The Ware Brain Lab has moved to the University of Utah!

Biography

Dr. Ashley L. Ware is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah. She is a licensed clinical psychologist (Psychologist, State of Utah #14234449-2501). She earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology with specialization in lifespan (child and adult) neuropsychology from the University of Houston and completed an APA-accredited predoctoral clinical psychology internship in pediatric and adult neuropsychology at Emory University School of Medicine in 2018. For her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Ware sought additional, specialized training in cutting-edge structural and multimodal neuroimaging and data analytics in pediatric traumatic brain injury. She was a Killam Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary, studying pediatric traumatic brain injury under the mentorship of traumatic brain injury expert Dr. Keith Yeates and clinical neuroimaging expert Dr. Catherine Lebel.

Over the past 15 years, Dr. Ware has demonstrated significant leadership in research and knowledge translation. She has held important leadership roles in multiple research programs from which she gained expertise in neurodevelopment, neural plasticity, neuroimaging, and neurological disorders, including traumatic brain injury and other neurological disorders. Dr. Ware has furthered the scientific understanding of how the brain changes across the lifespan in congenital and acquired brain injury, and has translated these findings to improve patient treatment and outcomes. Her results are published in the premier peer-reviewed journals for her respective fields of study. The scientific and academic communities have acknowledged the impact of her research in brain development and brain injury, granting her nearly $250K in academic scholarships and over $300K in research awards from international, national, and regional societies. She was most recently awarded the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, the most prestigious fellowship offered by the University of Calgary, as well as the Harley N. Hotchkiss – Samuel Weiss Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Cumming School of Medicine Postdoctoral Scholarship.

A native of coastal North Carolina, Dr. Ware enjoys being on the beach and near water. She is a daily practitioner of reformer Pilates, an avid supporter of the performing and fine arts, and a lover of dogs (big and small).

Research Interests

Dr. Ware’s research interests include brain health, development, and aging from childhood through adulthood in typical and neurological populations; social determinants of brain and cognitive health; impact of health and social inequities on brain and cognitive health across the lifespan; use of noninvasive neuroimaging to study neural plasticity; combine neuropsychological assessment with cognitive and computational neuroscience techniques to study clinical outcomes and recovery in neurological disorders, particularly traumatic brain injury; advanced neuroimaging biomarkers for brain, cognitive, and emotional functioning in neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan.

Education

2018-PhD Clinical psychology, Neuropsychology Track, University of Houston, Chair: Jack M. Fletcher, PhD
2018-Clinical Residency: Emory University School of Medicine Predoctoral Internship (Child/Adult Track)
2013-MA Psychology, San Diego State University, Chair: Sarah N. Mattson, PhD
2009-BA Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington
2004 to 2006-Fine Arts, Cello Performance, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University