BlueSprig Research & Clinical Excellence

SprigLab: Building Research Skills That Strengthen Clinical Care

SprigLab is BlueSprig’s internal research initiative focused on providing clinicians the opportunity to build research-related skills. Through structured programming, applied learning, and individualized support, SprigLab offers clinicians individualized research mentorship to accelerate research-to-practice translation in real-world treatment environments.

Why SprigLab Matters

For Referring Providers

Demonstrates BlueSprig’s commitment to evidence-based care, clinical quality, and practitioner-led advancement across its national footprint.

For Clinicians

Creates access to mentorship, applied learning, and scholarship opportunities that support long-term clinical development.

For Caregivers

Reinforces that BlueSprig’s teams are continuously learning, growing, and bringing evidence-informed thinking into real-world care for children and families.

Measurable Organizational Impact

BlueSprig has demonstrated meaningful growth across scholarship, dissemination, and mentorship. From 2023 to 2025, presentations at ABA conferences increased by 107%, reflecting greater clinician engagement in sharing knowledge with the field. Publications—including book chapters and journal articles—also grew significantly, with a 100% increase from 2024 to 2025. Alongside these achievements, clinicians have experienced expanded access to research-related mentorship opportunities, along with higher levels of satisfaction with the support and guidance available to them.

Lab Offerings

A structured model for advancing evidence-based practice

SprigLab helps BlueSprig strengthen clinical excellence while creating meaningful opportunities for professional growth. By investing in research skill-building and mentorship, BlueSprig supports clinicians in applying emerging evidence, contributing to the field, and bringing high-quality learning directly into care delivery.

Contributions to the Field

BlueSprig’s broader impact on ABA

BlueSprig continues to expand opportunities for clinician-led scholarship and dissemination across its growing national network. Between 2023 and 2025, clinicians delivered more than 100 presentations at national and international conferences, contributing valuable insights and advancing evidence-based practice within the field. In addition, BlueSprig clinicians serve as representatives on several state behavior-analytic organizations and as subject-matter experts on professional organization committees and special interest groups, helping shape the broader ABA community.

BlueSprig's Research Committee

The Research Committee helps guide SprigLab’s direction, support mentorship opportunities, and strengthen BlueSprig’s commitment to clinician-led scholarship and evidence-based practice.

Ashley Fuhrman, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation
Alex Tomei, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Director of Clinical Standards
Lauren Phillips, PhD, BCBA-D
Director of Clinical Operations
Landon Cowan, MA, BCBA
Clinical Director
Tiffanie Moore, MA, NCSP, BCBA, LBA
Chief Clinical Officer

Ashley Fuhrman, Ph.D., BCBA-D

Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation

Dr. Ashley Fuhrman serves as the Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation at BlueSprig. In this role, she spearheads the development, implementation, and expansion of innovative clinical programs and services. She focuses on leveraging and contributing to cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to monitor, highlight, and improve patient outcomes. She is responsible for the oversight and growth of specialty clinic service offerings and enjoys working collaboratively to best serve patients. One of her primary passions is to increase access to high-quality severe behavior services. Her clinical and research interests involve improving existing assessment and treatment procedures as well as developing and improving clinician training surrounding the delivery of high-quality services.

Dr. Fuhrman received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, a Master of Arts in applied behavior analysis from the University of Nebraska Omaha, and her Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Previously, Dr. Fuhrman worked at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Rutgers University Center for Autism Research, Education, and Services.

She has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, is an Associate Editor for Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, on the board of editors for The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavior Analysis in Practice and has served on the board of editors for the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

Ashley has a passion for evidence-based practice and expanding access to high-quality, specialized care. Ashley resides in Texas and, when not working, enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons.

Tiffanie Moore, MA, NCSP, BCBA, LBA

Chief Clinical Officer

As Chief Clinical Officer at BlueSprig, Tiffanie Moore is responsible for the quality of clinical services, including developing, promoting, facilitating, and evaluating clinical standards and operating procedures.

Tiffanie graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2012. She is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and Licensed Behavior Analyst in Oklahoma. Tiffanie brings 12 years of behavior analytic experience. She has provided ABA across various settings, including community, home, clinic, residential, private, and public school. She is especially interested in assessment, equivalence-based instruction, and teaching fluency.

Currently, Tiffanie is Member at Large for the Oklahoma Association of Behavior Analysis, where she previously served as President. She has published work aimed at incorporating ACT and Activity-Based Instruction into telehealth-based family guidance. She has experience working as an adjunct professor, having taught several semesters of the BACB course sequence at the University of Central Oklahoma. Tiffanie lives in Ardmore, Oklahoma, where she enjoys advocacy, reading, travel, and spending time with her family and pets.