January 2, 2025
Dr. Kellie O’Dare is a dedicated researcher, educator, and advocate with expertise in first responder health and wellness, health policy, and organizational resilience. As the Founder and Director of the 2nd Alarm Project, and Research Associate Professor and Deputy Executive Director of UCF RESTORES at the University of Central Florida, Dr. O’Dare has led innovative […]
January 5, 2023
Dr. Seaver holds a Ph.D. in Human Factors and Cognitive Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Her research interests are broadly focused on optimizing simulation-based training systems and treatment methods by utilizing the science of learning. In particular, she is interested in how individual-level differences in cognition (i.e., capacities to carry out certain cognitive […]
August 26, 2021
Dr. Ashley Winch received her Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida in Clinical Psychology and is currently a provisionally licensed postdoctoral fellow. Her research and clinical focus are in the treatment, education, and prevention of traumatic experiences and subsequent symptoms. Ashley started her clinical training at the Yale Child Study Center under the mentorship […]
September 18, 2020
Dr. Newins joined the UCF faculty as an Assistant Professor in August 2016. Dr. Newins is a clinical researcher and supervisor in the RESTORES lab and the director of the Stress, Health, and Anxiety Research (SHARE) Lab. Her research interests are broadly focused on the relationship between anxiety and behaviors and events that are associated […]
September 18, 2020
Dr. Bowers holds a Ph.D in Psychology from the University of South Florida. His research has focused largely on technology-assisted training and education, with the long-term goal of enhancing human functioning and behavioral health. In the early part of his career, the emphasis was on using various technologies to improve the training of military and […]
September 18, 2020
Deborah C. Beidel, Ph.D., ABPP is Trustee Chair and Pegasus Professor of Psychology and Medical Education and Director of UCF RESTORES at the University of Central Florida. UCF RESTORES, a clinical research center dedicated to changing the way that posttraumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, is understood, diagnosed, and treated. Internationally recognized as a […]
