Cognition and Consciousness Lab Members

Dr. Williams Roberson is an Assistant Professor in the departments of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering. She currently serves as the medical director of ICU EEG services and an investigator in the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship (CIBS) Center. Her clinical interests include the evaluation and management of intractable epilepsy, critical illness encephalopathy (ICU delirium) and related neurological disorders, with an emphasis on their cognitive and neuropsychiatric comorbidities. Her research interests center on the use of neurophysiologic signal processing and neuromodulation to learn about disorders of consciousness and cognition among people with epilepsy, ICU delirium, and post-ICU cognitive impairment. She loves to dance, travel, serve, and make people smile! 

Benedict Yeoh is an aspiring cognitive neuroscientist interested in the utility of EEG in cognitive research. He serves as the lab manager for CCL while supporting various projects that leverage EEG for clinical prognosis and intervention. He is also involved in collaborative efforts at the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center. In the future, Benedict hopes to integrate EEG with other neuroimaging techniques in graduate school. When not at work, he is an avid volleyball player. 

Trisha Patel graduated from the Honors College at Belmont University with her Bachelors in Neuroscience in Fall 2023. She currently works as a pediatric neurodiagnostic technician at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and has previously worked with providing neurofeedback intervention and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) at a private outpatient clinic. Her research interests involve the use of neuroimaging techniques to study neurodevelopmental diseases and neurodegenerative diseases in adults. In the Cognition and Consciousness lab she works as a research coordinator and helps with data analysis, study logistics, and managing the study protocols. She hopes to earn her PhD or MD/PhD in neuroscience to work with children who have neurodevelopmental disorders. Outside of work Trisha loves to bake, read, and travel. 

Anya Harden (she/her) graduated from Lipscomb University in August 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Spanish. She began working for the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship research group as a Clinical Translational Research Coordinator I in February 2023. In her work as a CTRC for the CIBS center, Anya conducts delirium assessments and other interventions in the ICUs in addition to screening and enrolling new participants for multiple studies. For the Cognition and Consciousness Lab, she collects data for studies on delirium using EEG measures. She loves rock climbing and taking pictures in her spare time. In the future, Anya hopes to earn a doctorate in neurology or neuroscience with the goal of studying consciousness and perception. 

Katherine Moreno is a junior undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University studying Neuroscience and Psychology with a pre-medical focus. She is especially interested in psychiatry and research on clinical interventions in mental and reproductive health, with an emphasis on their intersection. Currently, she contributes to the MyndHealth project and is looking forward to addressing mental health impairments following intensive care stays. Outside of academics, she enjoys writing, traveling, and reading. 

Imani Evans is a senior at Vanderbilt University majoring in neuroscience and minoring in English. She aspires to become a neurologist and has dreams of pursuing an MD/PhD. Imani is passionate about understanding the manifestations and origins of brain diseases and disorders, particularly those like epilepsy. Currently, she works as a research assistant in a cognitive study in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) at Vanderbilt Hospital, where she is learning from epileptic patients about how their epilepsy affects their daily lives. In her free time, she enjoys singing, reading dystopian novels, and cooking.