University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics

Shari Wade, PhD

Title

Staff Psychologist; Director of Research

Appointment

Research Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

shari.wade@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-7480

Fax

513-636-7360

Credentials

PhD: Clinical Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988.

Fellowship: Clinical Psychology, Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, Conn., 1987; Pediatric Psychology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, 1989.

Awards and Honors

Passed Clinical Psychology Comprehensive Examination with Commendations
NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship
Phi Beta Kappa
BA with distinction in all subjects
Richard King Mellon National Merit Scholarship
Sarah Jane Brain Foundation Advisory Board 10/08 - present
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Injury Center Steering Committee 1/09 - present

Research Grants and Contracts

Peer Reviewed:

NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; An Online Intervention for Pediatric TBI, 9/1/01 – 07/31/04. Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., PI, $610,780.

NIH Maternal and Child Health, Reducing Injury Among High-Risk Preschool Children, 1/1/02 – 12/31/04. Victor F. Garcia, M.D., PI, $947,090.

NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Child and Family Sequelae of Preschool Brain Injury, 09/10/02- 08/31/07. Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., PI, $2,461,821.

CDC/HRSA, A Trial of 2 Online Interventions for Pediatric Brain Injury, 10/01/03 – 09/30/06. Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., PI, $900,000.

DOE National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Teen Online Problem Solving for Pediatric Brain Injury, 10/01/05 – 09/30/08. Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., PI, $447,933

NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Social Development Following Preschool Brain Injury, 12/01/05-11/30/10. Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23), Nicolay Walz, Ph.D., PI, Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., Co-Sponsor, $505,118.

NIH National Institute of Mental Health, Improving Mental Health Outcomes of Child Brain Injury, 8/01/06 – 5/31/11.Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., PI, $3,818,000.

DOE National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Education, Positive Parenting Plus- A Parenting Intervention for TBI, 12/01/06-11/30/09. Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., PI, $449,000.

Ohio Department of Public Safety Emergency Medical Services, Social Influences on Long-Term Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children, 07/01/07-06/30/08. Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., PI, $82,500.

University of Cincinnati University Research Council Interdisciplinary Grant, Neural Substrates of Social, Language, and Executive Function Deficits in Internationally Adopted Children, 07/01/07-06/30/08. Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., PI, $25,000.

Ohio Department of Public Safety Emergency Medical Services, The Neural Substrates of Executive Function Skills in Adolescents with Traumatic Brain Injury, 07/01/08-06/30/09. Shari L. Wade, Ph.D., PI, $74,000.

NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Long-Term Functional Outcomes of Early Traumatic Brain Injury, 09/01/09- 08/31/14. Shari L Wade, Ph.D., $2,928,823.

Publications, Most Recent

Peer Reviewed Articles:

Fay, T. B., Yeates, K. O., Wade, S. L., Drotar, D., Stancin, T., & Taylor, H. G. (2009). Predicting longitudinal patterns of functional deficits in children with traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 23, 271-282.

Gilkey, S.L., Carey, J. & Wade, S.L. (2009). Families in crisis: Considerations for the use of web-based models in family therapy. Families in Society.

Wade, S.W., Walz, N.C., Carey, J.C., & Williams, K.M. (2009). Brief report: Description of the feasibility and satisfaction findings from an innovative family problem-solving intervention for adolescents following traumatic brain injury. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34, 517-522

Walz, N.C., Yeates, K.O., Taylor, H.G., Stancin, T., & Wade, S.L. (2009). Theory of mind skills after traumatic brain injury in early childhood. Developmental Neuropsychology.

Carey, J., Wade, S.L., & Wolfe, C.R. (2008). Lessons learned: The effect of prior technology use on web-based interventions. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 11, 188-195.

Gfroerer, S.D., Wade, S.L., & Wu, M. (2008). Parent perceptions of school-based support services for students with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 22, 649-656.

Josie, K.L., Peterson, C.C., Burant, C., Drotar, D., Stancin, T., Wade, S.L., Yeates, K.O., & Taylor, H.G. (2008). Predicting family burden following childhood traumatic brain injury: A cumulative risk approach. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 23, 357-368.

Kramer, M.E., Chiu, C.Y.P., Walz, N.C., Holland, S.K., Yuan, W., Karunanayaka, P., & Wade, S.L. (2008). Long-term neural processing of attention following early childhood traumatic brain injury: fMRI and neurobehavioral outcomes. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14, 424-435.

Stancin, T., Wade, S.L., Taylor, H.G., Yeates, K.O., & Walz, N.C. (2008). Traumatic brain injuries in young children: Initial impact on the family. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 29, 253-261.

Taylor, H.G., Swartwout, M., Yeates, K.O., Walz, N.C., Stancin, T. & Wade, S.L. (2008). Traumatic brain injury in young children: Post acute effects on cognitive and school readiness skills. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14, 734-745.

Wade, S.L., Taylor, H.G., Walz, N.C., Salisbury, S., Stancin, T., Bernard, L.A., Oberjohn, K. & Yeates, K.O. (2008). Parent-child interactions during the initial weeks following brain injury in young children. Rehabilitation Psychology, 53, 180-190.

Wade, S.L., Walz, N.C., Carey, J.C., & Williams, K.M. (2008). Preliminary efficacy of a web-based family problem solving treatment program for adolescents with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 23, 369-377.

Walz, N.C., Cecil, K., Wade, S.L., & Michaud, L. (2008). Late proton MR spectroscopy following traumatic brain injury during early childhood: Relationship with neurobehavioral outcomes. Journal of Neurotrauma, 25, 94-103.

Beebe, D. W., Krivitzky, L., Wells, C. T., Wade, S. L., Taylor, H. G., & Yeates, K. O. (2007). Parental report of sleep behaviors following moderate or severe pediatric traumatic brain injury.Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

Karunanayaka, P., Holland, S., Yuan, W., Altaye, M., Egelhoff, J., Michaud, L., Walz, N.C., & Wade, S.L. (2007). Abnormalities in language circuitry in children with traumatic brain injury, an fMRI study. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 22, 355-369.

Yuan, W., Holland, S., Schmithorst, V.J., Walz, N.C., Cecil, K., Jones, B., Karunanayaka, P., Michaud, L., & Wade, S.L. (2007). Diffusion tensor MRI reveals persistent white matter alteration after traumatic brain injury experienced during early childhood. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 28, 1919-25.

Wade, S.L., Taylor, H.G., Yeates, K.O., Drotar, D., Stancin, T., Minich, N.M., & Schulchter, M. (2006). Long-term family adaptation following pediatric brain injury. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 1072-1083.

Wade, S.L., Carey, J., & Wolfe, C.R. (2006). The efficacy of an online cognitive-behavioral, family intervention in improving child behavior and social competence following pediatric brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology.

Wade, S.L., Carey, J., & Wolfe, C.R. (2006). The efficacy of an online family intervention to reduce parental distress following pediatric brain injury, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Wade, S.L.; Michaud, L.; Brown, T.M.: Putting the Pieces Together: Preliminary efficacy of a family problem-solving intervention for children with traumatic brain injury.Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 2006; 21, 50-60.

Professional Organization Memberships

Center for Human Development, Learning, and Teaching, Advisory Board

American Psychological Association

Society for Pediatric Psychology

Abstracts

Anadkat, T.; Michaud, L.; Makoroff, K.; Wade, S.: Predictors of Outcome Following Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury in Children.Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2005.

Wade, S.L.; Carrey, J.: The Efficacy of an Online Problem-Solving Intervention to Improve Child and Parent Adaptation following TBI. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2005.

Books

Coscia, J.M. & Wade, S.L. (2003). Psychosocial adjustment. In: AM Rudolph, N.J. Siegel, G. Lister, & M. Hostetter (eds.): Rudolph's Pediatrics, 21st Edition. Philadelphia: McGraw-Hill.

Wade, S.L. & Coscia, J.M. (2003). The role of the family. In: AM Rudolph, N.J. Siegel, G. Lister, & M. Hostetter (eds.): Rudolph's Pediatrics, 21st Edition. Philadelphia: McGraw-Hill.

Special Interests

Psychological impact of chronic medical conditions on children and their families

Presentations, Most Recent:

Chapman, LA, Bernard, LA, Chiu, P, Epstein, J., Holland, SK, Rajagopal, A, Walz, NC, Staat, MA, & Wade SL (2009, April). An fMRI Study of Attention in International Adoptees: A Pilot Study. To be presented at the biennial Society for Research in Child Development Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

A. Gerrard-Morris, H.G. Taylor, K.O. Yeates, N. Walz, Stancin, T., & S.L. Wade. (2009, February). Effects of Early Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) on Development of Executive Function as Measured by the Shape School.

Kramer, M.E., Chiu, C.-Y. P., & Wade, S.L., (2009). Verbal associative memory following childhood traumatic brain injury: an fMRI study. Poster to be presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Kramer, M.E., Chiu, C.-Y. P., Wade, S.L., & Walz, N.C. (2009). Neural correlates of social information processing in pediatric traumatic brain injury. To be presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Potter, J., Wade, S.L., Stevens, M.H.H., Walz, N.C. Taylor, H.G., & Yeates, K.O. (2009). Permissiveness Parenting Style is Related to Executive Dysfunction after Brain Injury in Young Children. Distinguished as a poster of merit to be presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Tlustos, S.J., Chiu, P, .Bernard, L.A., Walz, N.C., Rajagopal, A., Holland, S.K., Staat, M.A.., Wade, S.L. (2009, April). Neural Correlates of Social Information Processing in Internationally Adopted Children. To be presented at the biennial Society for Research in Child Development Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

Wade, S.L. (2009, May). The Impact of TBI on Family Functioning: Models of Family-Centered Intervention to Improve Family and Survivor Adaptation. Half-day workshop to be presented at the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Conference in Sydney, Australia.

Wade, S.L. (2009, May). Survivor and Family Recovery following TBI: Evidence for Reciprocal Influences. Invited keynote address to be presented at the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Conference in Sydney, Australia.

Wade, S.L., Walz, N.C., Taylor, H.G., Stancin, T., Oberjohn, K.S., Bernard, L.A., Yeates, K.O. (2009, April). Responsive Parenting Buffers the Adverse Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on Child Behavior. To be presented at the biennial Society for Research in Child Development Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

Yeates, K.O., Wade, S.L., Walz, N.C., Stancin, T. & Taylor, H.G. (2009). The Home Environment as a Moderator of Psychosocial Outcomes following Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children. To be presented as a talk at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Rajagopal, A., Holland, S.K., Bernard, L.A., Walz, N.C., Staat, M.A., & Wade, S.L. (2008, October). An fMRI study of Language Function in International Adoptees. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH.

Stancin, T., Wade, S.L., Nielsen, B., Walz, N.C., Bernard, L., Yeates, K.O., & Taylor, H.G. (2008, October). Family adaptation in the first year following traumatic brain injury in young children. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH.

H. G. Taylor. (2008, November). Traumatic Brain Injuries in Early Childhood: Initial Impact on the Child and Family. Presentation accepted at the Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program, Department of Pediatrics, Surgery and Neurosurgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine.

Wade, S.L., Bischoff, M., Rice, M., Staat, M.A. (2008, October). Parental Concerns in the Initial Weeks after International Adoption. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH.

Wade, S.L., Oberjohn, K., Burkhardt, A., Greenberg, I. (2008, October). Delivering Parent Skills Coaching via the Web: A Pilot Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH.

Wade, S.L., Walz, N.C., Taylor, H.G. Stancin, T., & Yeates, K.O. (2008, October). Family functioning as a moderator of recovery of executive function skills following brain injury in young children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH.

Walz, N.C., Wade, S.L., Yeates, K.O., Taylor, H.G., & Stancin, T. (2008, October). Discourse skills following early childhood traumatic brain injury. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH.

Klein, J.D., Nielsen, B.A., Stancin, T., Taylor, H.G., Yeates, K.O., Walz, N.C., & Wade, S.L. (2008, Aug.) Traumatic brain injuries in young children: healthcare utilization within the 1st year post-injury. Poster presented at the annual Chester Scholar Research Symposium, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.

Karunanayaka, P., Holland, S., Yuan, W., Altaye, M., Jones, B., Walz, N.C., Michaud, L., & Wade, S.L. (2008, May). Neural substrate differences in language networks and associated language-related behavioral impairments in children with TBI. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Radiology, Scottsdale, AZ.

Kramer, M.E., Chiu, C.Y.P., Wade, S.L., & Walz, N.C. (2008, February). “Would you do this?”: Neural correlates of social information processing in healthy adults and children. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Chiu, C.Y.P., Kramer, M.E., Wade, S.L., & Walz, N.C. (2008, February). “Would you do this?”: Adult gender differences in the neural substrate of social information processing. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Beebe, D.W., Wade, S.L., Yeates, K.O., Taylor, H.G., & Walz, N.C. (2008, February). Sleep problems after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 3-6 year-old children. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Wolfe, C. R., Carey, J. C., & Wade, S. L. (11/07). The effects of prior technology use on web-based interventions. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology, Long Beach, CA.

Wade SL. Psychosocial interventions for pediatric TBI. Invited address presented at the New Frontiers in Pediatric Brain Injury Conference, San Diego, CA, November 8th, 2007.

Walz, N.C., Yeates, K.O., Wade, S.L.& Taylor, H.G. (2007, November). Disruption of theory of mind skills shortly after traumatic brain injury during early childhood. Paper to be presented at New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, San Diego, CA.

Walz, N.C., Wade, S.L., Yeates, K.O., & Taylor, H.G. (2007, November). Labeling facial expressions of emotion following traumatic brain injury during early childhood. Paper to be presented at New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, San Diego, CA.

Carey, J., Walz, N.C., & Wade, S.L. (2007, November). Treating teens with TBI through technology. Paper to be presented at New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, San Diego, CA.

Swartwout, M.D., Taylor, H.G., Walz, N.C., Yeates, K.O., Wade, S., & Minich, N. (November 2007). Acute neuropsychological outcomes following pediatric traumatic brain injury: Effects of injury severity. Paper to be presented at New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, San Diego, CA.

Kramer, M.E., Chiu, C.Y.P., Walz, N.C., Holland, S.K., Yuan, W., Karunanayaka, P., & Wade, S.L. (2007, November). Long-term neural processing of attention following early childhood traumatic brain injury: fMRI and neurobehavioral outcomes. Paper presented at New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, San Diego, CA.

Karunanayaka, P., Holland, S., Yuan, W., Altaye, M., Egelhoff, J., Walz, N.C., Michaud, L., & Wade, S.L. (2007, November). Neural changes in working memory following traumatic brain injury in young children as measured by fMRI. Paper to be presented at New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, San Diego, CA.

Stancin, T., Wade, S.L., Taylor, H.G., Yeates, K.O., Walz, N.C., & Bernard, L.A. (2007, October). Traumatic brain injuries in preschool age children: Initial impact on the family. Paper presented at the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Providence, RI.

Wade, S.L., Nielsen, B., Stancin, T., Taylor, G.C., Walz, N.C., Bernard, L.A., Taylor, H.G., & Yeates, K.O. (2007, October). Parent-child interactions shortly after brain injury in young children. Paper presented at the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Providence, RI.

Karunanayaka, P., Holland, S., Yuan, W., Altaye, M., Jones, B.V. Michaud, L.J., Walz, N.C., & Wade, S.L. (2007, September). Abnormalities in language circuitry in children with traumatic brain injury: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Paper presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 68th Annual Assembly, Boston, MA.

Wade, S.L., Yuan, W., Walz, N.C., Holland, S., Karunanayaka, P., & Michaud, L. (2007, September). White matter damage following pediatric brain injury as assessed using diffusion tensor imaging. Paper presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 68th Annual Assembly, Boston, MA.

Wade SL, Walz NC, Wamstad K, Williams KM, Carey J. (2007, August). Teen online problem-solving: An online intervention for pediatric brain injury. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Wade SL, Walz NC, Bernard, LA, Oberjohn, K, Taylor HG, Stancin T, & Yeates KO (2007, August). Acute changes in parent-child interaction following brain injury in children. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Karunanayaka, P., Holland, S., Yuan, W., Altaye, M., Egelhoff, J., Walz, N.C., Michaud, L., & Wade, S.L. (2007, June). Abnormal language processing following brain injury in young children as measured by fMRI. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Chicago, IL.

Yuan, W., Holland, S., Walz, N.C., Cecil, K., Jones, B., Karunanayaka, P., Michaud, L., & Wade, S.L. (2007, June). Assessing white matter diffusion abnormality with DTI in young children with traumatic brain injury. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Chicago, IL.

Wade, S.L. (2007). New Directions for Intervention following Pediatric Brain Injury: The Role of Telehealth. Grand Rounds, Geisinger Medical Center.

Bucholz, M., Wade, S.L., Taylor, H.G., Yeates (2007, April). Family burden as a mediator of parental distress following brain injury. Paper presented at the Regional Conference on Child Health Psychology, Cincinnati, OH.

Stancin, T., Wade, S.L., Taylor, H.G., Yeates, K.O., & Walz, N.C. (2007, April). Traumatic brain injuries in preschool age children: Initial impact on the family. Paper presented at the Regional Conference on Child Health Psychology, Cincinnati, OH.

Fay T, Yeates KO, Taylor HG, Wade S, Drotar D, Stancin T. (2007, February). Predicting longitudinal patterns of clinically significant deficits in children with traumatic brain injury. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Portland, OR.

Wolfe, C. R. & Wade, S. L. (3/07). On-line Treatment for Families: Lessons Learned from a Family Problem Solving Intervention. Department of Psychology Colloquium, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Wolfe, C. R. & Wade, S. L. (3/07). On-line Treatment for Families: Lessons Learned from a Family Problem Solving Intervention. Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.

Swartwout, M.D., Taylor, H.G., Walz, N.C., Yeates, K.O., Wade, S.L., & Minich, N.M. (2007, February). Acute neuropsychological outcomes following pediatric traumatic brain injury. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Portland.