Stephen Vincent Faraone (born July 27, 1956) is an American

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

. He has worked mainly on

attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by excessive amounts of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that are pervasive, impairing in multiple contexts, and otherwise age-inappr ...

and related disorders and is considered one of the most influential psychologists in the world.

Education and career

Faraone graduated in 1978 from the

State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...

with a BA in

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

. He then went to the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is org ...

where he obtained his

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

and

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...

. Faraone completed a postdoctoral clinical psychology internship and a research fellowship at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

. After completing his post-doctoral fellowship at Brown, Faraone came to the Harvard Department of Psychiatry, where he began a career in psychiatric genetics. He first served as an instructor in 1985, and as an

assistant professor Assistant Professor is an academic rank just below the rank of an associate professor used in universities or colleges, mainly in the United States and Canada. Overview This position is generally taken after earning a doctoral degree and general ...

in 1989. He was promoted to associate professor in 1993 and Full Professor in 2002. In 2004, he moved to SUNY Upstate Medical University where he is now Distinguished Professor of

Psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry. Initial psych ...

and of

Neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

and

Physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

. He is also Senior Scientific Advisor to the Research Program Pediatric Psychopharmacology at the

Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest general hospital in the United Stat ...

and a lecturer at

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

. Faraone has been principal investigator on several

National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...

funded grants studying the nature and causes of mental disorders in childhood. He is one of the world's leading authorities on the genetics of

psychiatric disorders A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitti ...

and has also made substantial contributions to research in

psychopharmacology Psychopharmacology (from Greek grc, ψῡχή, psȳkhē, breath, life, soul, label=none; grc, φάρμακον, pharmakon, drug, label=none; and grc, -λογία, -logia, label=none) is the scientific study of the effects drugs have on mo ...

and research methodology. He led the International Consensus Statement on ADHD, and heads the ADHD Evidence Project, which curates evidence-based information about ADHD.

Awards and honors

Faraone has authored over 700 journal articles, editorials, chapters, and books and was the eighth-highest producer of High Impact Papers in Psychiatry from 1990 to 1999 as determined by the

Institute for Scientific Information The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield in Philadelphia in 1956. ISI offered scientometric and bibliographic database services. Its specialty was citation indexing and analysis, ...

(ISI). In 2005, ISI determined him to be the second highest cited author in the area of ADHD and in 2007, he was the third most highly cited researcher in psychiatry for the preceding decade. From 2014 to 2021 he has been listed as a highly cited researcher by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics. In 2019 and 2020, his citation metrics placed him in the top 0.01% of scientists across all fields. In 2021, expertscape indicated he was the top-rated expert in ADHD, worldwide (https://bit.ly/3j9n8w2). His Web of Science lifetime H-Index as of December 2021 was 153 In 2002, Faraone was inducted into the CHADD Hall of Fame in recognition of outstanding achievement in medicine and education research on attention disorders. In 2004 and 2008, Faraone was elected Vice President of the

International Society of Psychiatric Genetics The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG) is a learned society that aims to "promote and facilitate research in the Psychiatric genetics, genetics of psychiatric disorders, substance use disorders and allied traits". To this end, amon ...

and in 2019 he received the Paul Hoch Award from the

American Psychopathological Association The American Psychopathological Association (APPA) is an organization "devoted to the scientific investigation of disordered human behavior, and its biological and psychosocial substrates." The association’s primary purpose is running an annual ...

. In 2008, he received the SUNY Upstate President's Award for Excellence and Leadership in Research. In 2019 he was elected President of the World Federation of ADHD In 2022 he was elected to the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

Research Funding and Financial Disclosures

Faraone's research has been funded by the U.S. National Institute of Health, the European Union and the following companies: Otsuka, Shire/Takeda, Ironshore, McNeil, Janssen and Supernus. He has received income or potential income from Aardvark, Rhodes, OnDosis, Oysta, Sky Therapeutics, AIMH, Tris, Otsuka, Arbor, Ironshore, KemPharm/Corium, Akili, Supernus, Shire/Takeda, Atentiv, Noven, Axsome and Genomind. With his institution, he has US patent US20130217707 A1 for the use of sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibitors in the treatment of ADHD. These disclosures are routinely reported in relevant publicationshttps://apsard.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-APSARD-DISCLOSURE-REPORT.pdf

Books published

* Tsuang MT, Faraone SV. ''The Genetics of Mood Disorders'', Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins; 1990 * Faraone SV, Tsuang, D, Tsuang MT. ''Genetics of Mental Disorders: A Guide for Students, Clinicians, and Researchers'', New York, NY: Guilford;1999. * Faraone, S.V. ''Straight Talk About Your Child’s Mental Health: What To Do When Something Seems Wrong'', New York, NY: Guilford, 2003. * Tsuang MT, Faraone SV & Glatt SG ''Schizophrenia: The Facts'', Oxford University Press; 2011. * Faraone, S.V. & Antshel, K. ''ADHD: Non-Pharmacologic Interventions'' Elsevier, 2014

References

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