Jeffery N. Epstein, PhD
- Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
- Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
About
Biography
I am a pediatric psychologist with more than 25 years in the field. My research focuses on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other psychological disorders that originate in childhood.
I came to Cincinnati Children’s in 2005, where I have served as the director of the Center for ADHD. In my research, I work on developing new and innovative ways to understand, evaluate and treat ADHD. For example, my colleagues and I have developed web-based software to assist pediatricians in delivering better quality care to children with ADHD.
I was a co-investigator on the National Institutes of Mental Health-funded Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA), and I have published numerous empirical papers on a variety of ADHD-related topics. Much of my empirical research has concentrated on the neuropsychology of ADHD and the promotion of evidence-based ADHD care among community pediatricians.
In addition to my research, I’m an associate editor at the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, and I’m honored to have been elected to the Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) Hall of Fame.
PhD: State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1994.
Internship: Medical University of South Carolina, 1994.
Interests
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Services and Specialties
Publications
Exploring the neural basis of reaction time variability in ADHD: The importance of examining data at the trial level. Neuroimage: Reports. 2025; 5:100263.
Brain-wide associations of reaction time variability in the ABCD Study. 2025.
A Multi-Method Examination of Peer Functioning in Children with and without Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2025; 54:389-404.
ADHD and cognitive disengagement syndrome symptoms related to self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in early adolescents. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: official journal of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2025; 34:1195-1206.
Examining Patterns and Predictors of ADHD Teens' Skill-Learning Trajectories During Enhanced FOrward Concentration and Attention Learning (FOCAL+) Training. Human Factors: the journal of the human factors and ergonomics society. 2025; 67:49-62.
Predicting Help-Seeking Behaviors in Caregivers of Children Newly Diagnosed with ADHD. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 2024; 9:512-527.
5.3 Open-Label Trial of Personalized Medication Experiments to Inform Decisions About Future ADHD Medication Use. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2024; 63:s255-s256.
The shifting role of fluid reasoning in reading among children evaluated for ADHD. Applied Neuropsychology: Child. 2024; 13:325-333.
Resting-State Functional Connectivity in a Community Sample of Children With a Range of Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms. 2024.
Environmental predictors of children's executive functioning development. Child Neuropsychology. 2024; 30:615-635.
From the Blog
New Driver Training Program Keeps Teens with ADHD Safer Behind the Wheel
Jeffery N. Epstein, PhD12/1/2022
Teens + Driving + ADHD = A Dangerous Combination
Jeffery N. Epstein, PhD9/4/2020
Free Tool Helps Providers Implement New ADHD Guidelines
Jeffery N. Epstein, PhD10/1/2019
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