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Drew H. Barzman, MD


  • Director, Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry Service
  • Professor, UC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Board Certified

About

Biography

Dr. Barzman’s most significant professional achievements include helping children and families, research, and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students.

MD: Buffalo, School of Medicine, State University of New York, 1997.

Residency: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1997-2001.

Fellowship: Forensic Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2001-2002.

Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2002-2004.

Licensure: State of Ohio Medical License, 2001.

Certifications: Psychiatry, 2002; Forensic Psychiatry, 2003; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004; Dr. Barzman successfully passed the Maintenance of Certification Examination in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in April 2011. 

Recertification: Passed Modular Examination for Maintenance of Certification in the Specialty of Psychiatry and the Subspecialties of Forensic Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in April 2011.

Interests

Child and adolescent forensic psychiatry

Services and Specialties

Psychiatry

Interests

Child and adolescent forensic psychiatry; prevention of violence in youth; neuroimaging in children and adolescents; genetics; pediatric clinical trials

Research Areas

Psychiatry

Publications

Investigation of bias in the automated assessment of school violence. Kanbar, LJ; Mishra, A; Osborn, A; Cifuentes, A; Combs, J; Sorter, M; Barzman, D; Dexheimer, JW. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 2024; 157:104709.

2.73 Developing Safety Alerts for Suicidal Studies: Exploring the Impact on Study Outcomes. Combs, J; DelBello, MP; Carle, A; Sorter, MT; Porter, S; Daniel Lin, P; Emslie, GJ; Kennard, BD; Bridge, J; Axelson, D; Fornari, VM; Feuer, V; Barzman, DH. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023; 62:s204.

1.2 Forecasting Best Performance with Incomplete Resources: Automated Risk Assessment of School Violence. Kanbar, L; Mishra, A; Osborn, AK; Cifuentes, A; Combs, J; Sorter, MT; Dexheimer, JW; Barzman, DH. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023; 62:s155.

6.89 Identification of Potential Risk Factors for Suicidality Among Black and White Youth Aged 10 to 17 in a Partial Hospitalization Setting. Fanegan, B; Miller, J; Berry, A; Barzman, DH; Combs, J; Carle, A; Daniel Lin, P; Osborn, AK; Bryan, H; Smith, RM; Mchugh, VJ. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023; 62:s314.

Appraising risk factors of aggression in children and adolescents at psychiatric inpatient units. John, JR; Thavalingam, V; Tye, M; Dean, K; Barzman, D; Sorter, M; Lin, PI. Psychiatry Research. 2023; 327:115368.

2.7 Automated Detection of School Violence Using Linguistic Features. Kanbar, L; Barzman, DH; Dexheimer, J; Osborn, A; Combs, JS; Diler, RS; Sorter, MT; Zhang, B; Hemphill, R; Decker, RM; Patel, RR; Fanegan, B. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2022; 61:s184-s185.

2.103 A Multi-Site Study to Compare the Outcomes of Psychiatric Treatment of Suicidal Adolescents in Different Treatment Settings During the Pandemic. Barzman, DH; Carle, AC; Lin, PD; Sorter, MT; Porter, S; Combs, JS; Emslie, G; Kennard, BD; Bridge, J; Axelson, DA; Fornari, VM; Feuer, V; DelBello, MP. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2022; 61:s217.

57.1 Brief Rating of Aggression By Children and Adolescents (BRACHA). Barzman, DH. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2022; 61:s77.

2.3 A Large Naturalistic Study on the Brief Rating of Aggression by Children and Adolescents (BRACHA): Confirmation of the Predictive Validity. Patel, RR; Barzman, DH. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2022; 61:s183.

A Large Naturalistic Study on the BRACHA: Confirmation of the Predictive Validity. Barzman, D; Hemphill, R; Appel, K; Kerekes, O; Sorter, M; Berry, AM; Combs, J; Osborn, A; Lin, PD. Psychiatric Quarterly. 2022; 93:803-811.

From the Blog

Pandemic Prompts Refocus of Suicide Study at Cincinnati Children’s
Mind Brain Behavior

Pandemic Prompts Refocus of Suicide Study at Cincinnati Children’s

Drew H. Barzman, MD7/1/2021

$2.8M Grant to Fund Building A.I.-Powered School Violence Prediction Tool
Mind Brain Behavior

$2.8M Grant to Fund Building A.I.-Powered School Violence Prediction Tool

Drew H. Barzman, MD6/10/2021

Pilot Study Validates AI to Help Predict School Violence
Mind Brain Behavior

Pilot Study Validates AI to Help Predict School Violence

Drew H. Barzman, MD6/30/2019

Promising Research to Identify Risk Factors for School Violence
Blog Child Development and Behavior

Promising Research to Identify Risk Factors for School Violence

By Drew Barzman, MD8/24/2016

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