Breton Asken, PhD

Breton Asken, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida. He is a Fixel Scholar in the Normal Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases and a member of the Clinical Core of the 1Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Additional affiliations include the UF McKnight Brain Institute, Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, and the UF Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience (BRAIN) Center.

Dr. Asken completed bachelor's degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Exercise & Sport Science - Athletic Training, Psychology) and was a research assistant in the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center. He then earned his doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology track) from the University of Florida and completed his clinical internship in neuropsychology at Brown University. Dr. Asken completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center.

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 in 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.

Lab Recruitment (updated Fall 2026): Dr. Asken will be reviewing applications for new graduate students this cycle for Fall 2027 admission, but cannot guarantee extending an offer. Please note that given the very large volume of emails received from prospective trainees, general policy is that there will not be individual responses provided. An informational session for prospective applicants will occur 09/24/2026 from 6:00pm-8:00pm over Zoom (https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/K57yfI8sQk2DcAPYDoT2_Q#/registration).

Dr. Asken is actively recruiting postdoctoral fellows for Fall 2027 start. Interested candidates should email Dr. Asken with a CV and one-page cover letter outlining their research interests and perceived fit with the Asken Lab.