Office Address: 226H Gilmer Hall

Biography

Dr. Aaron Reuben is a clinical neuropsychologist concerned with the interplay of the physical environment with brain and mental health across the lifespan.  His research combines new technologies to quantitatively measure environmental exposures (mass spectrometry, remote sensing, wearable technology) with gold-standard assessments of neuropsychiatric function (clinical interview, cognitive assessment, and neuroimaging) to generate novel theories about how neuropsychiatric diseases emerge and may be treated or prevented.

His lab’s research to date has focused on three central questions:

1. What are the lifespan neuropsychiatric consequences of early life exposure to environmental harms (e.g., toxicants, neighborhood disadvantage, etc.)?
2. What is the potential utility of beneficial environmental amenities (e.g., parks, nature-visits, etc.) for neuropsychiatric preventive medicine and intervention? and
3. What are the potential neuropsychological sequelae of a changing climate and natural / human-caused environmental disasters? 

Current lab projects involve neuropsychiatric assessment of adults exposed to lead as children during the era of leaded gasoline, a multi-site RCT of nature exposure and mental health among American university students, and a mental health survey of communities impacted by the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio trail derailment.