Pamela Ventola

Dr Pam Ventola, PhD has conducted evaluations of children and adults with developmental disabilities for two decades and has supported numerous international trials in developmental disabilities that involve developmental, cognitive, motor, and behavioural assessments.

Dr Ventola is an Associate Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and leads Cogstate’s Rare Disease and Paediatric Center of Excellence and has worked in the field of developmental disabilities for over twenty years. She has more than 100 related publications, conference presentations, invited addresses, and book chapters, and has published a book on diagnostic assessment. Dr Ventola also serves on advisory panels and academic review committees and has extensive clinical and research experience with paediatric neuropsychological and developmental assessments as well as the Cogstate computerized cognitive testing battery.

Dr. Ventola attended Hamilton College for her undergraduate degree and the University of Connecticut, under the mentorship of Dr. Deborah Fein, for her doctoral degree. She completed her clinical training and post-doctoral fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center.