Howard Abikoff, Ph.D., is the Director of the Institute for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders at the NYU Child Study Center. He is the Pevaroff Cohn Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and a lecturer for child and adolescent psychiatry residents and psychology interns. He is a member of the Faculty Board of Reviewers and the Clinical Trials Oversight Committee at the NYU School of Medicine.
Currently, Dr. Abikoff is also Co-Director of the NYU Summer Program for Kids. His special interests include treatment development and efficacy research in children with ADHD, development of ecologically valid assessment and outcome measures, and effectiveness research methodology.
Dr. Abikoff received his B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from Brooklyn College and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Adelphi University. He completed post-graduate training in behavior therapy at the Behavior Therapy Institute.
Prior to joining the faculty at NYU, Dr. Abikoff was Director of Research, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Dr. Abikoff has also served as Director of Research at the NYU Child Study Center.
Dr. Abikoff is on the editorial board of a number of journals, including the Journal of Attention Disorders, the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology and the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. He is the author of over 130 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters and other professional publications. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology and a Fellow of the American Psychopathological Association.
In the News
ADHD Research at the NYU Child Study Center
Howard Abikoff, Ph.D., and Richard Gallagher, Ph.D., appeared live on The Joan Hamburg Show featured on WOR AM Radio 710 to discuss Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and current studies at the NYU Child Study Center. (February 20, 2008)
Summer of Hope
Dr. Howard Abikoff and Dr. Karen Fleiss talk to Child Magazine (PDF) about the Summer Program for Kids. (August 2005)
