
Laura Jackson
Expedited Reviewer
Ms. Jackson has a B.S. in psychology with minors in sociology and philosophy. Throughout her undergraduate career, she worked in psychiatric and cognitive psychology research, which ultimately led her to co-found an international non-profit research literacy training organization for university students. Prior to WCG, she worked in psychiatry research clinics, specializing in conducting psychedelic medicine, neurodivergence, and neurocognition research, and the study design of Investigator-Initiated Trials (IITs). Ms. Jackson has co-authored publications on psychedelics and mental health disorders and served as a psychedelic therapy facilitator in studies on major depressive disorder (MDD) and psilocybin. Outside of her role at WCG, she serves as a research consultant and medical writer, primarily drafting IIT protocols and generating pre-clinical data in mice and human cell lines for studies investigating rare-X genetic disorders. Ms. Jackson is an Australian ex-pat who currently resides in Utah with her two sons as they work on renovating their mid-century fixer-upper together.