2023-2024Â
Shay (she/her) is a fourth-year student in psychology. She has a broad range of research interests including: factors underlying psilocybin use, adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies, positive psychology, and the impacts of social inequity on mental health and well-being. She is currently doing her honours thesis under the supervision of Dr. Robinson on the motivations and attitudes toward recreational and therapeutic psilocybin use.
Nika (she/her) is in her second year at UVic as a Psychology student in the Faculty of Social Sciences. Her academic and professional interests include medicine, neuroscience, biotechnology, and behavioural economics. Her ultimate goal is to aid in reducing the inequities and lack of availability she has witnessed in healthcare. She currently works in the SMART neuropsychology lab as a research assistant, under the supervision of Dr. Colette Smart.