Graduate Students
Elizabeth Sanford
I am a PhD student. My research involves head injury and stress. I am currently working on my dissertation, a pilot, and a couple of Polytrauma projects. I expect to graduate in Spring of 2023 (or thereabouts).
My research interests include polytrauma, stress, behavior, and decision-making.
Elizabeth’s CV
Former Lab Members
Amber N. Lyle
I graduated with my B.A. in psychology with a minor in biology in spring 2021 and my MS in Psychology in August 2023. I worked with Dr. Swan Spring 2020 through Summer 2023.
My research interests included traumatic brain injury (TBI), military health (e.g., substance use disorder among Veterans), headaches, program evaluations, data analytics and statistical analysis, as well as behavioral and functional outcomes in Veterans with a history of TBI.
As an alum of the lab, I’m currently working for the Henry Jackson Foundation as a Data Analyst.
Amber’s CV
Morgan Genieva Demaree
I received a bachelors in Psychology from The University of Texas at San Antonio.
My research interests included cognitive neuroscience, tinnitus, and hearing loss in the veteran population.
Morgan’s CV
Teresa Rocha
I am a San Antonio native and current Graduate Student through UTSA’s Master’s Program in Psychology. I attended Sam Houston State University from 2014 to 2018, where I acquired my B.S in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice. Originally I wanted to use my degree to become a Behavioral Analyst, but soon discovered my talents were needed elsewhere, and decided to focus on the Military Application of psychology. After my graduation from Sam Houston State, I returned home and began work with Stonebridge Behavioral Health, an institution which provides psychological evaluations to undeserved patients and clients across the State of Texas. I am currently the West Texas Lead at Stonebridge. Through my work at Stonebridge, I have developed an interest in the application of psychological evaluations and how they can be utilized within the Military to better assess soldiers’ mental well-being. Under the tutelage of Dr.Alicia Swan, I hope to use this experience and develop my thesis revolving around developing a practical screening tool for pre and post deployment for Soldiers and a holistic approach to treat Veterans to lessen the severity of PTSD.
My research interest is developing practical screening tools for military applicants to detect symptoms before trauma or stressor related symptomology manifests. My aim lies in adjusting already established tests to target individuals who may be vulnerable to post-traumatic stressors or other psychological concerns. I am also interested in the effects of different holistic or unorthodox, by western standards, practices to lessen the severity of PTSD. By incorporating different styles of practices, which can be individualized to the person, we can better help the military population suffering from PTSD.
Teresa’s CV
Eden Crowsey
I started my academic path at Florida Gateway College where I earned an A.A. degree in Psychology (2009) and then transferred to the University of Central Florida where I earned my B.S. degree in Psychology (2011). Since then, I've worked as a patient representative, medical aide, and patient care coordinator in Ophthalmic, Orthopedic, and Vascular specialty care practices. I joined the United States Peace Corps (2018) and served in the remote regions of Eswatini, Africa as a Program and Health Services Coordinator. Through quantitative and qualitative research techniques, I implemented educational seminars to fight HIV/AIDS and conducted supply chain management for relative medications through local clinics. Upon returning to the United States, I completed my M.S. degree in Psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA; 2021). Through this program, I have presented at San Antonio Military Health System and Universities Research Forum conferences, I earned the Brain Health Consortium Seed Grant for my research on visual deficits subsequent to traumatic brain injury (TBI), and have my first publication on disruptive dizziness in Veterans with deployment-related TBI.
My research interests include mental health, physical health, functional outcomes, and brain injury.
Eden’s CV