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Elaine Tierney

Elaine Tierney

Psychiatry

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Elaine Tierney

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Independent Clinician

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Centers and Institutes

Kennedy Krieger Institute

Contact for Research Inquiries

716 N Broadway
Department of Psychiatry
Baltimore, MD 21205

Research Interests

Genetic and metabolic disorders

Selected Publications

    1. Tierney E, Nwokoro N, Porter FD, Freund LS, Ghuman JK, Kelley RI. Behavior phenotype in the RSH/ Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2001; 98:191-200.
    2. Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology Autism Network (McCracken JT, McGough J, Shah B, Cronin P, Hong D, University of California at Los Angeles; Aman MG, Arnold LE, Lindsay R, Nash P, Hollway J, Ohio State University; McDougle CJ, Posey D, Swiezy N, Kohn A, Indiana University; Scahill L, Martin A, Koenig K, Volkmar F, Carroll D, Lancor A, Yale University; Tierney E, Ghuman J, Gonzalez NM, Grados M), Kennedy Krieger Institute; Vitiello B, Ritz L, National Institute of Mental Health; Davies M, Columbia University; Robinson J, McMahon D. Nathan Kline Institute (Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology Autism Network), Risperidone in children with autism and serious behavioral problems. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 347 (5):314-321.
    3. Belmonte MK, Cook EH, Anderson GM, Rubenstein JLR, Greenough WT, Beckel-Mitchener A, Courchesne E, Boulanger LM, Powell SB, Levitt PR, Perry EK, Jiang YH, DeLorey TM, Tierney E. Autism as a disorder of neural information processing: directions for research and targets for therapy. Molecular Psychiatry. 2004; (7): 646-63.
    4. Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology Autism Network (Aman, M.G., Arnold LE, Ramadan Y, Witwer A, Lindsey R, McDougle CJ, Posey D, Swiezy N, Kohn A, McCracken JT, Shah B, Cronin P, McGough J, Lee L, Scahill L, Martin A, Koenig K, Carroll D, Young C, Lancor A, Tierney E, Ghuman J, Gonzalez NM, Grados MA. A randomized controlled crossover trial of methylphenidate in pervasive developmental disorders with hyperactivity. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2005; 62 (6): 1266-1274.
    5. Tierney E, Bukelis I, Thompson RE, Ahmed K, Aneja A, Kratz L, Kelley RI. Abnormalities of Cholesterol Metabolism in Autism Spectrum Disorders, American Journal of Medical Genetic, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics.2006; (6):666-8.
    6. Tierney E, AmanMG, StoutDJ, PappasK, Arnold E, Vitiello B, Scahill L, McDougle CJ, McCracken JT, Wheeler C, Martin A, Posey DJ, Shah B. Parent Satisfaction in a Multi-Site Trial of Risperidone in Children with Autism: A Social Validity Study. Psychopharmacology, e-published 23 November 2006.

Expertise

Education

University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine (Tampa)

M.D., 1989

University of Florida

B.A., 1984