Tess is a fourth year student at the University of Iowa's Psychological and Brain Sciences doctoral

program in Clinical Psychology. She received her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Michigan in

2015 and her Master of Arts in clinical psychology at the University of Iowa in 2023. Before starting

graduate school, Tess worked in Los Angeles at a clinical pharmaceutical trial research setting and

at the University of California, San Diego in the Cognitive Dynamics Lab as a research associate

working with adults with psychosis. Tess' research interests include utilizing mobile technologies to

better detect and understand symptoms of psychotic disorders and social/environmental factors

that may improve functioning in people with serious mental illness. Specifically, she is interested in the

potential use of geolocation derived mobility indices as a digital phenotype of negative symptoms of

schizophrenia and how contextual factors (e.g., green space exposure, community engagement) may

influence these symptoms and, ultimately, functioning. Clinically, she has previously worked as a case

manager in a post-acute care residential facility for individuals with serious mental illness. She is

looking forward to starting a clinical practicum at the Iowa City VA in the Acute Mental Health

Care Unit in the Fall. She enjoys cooking, traveling, and learning Korean.

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