Nicolay Chertkoff Walz, PhD
Title
Pediatric Neuropsychologist
Appointment
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Credentials
Fellowship: Pediatric Neuropsychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999-2002
PhD: Clinical Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
Internship: Pediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, 1998-1999
MA: Clinical Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1995
BA: Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1991
Research
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Research Grants and Contracts
National Institutes of Health(NICHD/NCMRR); Social development following preschool brain injury; Principal Investigator; January 2005 - December 2009.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (GCRC CReFF Award); Social development following preschool brain injury; June 2004 - May 2005.
National Institutes of Health (NICHD); Child and family sequlae of preschool brain injury; Co-Investigator; September 2002 - August 2007.
Angelman Syndrome Foundation; Sleep problems and autistic symptomatology in Angelman syndrome: Further delineation of the behavioral phenotype; 1999.
Angelman Syndrome Foundation; Behavioral aspects and psychosocial interventions in children and adolescents with Angelman syndrome; 1998.
Publications, Most Recent
Walz NC, Beebe DW, Byars, KC (in press): Sleep in Angelman syndrome: Parent perceptions of patterns and problems.American Journal on Mental Retardation.
Walz NC, Weber A, Egelhoff JC, Franz DN: Supratentorial tuber location as a marker for autism in tuberous sclerosis complex.Journal of Child Neurology, 2002; 17(11), 830-832.
Walz NC, Benson BA: Behavioral phenotypes in children with Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome or Angelman syndrome.Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2002; 14(4), 307-321.
Professional Organization Memberships
- American Association on Mental Retardation, 1993-present
- American Psychological Association, 1994-present
- Society of Pediatric Psychology, 1998-present
- International Neuropsychological Society, 1998-present
- Academy on Mental Retardation, 2002-present
Abstracts
Walz NC, Ris MD, Waller N, Malloy C, Brown J, Brasington M, Manning-Courtney P: Taxonicity in autism spectrum disorders using indicators from the ADOS-G. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 2003.
Ris MD, Yeates KO, Walz NC, Waller N, Ammerman R: Is there a neurobehavioral taxon in spina bifida / hydrocephalus? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 2003.
Walz NC: Autistic symptomatology in Angelman syndrome. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, August 2002.
Ammerman R, Walz NC, Ris MD, Nortz MJ, Langford M: Asperger syndrome symptomatology in adolescents with spina bifida. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, August 2002.
Ris MD, Ammerman R, Walz NC: The taxonicity of nonverbal learning disabilities. Paper presented at the Annual Mid-Year Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2002.
Walz NC, Weber A, Franz DN: The myth of tuber location as a marker for autism in tuberous sclerosis complex. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Chicago, IL, February 2001.
Walz NC: Behavioral phenotypes in children with Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Angelman syndrome, or nonspecific mental retardation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy on Mental Retardation, Washington, DC, May 2000.
Walz NC, O'Reilly B, Benson BA: Perceptions of stress, effectiveness, and social support in parents of children with Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Angelman syndrome, or nonspecific mental retardation. Paper presented at the Millennium Conference of the Great Lakes Society of Pediatric Psychology, Cleveland, Ohio, March 2000.
Related Areas
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