Attention A T users. To access the menus on this page please perform the following steps. 1. Please switch auto forms mode to off. 2. Hit enter to expand a main menu option (Health, Benefits, etc). 3. To enter and activate the submenu links, hit the down arrow. You will now be able to tab or arrow up or down through the submenu options to access/activate the submenu links.

PTSD: National Center for PTSD

Menu
Menu
Quick Links
Veterans Crisis Line Badge
My healthevet badge
 

Jeffrey A. Knight, PhD

Jeffrey A. Knight, PhD

Portrait of Jeffrey A. Knight, PhD

Principal Investigator

Behavioral Science Division

See staff directory for contact information.

Academic Appointment

  • Boston University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Education

  • University of Mississippi Medical School/Jackson VA Consortium, Predoctoral Internship, 1984
  • West Virginia University, Clinical Psychology, Ph.D., 1984
  • University of Wisconsin, Psychology, BS, 1976

Expertise and Interests

  • Neuropsychological assessment of PTSD and TBI
  • Instrument development related to trauma and psychopathology
  • Photomedicine approaches to treating PTSD and TBI
  • Risk and resilience factors in PTSD
  • Application of mobile technology to measure psychological outcomes

Membership in Professional Societies

  • American Psychological Association
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
  • International Society for Neuropsychology
  • National Academy of Neuropsychology

Selected Publications

Naeser, M., Martin, P.I., Ho, M.D., Krengel, M.H., Knight, J.A., Bogdanov, Y., Fedoruk, A., Hamblin, M.R. and Koo, B.B. (2019). Transcranial, red/near-infrared light emitting diode therapy for chronic traumatic brain injury and poststroke aphasia: clinical studies. In M.R. Hamblin & Y.Y. Huang (Eds.), Photobiomodulation in the Brain: Low-Level Laser (Light) Therapy in Neurology and Neuroscience. pp. 309-326. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press/ Elsevier

Pennington, M.L., Carpenter, T.P., Synett, S.J., Torres, V.A., Teague, J., Morissette, S.B., Knight, J.A., Kamholz, B.W., Keane, T.M., Zimering, R.T. & Gulliver, S.B.. (2018 ).. The Influence of Exposure to Natural Disasters on Depression and PTSD among Firefighters. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 33, 1, 102-108. PMID: 29223176

Naeser, M.A., Martin, P.I., Ho, M.D., Krengel, M.H., Bogdanov, Y., Knight, J.A., Yee, M.K., Zafonte, R.O., Frazier, J.A., Hamblin, M.R.,. & Koo, B.B. (2016). Transcranial, Red/Near-Infrared Light-Emitting Diode Therapy to Improve Cognition in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 34, 12, 610-626. DOI: 10.1089/pho.2015.4037.

Bernstein, R. E., Delker, B. C., Knight, J. A., & Freyd, J. J. (2015) Hypervigilance in college students: Associations with betrayal and dissociation and psychometric properties in a Brief Hypervigilance Scale. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, & Policy, 7, 448-455. doi: 10.1037/tra0000070.

Naeser, M., Zafonte, R.O., Krengel, M.H., Martin, P.I., Frazier, J.A., Hamblin, M.R., Knight, J.A. & Baker, E. (2014). Significant improvements on cognitive performance post- transcranial, red/near-infrared LED treatments in chronic, mild TBI: Open-protocol study. Journal of Neurotrauma, PMID: 24568233

Members of the press interested in scheduling an interview please see the contact for the media page.

PTSD Information Voice Mail: (802) 296-6300
Email: ncptsd@va.gov
Also see: VA Mental Health