Stephen Becker Ph.D.
Bio
Stephen P. Becker, PhD, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Research, and Endowed Chair in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His research, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, examines attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sleep, and sluggish cognitive tempo in children and adolescents. Dr. Becker's focus is on better understanding the developmental pathways of ADHD, co-occurring psychopathologies, and functional impairments. He has published over 175 articles on these and related topics and recently edited a book on ADHD in adolescents (Guilford Press). Dr. Becker is a Joint Editor of JCPP Advances and serves on the editorial boards of Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Attention Disorders, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, and Adolescent Research Review, and on the advisory board of The ADHD Report. He can be found online at www.stephenpbecker.com or on Twitter at @spbecker.