Samuel C. Chao

Research Assistant, Spiritual Health @Emory Healthcare

Presented a poster at Georgia Clinical and Translation Science Alliance’s Conference 2024 on using Enhanced Critical Incident Technique in improving psychedelic-assisted therapy as first author• Co-author on Psychotherapy publication titled “A critical evaluation of psilocybin-assisted therapy protocol components from clinical trial patients, facilitators, and caregivers.”• Transcribing patient interviews using Microsoft Word’s transcription feature and edited transcripts for accuracy, de-identification, and readability• Planning analyses and aims for future projects for psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy, including a presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies’ annual national conference• Working closely with Dr. Roman Palitsky and another student to facilitate merging of multiple datasets in SPSS for the development of a religious history scale• Perused background literature and contributed to lab-wide discussions on psilocybin, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and religious history measurements