H., & O’Leary, K.D. (2014, July). Clinical implications of a three-year study on treatment of male perpetrators of intimate partner violence on probation. In A.L. Cantos (Chair), Empirical Determination of Variables Relevant to Treatment of Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence on Probation. Symposium presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH.

 

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

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Lubin, E.J., Sorg, S., Rand, K, & Brenner, L. (2024, November). Exploring Comprehensive and Interdisciplinary Diagnostic Evaluation and PTSD Treatment in Military Special Operations Forces. Poster presented at 58th Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies convention, Philadelphia, PA. 

 

Lubin, E.J., Wisialowski, C., Rand, K., Iaccarino, M. A., & Brenner, L. (2023, November). Impact of Intensive Multidisciplinary Outpatient Care on Participation in Social Roles in Military Service Members with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster presented at the 100th Annual Conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Brenner, L., Lubin, E.J., Wisialowski, C., Morgan, M., & Iaccarino, M. A. (2022, November). Outcomes of an intensive trauma treatment program for military service members and veterans. Poster presented at the 99th Annual Conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chicago, IL. 

 

Morgan, A., Wisialowski, C., Brenner, L., Lubin, E.J., & Iaccarino, M. A. (2022, November). The relationship between perceived ability and performance on cognitive testing in Special Operations Forces 

members. Poster presented at the 99th Annual Conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chicago, IL. 

 

Wisialowski, C., Brenner, L., Lubin, E., & Iaccarino, M. A. (2022, October) Descriptive Analysis of Mental and Physical Assessment Outcomes for Special Operations Forces Service Members and Veterans. Poster presented at the Fall 2022 Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Day, Boston, MA.

 

Lubin, E.J., Nadel, M., Wisialowski, C., Brenner, L., & Iaccarino, M. A. (2022, October). In-program social support in intensive clinical outpatient treatment program for veterans and service members with PTSD and depression. Poster presented at the Fall 2022 Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Day, Boston, MA. 

 

Wisialowski, C., Brenner, L., Morgan, A. V., Lubin, E. J. & Iaccarino, M. A. (2022, April). Understanding common PTSD symptoms in Special Operations Forces members endorsing elevated alcohol use. Poster presented at the Spring 2022 Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Day, Boston, MA. 

 

Blackburn, A.M., Brenner, L., Moore, C., Spencer, T., & Ohye, B., (2019, November). The Presence of Intimate Partner Violence in Military Widow Survivors of Suicide: Implications for PTSD and Complicated Grief Outcomes in an Intensive Treatment Program. Poster accepted to the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Boston, MA.

 

Blackburn, A. M., Xu, B., Brenner, L., Moore, C., Spencer, T. J., & Ohye, B. Y. (2019, November). The Presence of Intimate Partner Violence in Military Widow Survivors of Suicide: Implications for PTSD and Complicated Grief Outcomes in an Intensive Treatment Program. Abstract accepted to the 17th Annual Clinical Research Day, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

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Tanev, K. Blackburn, A.M, Wright, E., Lejeune, S. Brenner, L., Spencer, T., (2019, November). PTSD and Insomnia in post-9/11 veterans. Poster accepted to the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Boston, MA.

 

Wright, E., Goetter, E., Brenner, L., Makhija-Graham, N., Lejeune, S., Tanev, K., Blackburn, A.M., Spencer, T., (2019, March). Comparative Effectiveness of Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-9/11 Veterans Delivered in an Intensive, Accelerated Treatment Format. In P. Held (Chair), Improving PTSD Treatment Access and Retention: Insights and Outcomes from the First 3 Years of the Warrior Care Network’s Intensive PTSD Treatment Programs. Poster accepted to the 53nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Atlanta, G.A.  

 

Blackburn, A. M., Brenner, L. H., Laifer, L. Sylvia, L., & Bui, E. (2018, November). Military and Veteran Caregiver’s Perspectives of stressors and a Mind-Body Program. Poster accepted to the 34th meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Washington D.C.  

 

Blackburn, A. M., Brenner, L. H., Laifer, L. Sylvia, L., & Bui, E. (2018, November). Military and Veteran Caregiver’s Perspectives of stressors and a Mind-Body Program. Poster accepted to the 52nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington D.C.  

 

Blackburn, A.M.¸ Brenner, L., Spaulding, I., Sylvia, L., & Bui, E. (2018, March). Qualitative Analysis of Military and Veteran Caregiver Stressors. Poster accepted at the 6th Annual Massachusetts General Hospital Public and Community Psychiatry Symposium, Boston, MA.  

 

Bui, E., Blackburn, A.M., Laifer, L.M., Brenner, L.H., Sylvia, L.G. (2018, November). A Novel Mind-Body Podcast Intervention for Military Caregivers. Poster accepted and selected for oral presentation at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Network Forum at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.  

 

Bui, E., Blackburn, A.M., Laifer, L.M., Brenner, L.H., Fricchione, G., Sylvia, L.G. (2018, November). A Novel Mind-Body Podcast Intervention for Military Caregivers. Poster accepted to the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Washington D.C.

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