Lauren K. Ayr-Volta, Ph.D.

Education
BS, Providence College, 2000
MA, The Ohio State University, 2004
PhD, The Ohio State University, 2007

Residency
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 2006-2007

Fellowship
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Neuropsychology, 2007-2009

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

• Neuropsychological assessment of children with complex medical conditions
• Psychological adjustment to life-threatening and/or chronic medical diagnoses
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

• Ullrich, N., Ayr, L.K., Leaffer, E, Irons, M.B., Rey-Casserly, C. (2009) Assessment of spatial learning in children and adolescents with neurofibromatosis type 1. Journal of Child Neurology.

• Ayr, L.K., Yeates, K.O., Taylor, H.G., & Browne, M. (2009). Dimensions of postconcussive symptoms in children with mild traumatic brain injuries. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 19-30.

• Ayr, L. K., Yeates, K.O. & Enrile, B. G. (2005). Arithmetic skills and their cognitive correlates in children with acquired and congenital brain disorder. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 249-262.