Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Center

Jeff N. Epstein, PhD

Appointment

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Email

jeff.epstein@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-8296

Fax

513-636-0755

Bio

Jeff Epstein, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from State University of New York at Stony Brook and completed a clinical internship at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dr. Epstein is a licensed psychologist whose research and clinical work focus on the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD and other psychological disorders originating in childhood.

He is a co-investigator on the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA). Dr. Epstein has published numerous empirical papers on a variety of ADHD-related topics. Much of his empirical research has concentrated on the neuropsychology of ADHD.

Credentials

PhD: State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1994

Clinical Internship: Medical University of South Carolina, 1994

Research

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Research Grants and Contracts

R01 MH074770 Epstein (PI) 6/1/06 – 3/31/10
NIMH
Response Variability in Children with ADHD
The primary goal of this project is to examine response variability in children with ADHD using a variety of neuropsychological paradigms and advanced measurement strategies.
Role: PI

R43MH68031 Shanahan (PI) 2/1/07 – 1/31/09
NIMH
Web Software to Promote Evidence-Based Care for ADHD
This is a subcontract with Medispin, Inc. to conduct a field trial of a web-based software program that will facilitate pediatricians to deliver evidence-based assessment and treatment to children with ADHD.
Role: Subcontract Site Principal Investigator

Publications, Most Recent

Langberg JM, Epstein JN, Altaye M, Molina BSG, Arnold LE, Vitiello G. The transition to middle school is associated with changes in the developmental trajectory of ADHD symptomatology in young adolescents with ADHD.J Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (in press).

Langberg JM, Froehlich TE, Loren REA, Martin JE, Epstein JN. Assessing children with ADHD in primary care settings.Future Drugs, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics (in press).

Langberg JM, Epstein JN, Urbanowicz C, Simon J, Graham A. Efficacy of an organization skills intervention to improve the academic functioning of students with ADHD.School Psychology Quarterly (in press).

Chen HY, Gibbons RD, Hur K, Wang O, Marcus S, Bhaumik D, Arnold LE, Swanson J, Jensen PS, Hechtman L, Epstein JN, Abikoff H. A growth mixture model for estimating patterns of change in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.J Am Statistical Association (in press).

Epstein JN. A Pathophysiology of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Clues from Neuroimaging. In Rumsey J, Ernst M. Neuroimaging in Developmental Clinical Neuroscience. (in press).

Epstein JN, Langberg JM, et al. A community-wide intervention to improve the ADHD assessment and treatment practices of community physicians.Pediatrics (in press).

Epstein, J.N. (2008). Hyperactivity. In Darity, W.A., International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. Detroit: Macmillan.

Casey BJ, Epstein JN, Buhle J, Liston C, Davidson M, Tonev ST, Spicer J, Niogi S, Reiss A, Garrett A, Hinshaw SP, Greenhill LL, Shafritz KM, Vitolo A, Kotler LA, Jarrett MA, Glover G. Frontostriatal Connectivity modulates efficient cognitive control in adolescents and adults with and without ADHD.Am J Psychiatry 2007;164:1729-36.

Froehlich TE, Lanphear BP, Epstein JN, Barbaresi WJ, Katusic SK, Kahn RS. Prevalence, Recognition and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a National Sample of U.S. Children.Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2007;161:857-864.

Epstein JN, Rabiner D, Johnson DE, FitzGerald D, Chrisman A, Erkanli A, Sullivan KK, March JS, Margolis P, Norton EC, Conners CK. Improving Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Outcomes Through Use of a Collaborative Consultation Treatment Service by Community-Based Pediatricians.Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2007;161(9):835-40.

Jensen PS, Arnold LE, Swanson J, Vitiello B, Abikoff HB, Greenhill LL, Hechtman L, Hinshaw SP, Pelham WE, Wells KC, Conners CK, Elliott GR, Epstein JN, Hoza B, Molina BSG, Newcorn JH, Severe JB, Wigal T. 3-Year Follow-up of the NIMH MTA Study. J Am Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2007;46(8):989-1002.

Swanson JM, Elliott GR, Greenhill LL, Wigal T, Arnold LE, Vitiello B, Hechtman L, Epstein J.N., et al. Effects of stimulant medication on growth rates across 3 years in the MTA follow-up.J Am Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2007;46(8):1015-27.

Swanson JM, Hinshaw SP, Arnold, LE, Gibbons R, Marcus S, Hur K, Jensen PS, Vitiello B, Abikoff H, Greenhill LL, Hechtman L, Pelham W, Wells K, Conners CK, Elliott G, Epstein JN, et al. Secondary evaluations of MTA 36-month outcomes: Propensity score and growth mixture model analyses.J Am Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2007;46(8):1003-14.

Molina BSG, Flory K, Hinshaw SP, Greiner AR, Arnold E, Swanson J, Hechtman L, Jensen PS, Vitiello B, Hoza B, Pelham WE, Elliott GR, Wells KC, Abikoff HB, Gibbons RD, Marcus S, Epstein JN, et al. Delinquent behavior and emerging substance use in the MTA at 36-months: Prevalence, course, and treatment effects.J Am Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2007;46(8):1028-40.

Epstein JN, Casey BJ, Tonev ST, et al. ADHD- and medication-related brain activation differences in concordantly affected parent-child dyads with ADHD.J Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2007;48:899-913.

Epstein JN, Casey BJ, Tonev ST, Davidson M, Reiss A, Garrett A, Hinshaw SP, Greenhill LL, Glover G, Vitolo A, Kotler LA, Jarrett MA, Spicer J. Assessment and prevention of head motion during imaging of patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 2007;155:75-82.

Wells KC, Chi TC, Hinshaw SP, Epstein JN, Pfiffner L, Nebel-Schwalm M, Owens EB, Arnold LE, Abikoff H, Conners CK, Elliott G, Greenhill L, Hechtman L, et al. Treatment related changes in objectively measured parenting behaviors in the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD.J Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2006;74:649-57.

Epstein JN, Kollins SH. Psychometric properties of an adult ADHD diagnostic interview.J Attention Disorders 2006;9:504-14.

Hervey A, Epstein JN, Curry JF, Tonev S, Arnold LE, Conners CK, Hinshaw SP, Swanson JM, Hechtman l. Reaction time distribution analysis of neuropsychological performance in an ADHD sample.Child Neuropsychology 2006;12:125-40.

Epstein JN, Conners CK, Hervey AS, Tonev ST, et al. Assessing medication effects in the MTA study using neuropsychological outcomes.J Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2006;47:446-456.

Galanter CA, Pagar DL, Davies M, Li W, Carlson GA, Abikoff HB, Arnold LE, Bukstein OG,Pelham W, Elliott GR, Hinshaw S, Epstein JN, et al. ADHD and manic symptoms: Diagnostic and treatment implications.Clinical Neuroscience Research 2005;5:273-82.

Arnold LE, Eliott M, Lindsay RL, Molina B, Cornelius MD, Vitiello B, Hechtman L, Eliott GR, Newcorn J, Epstein JN, Wigal T, Swanson JM, Wells K. Gestational and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure as predictor of ADHD, comorbid ODD/CC, and treatment response in the MTA.Clinical Neuroscience Research 2005;5:283-94.

Santosh PJ, Taylor E, Swanson J, Wigal T, Chuang S, Davies M, Greenhill L, Newcorn J, Arnold LE, Jensen P, Vitiello B, Eliott G, Hinshaw S, Hechtman L, Abikoff H, Pelham W, Hoza B, Molina B, Wells K, Epstein JN, Posner M. Refining the diagnoses of inattention and overactivity syndromes: A reanalysis of the Multimodal Treatment study of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) based on ICD-10 criteria for hyperkinetic disorder.Clinical Neuroscience Research 2005;5:295-306.

Epstein JN, Willoughby M, Valencia EY, Tonev ST, Abikoff HB, Arnold LE, Hinshaw SP. The role of children's ethnicity in the relationship between teacher ratings of ADHD and observed classroom behavior.J Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2005;73:424-34.