Katie Dabney

Katie earned a B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Pre-Veterinary Medicine and a B.A. in Psychology from Shippensburg University in 2017.  She subsequently earned her M.S. in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts University in 2020. She spent her undergraduate and graduate years working with isolation dogs and cats at an animal shelter, studying canine helminth parasites, assisting with human-centered equine-assisted therapy programs, and studying canine and adolescent stress behaviors in varying environments. Katie has been a research assistant with the Hecht lab since 2020. She uses a comparative approach of neuroimaging and behavioral analysis to explore behavior and cognition in humans and canids . Outside of the lab she enjoys volunteering, her multitude of pets, hiking, and snowboarding.