Alanna is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate specializing in neuropsychology in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. She is supervised by Dr. Harry Miller and Dr. Jamie Piercy. Broadly, Alanna’s research examines how cognitive function and moral emotions influence health outcomes. Her doctoral work investigates how stroke survivors’ cognitive abilities and caregivers’ moral emotions, such as resentment and guilt, impact mental health in caregiving relationships after stroke. Her previous research has examined psychosocial outcomes in families affected by substance use and in individuals with chronic pain, reflecting her broader interest in psychological health in complex medical contexts. She additionally conducts research on the psychometric properties of the Personality Assessment Inventory in neuropsychiatric populations and co-manages a large neuropsychological research database at Kelowna General Hospital. Prior to arriving at UBCO, Alanna graduated from Harvard Divinity School with an M.Div. in Religious Studies and conducted research at VA Boston on Moral Injury, a syndrome involving trauma symptoms stemming from moral violations.