Featured Researcher
Joel Nigg, Ph.D.
Dr. Nigg, who obtained his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from University of California at Berkeley in 1996, is a leading researcher in the area of children’s attention deficits, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Nigg came to OHSU in 2008 after 12 years on the faculty at Michigan State University. His work is most known for insights into the neuropsychological features of this syndrome. Dr. Nigg has authored or co-authored over 120 peer reviewed scientific papers and book chapters. He is the author of a 2006 book, ADHD: What Goes Wrong and Why, which explored the state of knowledge about causes of ADHD. Nigg continues to direct an active, federally funded research program on ADHD at OHSU, provides clinical consultation, and lectures nationally and internationally on this research. He serves on the editorial board of several leading journals and consults to the National Institutes of Health on grants and to the American Psychiatric Association on revisions to ADHD diagnostic criteria.
Alfred Lewy, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Lewy is a board-certified psychiatrist with a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology. He is the Richard H. Phillips Professor and Senior Vice Chair of Psychiatry. He is also Professor of Ophthalmology, and Physiology/Pharmacology at Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. Lewy was born in Chicago, Illinois, and received his B.S., M.D., and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is internationally known as a pioneer in the field of human Chronobiology, melatonin and light, publishing ground-breaking articles on melatonin, light and winter depression. His work has given psychiatry a new perspective on the physiology of sleep and mood disorders, which are also relevant to the problems of blind people, as well as individuals who must cope with the discomforts of shift work and jet lag. Dr. Lewy's contributions to the field of melatonin physiology and light have literally opened up a whole new approach to the treatment of chronobiologic sleep and mood disorders.
