Ashley Engstrom

Ashley received her bachelor of arts degree in psychology in 2024 from the University of Virginia, where she was an undergraduate research assistant in Stefanie Sequeira's lab. She joined the FAM lab in August of 2024. She is interested in utilizing neuroimaging methods to study how emotional valence systems and threat and reward processes are impacted by the onset of depression in adolescence. Her other interests include studying the intergenerational transmission of trauma from parent to offspring and examining the neural correlates of depression and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents to better predict their onset in high-risk youth. In the future, Ashley hopes to attend graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. For fun she likes to go hiking with her dog Teddy and spend time with friends and family.