Richard F. Ittenbach, PhD, AdvDSP
- Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
About
Biography
I am a professor of pediatrics and chair of the clinical data science graduate program at Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. I am certified as an Advanced Data Science Professional (AdvDSP) through the American Statistical Association, and for more than 25 years, my work has focused on the development and refinement of measures in pediatric medicine, with a particular interest in children with chronic and life-threatening conditions. Other, related areas of professional interest include clinical trial design, data safety monitoring boards and the education and mentorship of future clinical data scientists.
I joined Cincinnati Children’s in 2007 after seven years at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Alongside my academic work, I have had the privilege of consulting with a number of academic and industry partners as well as serving as a content area expert for the U.S. Department of Labor in Clinical Data Management. I have contributed to the biomedical literature as an author or co‑author of three textbooks and more than 160 peer‑reviewed publications. My work appears in such journals as the American Journal of Bioethics, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Clinical and Translational Science.
BS: Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 1980
MEd: Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 1984
PhD: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1989
Fellowship: Postdoctoral, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1991
MHS: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2001
Interests
Clinical trials; measurement; scale development; measurement
Research Areas
Publications
Resilience in Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease in Relation to Neurodevelopment in the Preschool Period. Journal of Pediatrics. 2025; 287:114752.
CONTROL ID: 4123122 A MIXED METHODS ANALYSIS OF HEALTH LITERACY AMONG ADULTS WITH BRACHIAL PLEXUS BIRTH INJURY. Journal of Hand Therapy. 2025; 38(3):681.
Long-Term Survival and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Staged Reconstructive Surgery for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2025; 85(24):2386-2398.
A Machine Learning-Based Clustering Analysis to Explore Bisphenol A and Phthalate Exposure from Medical Devices in Infants with Congenital Heart Defects. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2025; 133(6):67016.
Clinical Data Standards and Data Anonymization Considerations for Academic Organizations: International Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management. 2025; 6(1).
Cardiovascular Disease Among Women and Birthing Individuals After Delivering a Child With Congenital Heart Disease. JACC: Advances. 2025; 4(1):101434.
Empowering professionals: An intensive short course on fundamentals of clinical data science. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2025; 9(1):e244.
The dynamic and diverse experience of adults with brachial plexus birth injury: a collective case study. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being. 2024; 19(1):2408810.
Internships in Clinical Data Science: A Brief Report. Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management. 2024; 0(1).
Contemporary outcomes for functional single ventricle with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024; 167(6):2177-2185.e1.
From the Blog
Investigating Clinical Research Participation Among Children
Richard F. Ittenbach, PhD, AdvDSP12/20/2021
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