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Dean W. Beebe, PhD

Director, Neuropsychology Program

Neuropsychologist

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-3489

Fax: 513-636-7756

Email: dean.beebe@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Outcome and development of children with brain injuries; outcome and development of children neurodevelopmental disorders; sleep and neurobehavioral functioning; professional development of emerging leaders

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Biography

Dean Beebe, PhD, is director of the Neuropsychology Program in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, overseeing the activities of 7 faculty and staff neuropsychologists and 2 postdoctoral fellows in pediatric neuropsychology.

Dr. Beebe is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist with specialty expertise in the evaluation and care of children who have chronic medical and neurological conditions, as well as those with both recent and remotely-acquired brain injuries. He is on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, co-leading the Pediatric Special Interest Group within the AACN. In these positions he has a particular interest in the development of junior-level clinical neuropsychologists to become future leaders of the field.

Although his primary research interests lie at the interface of pediatric sleep medicine and clinical neuropsychology, Dr. Beebe has been principal or co-investigator on multiple NIH-funded single- and multi-site clinical trials, both with healthy volunteers and with children who have a wide range of conditions, including cardiac transplant, brain tumor, epilepsy, spina bifida, traumatic brain injury, lead exposure, and obstructive sleep apnea. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, and is on the editorial board for Child Neuropsychology.

Finally, Dr. Beebe is co-director of the Behavioral Core of the Clinical Translational Research Center at Cincinnati Children's, which facilitates the design and execution of scientifically-strong neuropsychological and neurodevelopmental outcome studies.

Education and Training

PhD: Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 1998.

Fellowship: Pediatric Neuropsychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1998-2000.

Certifications: Clinical Psychology, Ohio State Board of Psychology, 1999; Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology, American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2005.

Publications

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Byars KC, Yolton K, Rausch J, Lanphear B, Beebe DW. Sleep During Early Development: A Longitudinal Study of the Patterns, Prevalence, and Persistence of Sleep Problems in the First 3 Years of Life. Pediatrics. 2011. Epub ahead of print.

Beebe DW. A Primer on Sleep for Pediatric and Child Clinical Neuropsychologists. Child Neuropsychology. 2011. Epub ahead of print.

Redline S, Amin R, Beebe D, Chervin RD, Garetz SL, Giordani B, Marcus CL, Moore RH, Rosen CL, Arens R, Gozal D, Katz ES, Mitchell RB, Muzumdar H, Taylor HG, Thomas N, Ellenberg S. The Childhood Adenotonsillectomy Trial (CHAT): Rationale, Design, and Challenges of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Standard Surgical Procedure in a Pediatric Population. Sleep. Nov 1;34(11):1509-17.

Beebe DW, Miller N, Kirk S, Daniels SR, Amin R. The association between obstructive sleep apnea and dietary choices. Sleep Medicine. 2011 Sep;12(8):797-9.

Beebe DW. Cognitive, behavioral, and functional consequences of inadequate sleep in children and adolescents. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2011 Jun;58(3):649-65.

Beebe DW, Ris MD, Kramer ME, Long E, Amin R. The association between sleep disordered breathing, academic grades, and cognitive and behavioral functioning among overweight subjects during middle to late childhood. Sleep. 2010 Nov;33(11):1447-56.

Beebe DW, Rose D, Amin R. Brief report: performance of experimentally sleep-restricted adolescents in a simulated classroom. J Adolesc Health. 2010 Nov;47(5):523-5.

LeJeune B, Beebe D, Noll J, Kenealy L, Isquith P, Gioia G. Psychometric support for an abbreviated version of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) Parent Form. Child Neuropsychol. 2010 Mar;16(2):182-201.

Uzark K, Spicer R, Beebe DW. Neurodevelopmental outcomes in pediatric heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Dec;28(12):1306-11.

Beebe DW, Difrancesco MW, Tlustos SJ, McNally KA, Holland SK. Preliminary fMRI findings in experimentally sleep-restricted adolescents engaged in a working memory task. Behav Brain Funct. 2009 Feb 19;5:9.

Grants

Improved Diagnostics & Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Pediatric NPSLE. Co-investigator. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. 2008 - 2013.

Effects of Adolescent Sleep Restriction on Neural and Neurobehavioral Functioning. Principal Investigator. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 2009 - 2013.

Sleep Disordered Breathing in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Consultant. National Institute of Nursing Research. 2011-2015.

Randomized Controlled Study of Adenotonsillectomy for Childhood Sleep Apnea. Co-investigator. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. 2006-2012.

Clinical-Translational Research Center. Co-Director of the Behavioral Core. National Center for Research Resources. 1997 - 2014.