Faculty

Ashley C Parr, PhD

Ashley C Parr, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email

Education & Training

PhD
Neuroscience (Neuroeconomics), Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Developmental Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Professional Affiliations

Member, Society for Neuroscience
Member, Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Member, Organization for Human Brain Mapping

Research Interests

Developmental neuroscience; Neuroeconomics
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Parr AC, Calabro F, Tervo-Clemmens B, Larsen B, Foran W, Luna B. Contributions ofdopamine-related basal ganglia neurophysiology to the developmental effects of incentiveson inhibitory control. In Press at Dev Cogn Neurosci. Manuscript ID: DCN-D-21-00252.
  2. Parr AC, Calancie O, Coe B, Khan S, Munoz D. Development of mixed-strategy decisionmaking in adolescents with and without borderline personality disorder. Front Neurosci.: Decision Neuroscience. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.667399
  3. Parr AC, Calabro F, Larsen B, Tervo-Clemmens B, Foran W, Olafsson V, Luna B. Dopaminerelated striatal neurophysiology is associated with specialization of frontostriatal reward circuitry through adolescence. Prog Neurobiol. PMID: 33667595.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Promotes Ashley Parr, PhD, to Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Ashley Parr, PhD

We are pleased to announce that Ashley Parr, PhD, has been promoted to Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Parr received her PhD in neuroscience from Queen’s University (Ontario, Canada), then came to the University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry for postdoctoral training in developmental neuroscience. She joined the Psychiatry faculty in 2022...

Pitt Psychiatry Research Published in Molecular Psychiatry

Collage of Molecular Psychiatry Co-Authors

Multiple Pitt Psychiatry investigators have recently published studies in Molecular Psychiatry. Below is a roundup of recent original research on adolescent neurodevelopment, aging and cognition, and the association between sleep and psychosis. Adolescent maturation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex glutamate: GABA and cognitive function is supported by dopamine-related neurobiology Pitt Psychiatry investigators...

Nature Communications: A Canonical Trajectory of Executive Function Maturation from Adolescence to Adulthood

Luna and Colleagues Nature Communications 2023

Theories of human neurobehavioral development suggest executive functions mature from childhood through adolescence, a time when individuals may also experience peaks in risk-taking behaviors such as substance use, and increased vulnerability to psychiatric disorders. However, the timing of adolescent executive function development and the specific age when executive functions reach adult levels have been...

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Three New Faculty Members

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Drs. Parr, Stepan and Punzi

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to three new faculty members: Ashley Parr, PhD (Research Instructor in Psychiatry) Dr. Parr earned her PhD in neuroscience, with a focus on neuroeconomics, from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. She then came to the University of Pittsburgh for postdoctoral research training under the mentorship of Bea Luna, PhD (Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and...