Dustin B. Hammers, Ph.D.

Bio

Dr. Dustin Hammers specializes in neuropsychological assessment of neurodegenerative disorders and other neuropsychiatric conditions. His clinical interests include memory disorders and executive decline in the elderly.

Dr. Hammers conducts comprehensive neuropsychological and tele-neuropsychological evaluations in the Cognitive Disorders Clinic, a sub-specialty clinic of the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research (CACIR). He is currently licensed as a clinical neuropsychologist in both Utah and Wyoming.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Board Certification and Academic Information

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Academic Bio

Dustin B. Hammers, Ph.D. joined the University of Utah in 2011 as Assistant Professor of Neurology and clinical neuropsychologist for the Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research (CACIR).

Dr. Hammers obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Ohio University. Following his neuropsychology internship at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System in Michigan, Dr. Hammers completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.

Dr. Hammers’ research has focused primarily on the aging process, including the detection of early memory decline in dementia populations through computerized batteries or executive functioning tasks. Additional areas of interest have included research evaluating diagnostic consistency between clinical (neurological and neuropsychological assessment) and imaging (PiB, FTG-PET, etc.) data in an effort to improve diagnostic accuracy. A developing area of interest includes evaluating how poor air quality during Utah's Wintertime Inversions impacts cognitive abilities and inflammatory response in the elderly. Dr. Hammers’ work has been published in several peer reviewed scientific journals and has been presented at a number of national and international conferences.

Education History

Selected Provider Publications

Journal Article

1. Hammers, D, Ramirez, G, Persad, C, Heidebrink, J, Barbas, N, Giordani, B (09/03/2015). Diagnostic Profiles of Patients Differentially Failing Executive Functioning Measures. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen, 1-9.
2. Duff K, Foster NL, Dennett K, Hammers DB, Zollinger LV, Christian PE, Butterfield RI, Beardmore BE, Wang AY, Morton KA, amp Hoffman JM (2013). Amyloid deposition and cognition in older adults: The effects of premorbid intellect. Arch Clin Neuropsychol.
3. Hammers D, Spurgeon E, Ryan K, Persad C, Barbas N, Heidebrink J, Darby D, Giordani B (2012). Validity of a brief computerized cognitive screening test in dementia. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol, 25(2), 89-99.
4. Suhr J, Hammers D (2010). Who fails the Iowa Gambling Test (IGT)? Personality, neuropsychological, and near-infrared spectroscopy findings in healthy young controls. Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 25(4), 293-302.
5. Hammers DB, Suhr JA (2010). Neuropsychological, impulsive personality, and cerebral oxygenation correlates of undergraduate polysubstance use. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 32(6), 599-609.

Book Chapter

1. Hammers D, Duff K, amp Chelune G (2015). Assessing change of cognitive trajectories over time in later life. In N.A. Pachana and Laidlaw (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Abstract

1. Dustin B Hammers, Kevin M Duff, Angela Y Wang, Ken R Smith, amp Norman L Foster (2015). Bad Air, Bad Cognition: The Effects of Wintertime Inversions on Executive Functioning Among Elderly Residents [Abstract]. Annual Conference of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Co.
2. Hammers D, Jolley C, Card S, Duff K, Chelune G, Stearn M, Foster N (February 2013). Converting Montreal Cognitive Assessment to Mini-Mental Status Examination Scores and Vice Versa in a Clinical Sample [Abstract]. Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, Hawaii.
3. Hammers D, Duff K, Dennett K, Hoffman J, Chelune G, Thurfjell L, Wang A, Morton K, Zollinger L, Foster N (April 2012). [18]Flutemetamol Uptake and Cognitive Performance in Non-Demented Community-Dwelling Elders [Abstract]. Neurology, 79(11), e88-89.