Dr. Barker is a staff psychologist at Rhode Island Hospital in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is a licensed clinical psychologist who earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in 2003. He obtained his Ph.D. in Pediatric Health Psychology from the University of Miami in 2010. He completed his internship and a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University. His research is focused on the social context of health behaviors in pediatric populations, applied statistical modeling in pediatric psychology and sleep science, and applying causal modeling techniques to evidence synthesis of individual-participant-data from clinical trials.
| Cejas I, Barker DH, Petruzzello E, Sarangoulis CM, Quittner AL. "Costs of Severe to Profound Hearing Loss & Cost Savings of Cochlear Implants." The Laryngoscope, 2024. |
| Rojo-Wissar DM, Parade SH, Barker DH, Van Reen E, Sharkey KM, Gredvig-Ardito C, Carskadon MA. "Does sleep link child maltreatment to depressive symptoms among incoming first-year college students?." Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society, vol. 5, no. 1, 2024, pp. zpae041. |
| Barker DH, Bie R, Steingrimsson JA. "Addressing Systematic Missing Data in the Context of Causally Interpretable Meta-analysis." Prevention Science, vol. 24, no. 8, 2023, pp. 1648-1658. |
| Cejas I, Barker DH, Petruzzello E, Sarangoulis CM, Quittner AL. "Cochlear Implantation and Educational and Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Adolescence." JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, vol. 149, no. 8, 2023, pp. 708-715. |
| Cushman GK, Koinis-Mitchell D, Alsina M, Barker D, Drew L, DeCesare C, Yeo AJ, Durkin K, Elwy AR, Jandasek B, Pearlman DN, Vivier P, McQuaid EL. "Design of a community-based, Hybrid Type II effectiveness-implementation asthma intervention study: The Rhode Island Asthma Integrated Response (RI-AIR) program." Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 129, 2023, pp. 107204. |
| Gibson M, Subedi S, Barker D, Masur S, Mallette M, Lingannan A, Recinos Soto AA, Esharif D, Maxwell S, Riaz MS, Herzlinger MI, Shalon L, Cerezo C, Kasper V, Ross A, Leleiko NS, Shapiro JM. "Safety and Durability of Accelerated Infliximab Dosing Strategies in Pediatric IBD: A Single Center, Retrospective Study." Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2023. |
| Buitron V, Maron M, Kudinova A, Thompson E, Barker DH, Wolff JC. "Sleep disturbance and suicidality in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents: The role of specific emotion regulation domains." Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 79, no. 11, 2023, pp. 2515-2528. |
| Steingrimsson JA, Barker DH, Bie R, Dahabreh IJ. "Systematically missing data in causally interpretable meta-analysis." Biostatistics, 2023. |
| Bogner, Jaclyn, Hadley, Wendy, Franz, Daschel, Barker, David H., Houck, Christopher D. "Sexting as a Predictor of First-Time Sexual Behavior Among At-Risk Early Adolescents." The Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022, pp. 027243162211133. |
| Burke TA, Hamilton JL, Seigel D, Kautz M, Liu RT, Alloy LB, Barker DH. "Sleep irregularity and nonsuicidal self-injurious urges and behaviors." Sleep, vol. 45, no. 6, 2022. |
| Saletin JM, Koopman-Verhoeff ME, Han G, Barker DH, Carskadon MA, Anders TF, Sheinkopf SJ, Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART). "Sleep Problems and Autism Impairments in a Large Community Sample of Children and Adolescents." Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, 2022. |
| Wong PM, Barker D, Roane BM, Van Reen E, Carskadon MA. "Sleep regularity and body mass index: findings from a prospective study of first-year college students." Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society, vol. 3, no. 1, 2022, pp. zpac004. |
| Wowolo G, Cao W, Bosomtwe D, Enimil A, Tarantino N, Barker DH, Galárraga O. "The Impact of Different Parental Figures of Adolescents Living With HIV: An Evaluation of Family Structures, Perceived HIV Related Stigma, and Opportunities for Social Support." Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 10, 2022, pp. 647960. |
| Hadley, Wendy, Houck, Christopher D., Barker, David H., Bogner, Jaclyn, Franz, Daschel. "Using Virtual Reality to Examine the Association Between Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and Adolescent Substance Use." Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 2022. |
| Barker, David H., Dahabreh, Issa J., Steingrimsson, Jon A., Houck, Christopher, Donenberg, Geri, DiClemente, Ralph, Brown, Larry K. "Causally Interpretable Meta-analysis: Application in Adolescent HIV Prevention." Prevention Science, vol. 23, no. 3, 2021, pp. 403-414. |
| Schechter MS, Ostrenga JS, Fink AK, Barker DH, Sawicki GS, Quittner AL. "Decreased survival in cystic fibrosis patients with a positive screen for depression." Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society, vol. 20, no. 1, 2021, pp. 120-126. |
| Cejas I, Mitchell CM, Barker DH, Sarangoulis C, Eisenberg LS, Quittner AL. "Parenting Stress, Self-Efficacy, and Involvement: Effects on Spoken Language Ability Three Years After Cochlear Implantation." Otology & Neurotology, vol. 42, no. 10S, 2021, pp. S11-S18. |
| Barnett, Andrew P., Houck, Christopher D., Barker, David, Rizzo, Christie J. "Sexual Minority Status, Bullying Exposure, Emotion Regulation Difficulties, and Delinquency Among Court-Involved Adolescent Girls." Journal of Youth and Adolescence, vol. 51, no. 3, 2021, pp. 471-485. |
| Barker DH, Shapiro JM, Lobato D, McQuaid EL, Leleiko NS. "Challenges and Approaches to Assessing Medication Adherence in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases." Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, vol. 70, no. 6, 2020, pp. 759-761. |
| Koopman-Verhoeff ME, Gredvig-Ardito C, Barker DH, Saletin JM, Carskadon MA. "Classifying Pubertal Development Using Child and Parent Report: Comparing the Pubertal Development Scales to Tanner Staging." Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 66, no. 5, 2020, pp. 597-602. |
| Carskadon, Mary A., Barker, David H. "Editorial Perspective: Adolescents’ fragile sleep—shining light on a time of risk to mental health." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 61, no. 10, 2020, pp. 1058-1060. |
| Galárraga, Omar, Enimil, Anthony, Bosomtwe, Dennis, Cao, Wangnan, Barker, David H. "Group-based economic incentives to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among youth living with HIV: safety and preliminary efficacy from a pilot trial." Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, vol. 15, no. 3, 2020, pp. 1-12. |
| Kemp J, Barker D, Benito K, Herren J, Freeman J. "Moderators of Psychosocial Treatment for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Summary and Recommendations for Future Directions." Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, vol. 50, no. 4, 2020, pp. 1-8. |
| Carskadon, Mary A., Chappell, Kenneth R., Barker, David H., Hart, Anne C., Dwyer, Kayla, Gredvig-Ardito, Caroline, Starr, Caitlyn, McGeary, John E. "A pilot prospective study of sleep patterns and DNA methylation-characterized epigenetic aging in young adults." BMC Research Notes, vol. 12, no. 1, 2019, pp. 583. |
| Barker DH, Hadley W, McGee H, Donenberg GR, DiClemente RJ, Brown LK. "Evaluating the Role of Family Context Within a Randomized Adolescent HIV-Risk Prevention Trial." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 23, no. 5, 2019, pp. 1195-1209. |
| Skriner LC, Chu BC, Kaplan M, Bodden DHM, Bögels SM, Kendall PC, Nauta MH, Silverman WK, Wood JJ, Barker DH, de la Torre J, Saavedra L, Xie MG. "Trajectories and predictors of response in youth anxiety CBT: Integrative data analysis." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 87, no. 2, 2019, pp. 198-211. |
| Barker, David H., Scott-Sheldon, Lori A. J., Gittins Stone, Daniel, Brown, Larry K. "Using Composite Scores to Summarize Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior: Current State of the Science and Recommendations." Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 48, no. 8, 2019, pp. 2305-2320. |
| Saez-Flores E, Tonarely NA, Barker DH, Quittner AL. "Examining the Stability of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Factor Structure in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cystic Fibrosis: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 43, no. 6, 2018, pp. 625-635. |
| Hadley W, Houck C, Brown LK, Spitalnick JS, Ferrer M, Barker D. "Moving Beyond Role-Play: Evaluating the Use of Virtual Reality to Teach Emotion Regulation for the Prevention of Adolescent Risk Behavior Within a Randomized Pilot Trial." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 44, no. 4, 2018, pp. 425-435. |
| Rizzo CJ, Joppa M, Barker D, Collibee C, Zlotnick C, Brown LK. "Project Date SMART: a Dating Violence (DV) and Sexual Risk Prevention Program for Adolescent Girls with Prior DV Exposure." Prevention Science, vol. 19, no. 4, 2018, pp. 416-426. |
| Rancourt D, Barker DH, Jelalian E. "Sex as a Moderator of Adolescents' Weight Loss Treatment Outcomes." Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 62, no. 5, 2018, pp. 591-597. |
| Houck, Christopher D., Barker, David H., Hadley, Wendy, Menefee, Maya, Brown, Larry K. "Sexual Risk Outcomes of an Emotion Regulation Intervention for At-Risk Early Adolescents." Pediatrics, vol. 141, no. 6, 2018, pp. e20172525. |
| Barker, David H., Nugent, Nicole R., Delgado, Jeanne R., Knopik, Valerie S., Brown, Larry K., Lally, Michelle A., McGeary, John E. "A genetic marker of risk in HIV-infected individuals with a history of hazardous drinking." AIDS Care, vol. 29, no. 9, 2017, pp. 1186-1191. |
| Stack N, Barker D, Carskadon M, Diniz Behn C. "A Model-Based Approach to Optimizing Ultradian Forced Desynchrony Protocols for Human Circadian Research." Journal of Biological Rhythms, vol. 32, no. 5, 2017, pp. 485-498. |
| Shochat T, Barker DH, Sharkey KM, Van Reen E, Roane BM, Carskadon MA. "An approach to understanding sleep and depressed mood in adolescents: person-centred sleep classification." Journal of Sleep Research, vol. 26, no. 6, 2017, pp. 709-717. |
| Kemp, Kathleen, Thamotharan, Sneha, Poindexter, Brittney, Barker, David, Tolou-Shams, Marina, Houck, Christopher D. "Emotion Regulation as a Predictor of Juvenile Arrest." Criminal Justice and Behavior, vol. 44, no. 7, 2017, pp. 912-926. |
| Hadley W, Barker D, Thamotharan S, Houck CD. "Relationship Between Unsupervised Time and Participation in an Emotion Regulation Intervention and Risk Outcomes." Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, vol. 38, no. 9, 2017, pp. 714-722. |
| Miller, Mary Beth, Van Reen, Eliza, Barker, David H., Roane, Brandy M., Borsari, Brian, McGeary, John E., Seifer, Ronald, Carskadon, Mary A. "The impact of sleep and psychiatric symptoms on alcohol consequences among young adults." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 66, 2017, pp. 138-144. |
| Herz, Rachel S, Van Reen, Eliza, Barker, David H, Hilditch, Cassie J, Bartz, Ashten L, Carskadon, Mary A. "The influence of circadian timing on odor detection." Chemical Senses, vol. 43, no. 1, 2017, pp. 45-51. |
| Hadley W, Lansing A, Barker DH, Brown LK, Hunter H, Donenberg G, DiClemente RJ. "The Longitudinal Impact of a Family-Based Communication Intervention on Observational and Self-Reports of Sexual Communication." Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 27, no. 4, 2017, pp. 1098-1109. |
| Houck CD, Hadley W, Barker D, Brown LK, Hancock E, Almy B. "An Emotion Regulation Intervention to Reduce Risk Behaviors Among at-Risk Early Adolescents." Prevention Science, vol. 17, no. 1, 2016, pp. 71-82. |
| Van Reen E, Roane BM, Barker DH, McGeary JE, Borsari B, Carskadon MA. "Current Alcohol Use is Associated with Sleep Patterns in First-Year College Students." SLEEP, vol. 39, no. 6, 2016, pp. 1321-1326. |
| Barker, D. H., Quittner, A. L. "Parental Depression and Pancreatic Enzymes Adherence in Children With Cystic Fibrosis." Pediatrics, vol. 137, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1-9. |
| Quittner AL, Cejas I, Wang NY, Niparko JK, Barker DH. "Symbolic Play and Novel Noun Learning in Deaf and Hearing Children: Longitudinal Effects of Access to Sound on Early Precursors of Language." PLoS ONE, vol. 11, no. 5, 2016, pp. e0155964. |
| Houck CD, Barker DH, Hadley W, Brown LK, Lansing A, Almy B, Hancock E. "The 1-year impact of an emotion regulation intervention on early adolescent health risk behaviors." Health Psychology, vol. 35, no. 9, 2016, pp. 1036-45. |
| Enimil A, Nugent N, Amoah C, Norman B, Antwi S, Ocran J, Kwara A, Barker DH. "Quality of life among Ghanaian adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: a mixed methods study." AIDS Care, vol. 28, no. 4, 2015, pp. 460-4. |
| Hadley, Wendy, Houck, Christopher D., Barker, David, Senocak, Natali. "Relationships of parental monitoring and emotion regulation with early adolescents' sexual behaviors." Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, vol. 36, no. 5, 2015, pp. 381-388. |
| Hadley, W., McCullough, M. B., Rancourt, D., Barker, D., Jelalian, E. "Shaking up the system: the role of change in maternal-adolescent communication quality and adolescent weight loss." Journal of Pediatric Psychology, vol. 40, no. 1, 2015, pp. 121-31. |
| Hadley, Wendy, Barker, David H., Brown, Larry K., Almy, Brandon, Donenberg, Geri, DiClemente, Ralph J. "The moderating role of parental psychopathology on response to a family-based HIV prevention intervention among youth in psychiatric treatment." Journal of Family Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2015, pp. 178-194. |
| Crowley, Stephanie J., Van Reen, Eliza, LeBourgeois, Monique K., Acebo, Christine, Tarokh, Leila, Seifer, Ronald, Barker, David H., Carskadon, Mary A. "A longitudinal assessment of sleep timing, circadian phase, and phase angle of entrainment across human adolescence." PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 11, 2014, pp. e112199. |
| Hadley, Wendy, Barker, David H., Lescano, Celia M., Stewart, Angela J., Affleck, Katelyn, Donenberg, Geri, DiClemente, Ralph, Brown, Larry K., Project Style Study Group, None. "Associations Between Psychiatric Impairment and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Teens in Mental Health Treatment." Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, vol. 13, no. 2, 2014, pp. 198-213. |
| Cejas I, Barker DH, Quittner AL, Niparko JK. "Development of joint engagement in young deaf and hearing children: effects of chronological age and language skills." Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, vol. 57, no. 5, 2014, pp. 1831-41. |
| Barker DH, Rancourt D, Jelalian E. "Flexible models of change: using structural equations to match statistical and theoretical models of multiple change processes." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 39, no. 2, 2014, pp. 233-45. |
| Rancourt D, Barker DH, Sato AF, Lloyd-Richardson EE, Hart CN, Jelalian E. "Longitudinal associations among change in overweight status, fear of negative evaluation, and weight-related teasing among obese adolescents." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 39, no. 7, 2014, pp. 697-707. |
| Quittner AL, Goldbeck L, Abbott J, Duff A, Lambrecht P, Solé A, Tibosch MM, Bergsten Brucefors A, Yüksel H, Catastini P, Blackwell L, Barker D. "Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with cystic fibrosis and parent caregivers: results of The International Depression Epidemiological Study across nine countries." Thorax, vol. 69, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1090-7. |
| Brown LK, Hadley W, Donenberg GR, DiClemente RJ, Lescano C, Lang DM, Crosby R, Barker D, Oster D. "Project STYLE: a multisite RCT for HIV prevention among youths in mental health treatment." PS, vol. 65, no. 3, 2014, pp. 338-44. |
| Houck CD, Barker D, Rizzo C, Hancock E, Norton A, Brown LK. "Sexting and Sexual Behavior in At-Risk Adolescents." PEDIATRICS, vol. 133, no. 2, 2014, pp. e276-e282. |
| Orzech KM, Acebo C, Seifer R, Barker D, Carskadon MA. "Sleep patterns are associated with common illness in adolescents." Journal of Sleep Research, vol. 23, no. 2, 2014, pp. 133-42. |
| Quittner AL, Cruz I, Barker DH, Tobey E, Eisenberg LS, Niparko JK, Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation Investigative Team. "Effects of maternal sensitivity and cognitive and linguistic stimulation on cochlear implant users' language development over four years." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 162, no. 2, 2013, pp. 343-8.e3. |
| Hadley W, Houck CD, Barker DH, Garcia AM, Spitalnick JS, Curtis V, Roye S, Brown LK. "Eliciting Affect via Immersive Virtual Reality: A Tool for Adolescent Risk Reduction." Journal of Pediatric Psychology, vol. 39, no. 3, 2013, pp. 358-68. |
| Van Reen E, Sharkey KM, Roane BM, Barker D, Seifer R, Raffray T, Bond TL, Carskadon MA. "Sex of college students moderates associations among bedtime, time in bed, and circadian phase angle." Journal of Biological Rhythms, vol. 28, no. 6, 2013, pp. 425-31. |
| Barker DH, Swenson RR, Brown LK, Stanton BF, Vanable PA, Carey MP, Valois RF, Diclemente RJ, Salazar LF, Romer D. "Blocking the benefit of group-based HIV-prevention efforts during adolescence: the problem of HIV-related stigma." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 16, no. 3, 2012, pp. 571-7. |
| Swenson, Rebecca R., Houck, Christopher D., Barker, David, Zeanah, Paula D., Brown, Larry K. "Prospective analysis of the transition to sexual experience and changes in sexual self-esteem among adolescents attending therapeutic schools." Journal of Adolescence, vol. 35, no. 1, 2012, pp. 77-85. |
| Barker DH, Driscoll KA, Modi AC, Light MJ, Quittner AL. "Supporting cystic fibrosis disease management during adolescence: the role of family and friends." Child: care, health and development, vol. 38, no. 4, 2012, pp. 497-504. |
| Brown, Larry K., Nugent, Nicole R., Houck, Christopher D., Lescano, Celia M., Whiteley, Laura B., Barker, David, Viau, Lisa, Zlotnick, Caron. "Safe Thinking and Affect Regulation (STAR): Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention in Alternative/Therapeutic Schools." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 50, no. 10, 2011, pp. 1065-1074. |
| Quittner AL, Barker DH, Cruz I, Snell C, Grimley ME, Botteri M, the CDaCI Investigative Team. "Parenting Stress among Parents of Deaf and Hearing Children: Associations with Language Delays and Behavior Problems." Parenting, vol. 10, no. 2, 2010, pp. 136-155. |
| Driscoll KA, Johnson SB, Barker D, Quittner AL, Deeb LC, Geller DE, Gondor M, Silverstein JH. "Risk factors associated with depressive symptoms in caregivers of children with type 1 diabetes or cystic fibrosis." J. Pediatr. Psychol., vol. 35, no. 8, 2010, pp. 814-22. |
| Adler FR, Aurora P, Barker DH, Barr ML, Blackwell LS, Bosma OH, Brown S, Cox DR, Jensen JL, Kurland G, Nossent GD, Quittner AL, Robinson WM, Romero SL, Spencer H, Sweet SC, van der Bij W, Vermeulen J, Verschuuren EA, Vrijlandt EJ, Walsh W, Woo MS, Liou TG. "Lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis." Proc Am Thorac Soc, vol. 6, no. 8, 2009, pp. 619-33. |
| Barker DH, Quittner AL, Fink NE, Eisenberg LS, Tobey EA, Niparko JK, CDaCI Investigative Team. "Predicting behavior problems in deaf and hearing children: the influences of language, attention, and parent-child communication." Dev Psychopathol, vol. 21, no. 2, 2009, pp. 373-92. |
| Barker, David H., Lloyd, Thad Q., Stewart, Peter K., Wells, M. Gawain. "Psychometric Validation of the Preschool Outcome Questionnaire: A Preschool Treatment Outcome Instrument." Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 19, no. 4, 2009, pp. 504-515. |
| Johnson KC, DesJardin JL, Barker DH, Quittner AL, Winter ME. "Assessing joint attention and symbolic play in children with cochlear implants and multiple disabilities: two case studies." Otology & Neurotology, vol. 29, no. 2, 2008, pp. 246-50. |
| Quittner AL, Barker DH, Snell C, Grimley ME, Marciel K, Cruz I. "Prevalence and impact of depression in cystic fibrosis." Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, vol. 14, no. 6, 2008, pp. 582-8. |
| Quittner, Alexandra L., Barker, David H., Snell, Carolyn, Cruz, Ivette, McDonald, Lynda-Grace, Grimley, Mary E., Botteri, Melissa, Marciel, Kristen, Investigative Team, Cdaci. "Improvements in visual attention in deaf infants and toddlers after cochlear implantation." Audiol Med, vol. 5, no. 4, 2007, pp. 242-249. |
My research focuses on synthesizing evidence across clinical trials to better understand what works for whom, the social context of health behaviors in pediatric populations, and applying modern statistical modeling approaches to research questions in child and pediatric psychology. This multidisciplinary work has included various research designs and has been with a number of pediatric populations including people living with cystic fibrosis, sensorineural hearing loss, asthma, obesity, HIV, various mental health conditions, and populations at risk for dating violence and sexual risk behavior. I collaborate with many research teams through the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and through the COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Beyond these collaborations I am co-PI with Dr. Steingrimsson on a PCORI study focused on developing methods to address systematic missing data in individual-participant-data meta-analysis.
CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT:
R01 MH128595 (Barker & Benito) 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2025
NIMH
What works for whom in pediatric OCD. This project aims to identify “what works, for whom” in pediatric OCD by 1) collaborating with a comprehensive group of clinical trial researchers to harmonize individual participant data from past clinical trials, and 2) apply a novel statistical approach (IPD meta-analysis with transportability analyses) to identify which treatment options are most effective for specific subgroups of youth with OCD.
PCORI Methods Development 14806 (Barker & Steingrimsson) 01/01/21-01/01/23
PCORI
Missing Data When Transporting Treatment Effects from Clinical Trials to a Target Population. The major goal of this grant is to develop statistical estimators that can be used to transport treatment effects from a clinical trial to a target population in the presence of systematic missing data between trial samples and the target population.
P20 GM139743-01 (PI :Carskadon) 12/01/2021-11/30/2026
NIGMS
COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
The goal of this grant is to develop a center of excellence at the confluence of child and adolescent mental health and sleep and circadian science.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Smith) 07/01/2024 – 06/30/2028
CFF
TIDES 2.0: Prevalence and Longitudinal Course of Depression, Anxiety, and Behavior Problems in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Under 12 Years of Age: Nationally representative estimate of prevalence for depression, anxiety, and behavior problems among children with cystic fibrosis.
R01 MH135861 (Benito) 04/01/2024 – 03/31/2028
NIMH
Automated Coding of Exposure Therapy Quality using Natural Language Processing: This study will refine and test automated quality coding of exposure therapy, a highly effective treatment for anxiety across the lifespan, using data from 6 existing clinical trials for youth and adults, across both research and community settings. Specific aims are designed to validate automated coding with Natural Language Processing (NLP; a type of artificial intelligence) against human coders, test predictive utility, and incorporate stakeholder feedback to facilitate near-term usability of findings.
R01 MH126681 (Whiteley) 09/01/2022 – 08/31/2027
NIMH
A Multisite Randomized Trial of Viral Combat: A Mobile Gaming App to Improve Adherence to PrEP: The major goal of this grant is to test the efficacy of an iPhone game to improve PrEP treatment adherence while examining implementation facilitators and barriers to intervention delivery.
R42 HD110333 (Houck) 09/01/2022-08/31/2025
NICHD
Internet-based TRAC (iTRAC): Interactive emotion regulation skills training to improve adolescent sexual health: This project will complete the adaptation of a face-to-face emotion regulation skills program targeting sexual risk into an interactive media intervention optimized for tablet (iTRAC) using successful methods from the previous pilot study, including input from youth in the target age range and school professionals (e.g., health education teachers, school nurses).
R01 HL159701 (Koinis-Mitchell, McQuaid, & Canino) 07/01/2022-06/30/2027
NHLBI
Puerto Rico Asthma Integrated Response Program: PR-AIR: To implement and evaluate the Puerto Rico-Asthma Integrated Response Program (PR-AIR) to address pediatric asthma disparities in San Juan, PR.
R01 MD016241 (Grigsby-Toussaint) 09/24/2021-06/30/2026
NIMHD
Green Space, Mental Health and Sleep: Understand the relationships among greenspace, mental health, and sleep.
R01 HD103665 (Saletin) 08/09/2021-05/31/2026
NICHD
Brain-behavior vulnerability to sleep loss in children: a dimensional study of attention and impulsivity: Understand the brain-behavior mechanisms underpinning attention and impulsivity in the context of sleep loss.
R01 DA050603 (Houck & Hadley) 09/01/2021-06/30/2026
NIDA
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia as a Predictor of Substance Use among Early Adolescents: This project will examine recovery RSA as a predictor of risk behavior among early adolescents relative to other measurement of emotion regulation (baseline RSA, challenge RSA, self-report, parent-report, behavioral task)
U01 HL138677 (McQuaid/Koinis-Mitchell) 8/15/17-6/30/23
NHLBI
Rhode Island Asthma Integrated Response Program (RI-AIR): The goal of this U01 cooperative agreement application is to establish a coordinated screening and response system, which will enable the delivery of home and school-based asthma management interventions to address pediatric asthma disparities.
R01 MH117960 (Brown) 08/01/18-07/31/23
NIMH
A Multisite Randomized Trial of BattleViro: A Mobile Gaming App to Improve ART Adherence for Youth. The major goal of this grant is to test the efficacy of an iPhone game to improve antiretroviral treatment adherence for youth living with HIV
HRSA-18-122 (Berger) 09/30/18-09/29/23
HRSA
Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program: This project is focused on providing an on-call psychiatric consultation service for pediatricians to discuss psychiatric needs of the patients.
R01 HD097126 (Houck) 07/01/19-06/30/24
NICHD
Project Strong: A web-based dating violence prevention program for parents and middle school boys. The major goal of this grant is to test the efficacy of a web-based dating violence prevention program for young adolescent boys and their parents.
R01 DK12551 (Hadley & Jelalian) 10/01/20-11/39/25
NIDDK
Enhancing Emotion Regulation to Support Weight Control Efforts in Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity. Evaluate an emotion regulation intervention for adolescents with overweight and obesity.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | PhD | University of Miami |
| 2006 | MS | University of Miami |
| 2003 | BS | Brigham Young University |
| Clinical Psychology Fellowship | Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, Rhode Island Hospital, clinical pediatric psychology | 2010-2012 | Providence, RI, USA |
| Clinical Psychology Resident | 2009-2010 |
NIH Loan Repayment Award Program (2010-2017)
2022 Nan Tobler Award for Review of the Prevention Science Literature: The award is given for contributions to the summarization or articulation of the empirical evidence relevant to prevention science.2022 Nan Tobler Award for Review of the Prevention Science Literature: The award is given for contributions to the summarization or articulation of the empirical evidence relevant to prevention science.
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Benito, Kristen | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Brown, Larry | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Carskadon, Mary | Adjunct Professor of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Freeman, Jennifer | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Hadley, Wendy | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Houck, Christopher | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Pediatrics |
| Koinis-Mitchell, Daphne | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Pediatrics (Research) |
| McQuaid, Elizabeth | Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Rizzo, Christie | Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Saletin, Jared | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Steingrimsson, Jon | Associate Professor of Biostatistics |
| Wolff, Jennifer | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Clinician Educator |
| Clinical Psychology | State of Rhode Island | 2012-2020 | #PS01286 |
| Deputy Director Sleep and Circadian Methods Core. COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2023- |
| Director of Sleep and Circadian Methods Core. COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2020-2023 |
| Associate Professor. Department of Psychiatry and Human behavior, 2020-Present |
| Assistant Professor (Research). 2012-2020 |
| Staff Psychologist, Dept. of Child and Family Psychiatry. Rhode Island Hospital, 2012-2020 |
Short Course Instructor, 2016-2017, Society of Pediatric Psychology. Participated in the design and delivery of data-science based short courses made available during the annual conference.
Adjunct Professor, 2013 (Fall), Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut. Taught graduate level statistics course
Guest Lecturer, 2012, Decision Sciences Institute, Providence, Rhode Island. Presented on using the statistical software Mplus to run item response theory measurement models.
Graduate Mentor, 2005 - 2008, University of Miami, Miami, Florida. Mentored one student per summer who was participating in Psychology Research Initiatives Mentored Experience (PRIME). The PRIME program is designed to prepare minority students for graduate studies.
Graduate Instructor, 2007 (Summer), University of Miami, Miami, Florida. Invited to present a 2-hour short course on growth curve modeling.
Graduate Instructor, 2007 (Spring), University of Miami, Miami, Florida. Taught Introduction to Biobehavioral Statistics (4 credit hours) to a class of 32 undergraduate students.
Graduate Instructor, 2003 - 2004, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Taught two labs of thirty students about Psychological Testing (4 credit hours).
