Ryan E. Adams, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

ryan.adams@cchmc.org

About

BS: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

MA: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

PhD: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

Post Doc: Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Interests

Adolescents; peer victimization; bullying; friendships; peers; depressive symptoms

Research Areas

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Publications

Satisfaction with friendship support protects autistic youth from the negative effects of peer victimization. Libster, N; Adams, R; Bishop, S; Zheng, S; Taylor, JL. Autism: the international journal of research and practice. 2025; 29:2193-2198.

Associations between Social Experiences and Psychological Health for Autistic Youth with Low IQ. Taylor, JL; Sullivan, V; Bishop, SL; Zheng, S; Adams, RE. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2025; 55:2393-2406.

Associations Between Negative Social Experiences and Depressive Symptoms in Autistic Sexual and Gender Minority Youth. Libster, N; Adams, RE; Bishop, S; Zheng, S; Taylor, JL. 2025.

Patterns and correlates of two-year changes in depressive symptoms for autistic adults. Zheng, S; Farmer, C; Taylor, JL; Adams, R; Olson, L; Bishop, S. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024; 15:1461704.

Perspectives on Employer-Initiated Terminations Among Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum. Pezzimenti, F; Durrani, E; Zheng, S; Adams, RE; Bishop, SL; Taylor, JL. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2024; 54:1332-1343.

Self-reported Everyday Sources of Happiness and Unhappiness in Autistic Adults. Parenteau, CI; Lampinen, LA; Ghods, SS; Taylor, JL; Adams, RE; Bishop, SL; Zheng, S. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2024; 54:1538-1548.

Associations between social activities and depressive symptoms in adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder: Testing the indirect effects of loneliness. Adams, RE; Lampinen, L; Zheng, S; Sullivan, V; Taylor, JL; Bishop, SL. Autism: the international journal of research and practice. 2024; 28:461-473.

A cluster analysis of daily living skills in school aged children with autism spectrum disorder. Duncan, A; Liddle, M; Adams, R. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities. 2023; 69:593-601.

Education and employment as young adults living with spina bifida transition to adulthood in the USA: A study of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. Liu, T; Ouyang, L; Walker, WO; Wiener, JS; Woodward, J; Castillo, J; Wood, HM; Tanaka, ST; Adams, R; Smith, KA; O'Neil, J; Williams, TR; Ward, EA; Bowman, RM; Riley, C. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 2023; 65:821-830.

Patterns of sleep disturbances and associations with depressive symptoms in autistic young adults. Lampinen, LA; Zheng, S; Taylor, JL; Adams, RE; Pezzimenti, F; Asarnow, LD; Bishop, SL. Autism Research: official journal of the International Society for Autism Research. 2022; 15:2126-2137.