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, a lecturer for child and adolescent psychiatry residents and psychology interns, and Scientific Advisor at the NYU Summer Program for Kids. He is a member of the Faculty Board of Reviewers and the Research Compliance Oversight Committee at the NYU School of Medicine.
Prior to joining the faculty at NYU School of Medicine, 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 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.
Dr. Abikoff’s clinical research activities have spanned three interrelated areas: the development of novel treatment approaches, treatment evaluation, and the development of measures to quantify treatment outcome. For the past three decades, much of his work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and has centered on treatment development and treatment evaluation of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, as well as youngsters with Conduct Disorder.
Dr. Abikoff has served as a reviewer on NIMH panels and study sections, is on the editorial board of a number of journals, and is an ad hoc reviewer for numerous psychology, psychiatry and educational journals. He is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, 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)
