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ADHD: A Public Health Perspective Conference

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Co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education

AGENDA
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999

 

 

Opening Plenary Session
Welcome

William C. Parra, M.S.
Deputy Director
National Center for Environmental Health

Tom Hanley, Ed.D. (substituting for Louis C. Danielson, Ph.D.)
Office of Special Education Programs
U.S. Department of Education

Introductory Comments

Coleen A. Boyle, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

Overview of ADHD

Rachel G. Klein, Ph.D.
New York State Psychiatric Institute

Individual, Social, and Economic Burden of ADHD through the Lifespan

Edward A. Brann, M.D., M.P.H.Chief,
Child Development Studies Section
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

Stephen P. Hinshaw, Ph.D
University of California, Berkeley

Tom Hanley, Ed.D. (substituting for Louis C. Danielson, Ph.D.)
U.S. Department of Education

James M. Swanson, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine

Mark L. Wolraich, M.D.
Vanderbilt University

Stephen V. Faraone, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School

The Epidemiologic Study of ADHD: Case Definition, Prevalence, and Risk Factors

Diana E. Schendel, Ph.D.
Acting Chief, Analytic Studies Section
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

Peter S. Jensen, M.D.
New York State Psychiatric Institute

Thomas M. Achenbach, Ph.D.
University of Vermont

Andrew S. Rowland, Ph.D.
National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences

David Shaffer, F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych.
New York State Psychiatric Institute

Julie M. Zito, Ph.D.
University of Maryland
Center for Drugs and Public Policy

Public Health Concerns in the Treatment of ADHD

Ann J. Abramowitz, Ph.D.
Emory University Medical School

William E. Pelham, Jr., Ph.D.
State University of New York, Buffalo

Laurence L. Greenhill, M.D.
New York State Psychiatric Institute

Howard Abikoff, Ph.D.
New York University Medical Center

Jeffrey H. Newcorn, M.D.
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Russell Schachar, M.D.
The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

Recap of Charge for Breakout Sessions

Coleen A. Boyle, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1999

NIMH and ADHD

Kimberly Hoagwood, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health

Burden of ADHD

Russell Schachar, M.D.
The Hospital for Sick Children

Catherine A. Lesesne, M.P.H.
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

Epidemiologic Study of ADHD

Gretchen B. Lefever, Ph.D.
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Diana E. Schendel, Ph.D.
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

Treatment Concerns

Thomas J. Spencer, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University

Ruth Perou, Ph.D.
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

Burden of ADHD

Catherine A. Lesesne, M.P.H.
Division of Child Development, Disability, and Health

Epidemiologic Study of ADHD

Christopher P. Lucas, M.D.
New York State Psychiatric Institute

Diana E. Schendel, Ph.D.
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

Treatment Concerns

Jeffrey M. Halperin, Ph.D.
Queens College

Ruth Perou, Ph.D.
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

Reports from Breakout Sessions and Summary Remarks

Edward A. Brann, M.D.
Chief, Child Development Studies Section
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

Coleen A. Boyle, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and Health (Proposed)

 

Date: September 20, 2005
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

 

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