Tess provides study coordination for the Raison lab across studies. She assist with participant coordination, data collection and analysis, team operations, and regulatory compliance. Tess has been trained to operate and educates participants on taVNS and TMS-EEG for the studies. She also works on TMS-EEG analysis and REDCap management.
Tess received a Master’s in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigations at UW-Madison and a BS from Fordham University in neuroscience and philosophy. She has worked as a researcher in various neuroscience and patient-care labs including the Vision and Memory Lab at Fordham University, the Bronx VA Geriatric Research Center, and the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness.
Tess is currently applying for programs to further her education in medicine and psychedelic research. Her research interests include: psychedelics, neuroplasticity, altered states of consciousness, creativity, and finding connections between indigenous and western medicines.