Tabitha Moses

I am currently based in Detroit with my partner and our three cats. I am best described as a lifelong student. Given my current plan, I imagine I will likely spend much of my life in education. After completing my B.A. in Cognitive Science and Philosophy at Johns Hopkins, I began working in Public Health research in Baltimore. This research focused on HIV prevention in people who used drugs, and it allowed me to engage with my community in a way that I had not during college.After a year of working full-time, I decided it was time to continue school. I completed my M.S. part-time while continuing to work in research. In 2014, my P.I. moved to New York along with my supervisor and I explored the more administrative side of academia while continuing to coordinate public health research. During this time I began to delve more deeply into neuroethics and began focusing on a couple of different projects in this area.I am now in my final year of an MD/PhD program at Wayne State University. I have completed my PhD in translational neuroscience, with a focus on exploring ways to mitigate the effects of stress in people with opioid use disorder. I am reaching the end of over 8 years of dedicated medical training and am now in the process of applying to residency programs in psychiatry.

When I am not taking on too many projects, I can also be found wandering around Detroit, reading with my cats, or traveling wherever and whenever time and money allow!

About our Cats
The rest of my free time is spent doing something with or for our cats and they take credit for much of my successes! We moved to Detroit with our first cats (Tigger & Oscar, photo above). Unfortunately, during Covid-19 we lost Tigger very suddenly and while Oscar was a grumpy old man at this time, he did not like being alone, so we adopted a pair of young grey ladies, who were about 5 months old (Sophia & Emma, below). They were shy at first but soon found their voices and Emma even developed a strong TikTok following due to her very clear ability to share her feelings (TikTok: CatsandBrains). Although her TikTok channel is on hold due to her manager’s need to focus on her studies, she does intend to continue embracing her fame in the future. In 2022, after a few health issues Oscar decided he was ready to be with his brother. Although Sophia and Emma had never been close to him, it became clear that we were now a 3 cat household so we waited to find a single kitten who needed a couple big sisters to teach her the ways of the world. We didn’t wait long, a calico cyclone of chaos (BellaDonna) entered our lives at the end of 2022, just in time for my intense dissertation preparations. She is far too intelligent for her own good but assists in creating more drama for the household! I’m always happy to share more cat pictures with anyone who is interested!

Photo credit for Tigger and Oscar cat pictures and the header photo: Shanna Edberg Photography