User:RBCanty/sandbox Benjamin B Lahey

Benajamin B. Lahey, Ph.D. is the Irving B. Harris Professor of Epidemiology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. In 2002, he was awarded the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Distinguished Career Award. Dr. Lahey received an A.B. in psychology from Davidson College in 1967 and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Tennessee in 1970.

Research
Dr. Lahey's research focuses on disorders (namely ADHD and conduct disorder) as well as the epidemiology of, risk factors for, and taxonomy of mental disorders.

Professional Roles
Dr. Lahey is a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He has been both a a member and past president of the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology and the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. He is also a member of the Behavioral Genetics Association. Currently, he is a Co-Leader of a project within the Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics which aims to classify and refine diagnostics for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders as well as test and build predictive models.