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Breton Asken, Ph.D.
1Florida
Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida.
Clinical Core of the 1Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
"CTE is a major concern for millions of athletes, veterans, and other individuals exposed to repetitive head trauma, yet we know very little about CTE compared to other neurodegenerative diseases. Alzheimer's, Lewy body, and frontotemporal dementia all have dedicated large, multi-site research initiatives. I am honored to be a part of this amazing team uniquely focused on doing the same for CTE so that we can improve timely and accurate diagnosis while critically studying CTE in the broader context of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias."
Dr. Asken’s research integrates multimodal biomarkers with cognitive and behavioral evaluations to study the complex associations between neuropathological changes and clinical phenotypes among patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. His sub-focus is studying the role that lifetime head trauma plays later-life neurodegenerative disease, specifically looking at hippocampal and limbic network vulnerability to developing neuropathological changes with aging.
Dr. Asken is an active clinical neuropsychologist in the UF Memory Disorders Clinic and specializes in evaluation of patients with suspected neurodegenerative disease.
Jamie Blackband
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Bailey Garner
Clinical Research Coordinator II