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Lorah D. Dorn, PhD

Director of Research, Division of Adolescent Medicine

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-7204

Fax: 513-636-1129

Email: lorah.dorn@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Adolescent anxiety, depression and smoking; pubertal timing and premature adrenarche; behavior and behavior problems; endocrine development and changes, behavioral endocrinology

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Biography

Lorah Dorn, PhD, is the Director of Research in the Division of Adolescent Medicine. In this capacity, she oversees research within the division. She mentors young researchers, often helping them to find funding, and encourages collaborations with other departments, sometimes introducing researchers with similar interests.

Additionally, Dr. Dorn provides consultation on grant writing, scientific issues related to research methodology, IRB submissions, and manuscript writing. Within Cincinnati Children’s, she serves on various committees related to conducting and funding clinical research. Dr. Dorn serves as chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Clinical Translational Research Center (CTRC) and is a member of the Clinical Trials Outcomes Health Services Research (CTOHS) review committee of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation. She also serves as Chair of the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Women Scholars Program, which promotes the advancement of women scholars and leaders through mentorship and a significant monetary award to a faculty member recipient annually.

Externally, Dr. Dorn serves as a member of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Study Section—Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Emotions, Stress, and Health (MESH). She is also a reviewer on various professional journals. Her own research focuses on biobehavioral issues during puberty and their impact on health and development, primarily in girls. Specific studies focus on the outcomes of mental health variables, including psychopathology, as well as physical health variables, including bone density.

Education and Training

PhD: The Pennsylvania State University, 1989.

Post doctoral Fellowship: Clinical Neuroendocrinology, NIH/NIMH, 1993.

Masters: Catholic University of America, 1983.

Certification: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

Publications

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Dorn LD, Pabst S, Sontag LM, Kalkwarf H, Hillman JB, Susman EJ. Bone mass, depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescent girls: Variation by smoking and alcohol use. J Adoles Health. 2011.

Dorn LD, Kolko D, Shenk C, Susman EJ, Bukstein O. Influence of treatment for disruptive behavior disorders on adrenal and gonadal hormones in youth. J Clin Child Adol Psych. 2011;40(4):562-71.

Negriff S, Dorn LD, Pabst SR, Susman EJ. Morningness/eveningness, pubertal timing, and substance use in adolescent girls. Psychiatry Research. 2011 Feb;185(3):408-413.

Dorn LD, Biro FM. Puberty and its measurement: A decade in review. J Res Adoles. 2010:21(1):180-195.

Pabst SR, Negriff S, Huang B, Susman EJ, Dorn LD. Depression and anxiety in adolescent females: The impact of sleep preference and body mass index. J Adoles Health. 2009 Jun;44(6):554-560.

Dockray S, Susman EJ, Dorn LD. Depression, cortisol reactivity, and obesity in childhood and adolescence. J Adoles Health. 2009;45(4):344-350.

Dorn LD, Kolko DJ, Susman EJ, Huang B, Stein H, Music E, Bukstein OG. Salivary gonadal and adrenal hormone differences in boys and girls with and without disruptive behavior disorders: Contextual variants. Biological Psychology. 2009;81(1):31-39.

Dorn LD, Rose SR, Rotenstein D, Susman EJ, Huang B, Loucks TL, Berga SL. Differences in endocrine parameters and psychopathology in girls with premature adrenarche versus on-time adrenarche. J Ped Endocrinol Metab. 2008;21(5), 439-448.

Dorn LD, Dahl RE, Woodward HR, Biro FM. Defining the boundaries of early adolescence: A user’s guide to assessing pubertal status and pubertal timing in research with adolescents. Applied Developmental Science. 2006;10(1):30-56.

Grants

Continued Studies of Environment on Puberty: GUF2. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Aug 2010 - Jul 2015.

The Effects of Estradiol on Genetic Risk for Disordered Eating During Puberty. Co- Investigator. National Institute of Mental Health. Sep 2010 - Nov 2015. #1R01 MH092377-o1.