Savannah graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 2026 with a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish. At Vanderbilt, she worked in the Emotion and Anxiety Research Laboratory under Dr. Bunmi Olatunji and Allie Adamis, M.S., coordinating and running various studies related to anxiety disorders, including social anxiety disorder and spider phobia. She also conducted an independent study in the form of a randomized clinical trial for contamination-related OCD, which investigated the efficacy of a text-message reminder intervention for fading safety behavior use. At CORD, Savannah works under Dr. Ryan Jacoby, coordinating projects that investigate the efficacy of AI-based tools for OCD treatment and how neural activity may inform current mechanistic models of ERP for OCD. She is broadly interested in the various mechanisms underlying OCD and anxiety disorders and hopes to increase the availability of expert-powered mental health tools via novel delivery techniques (e.g., digital). After her time at MGH, Savannah intends to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
