Joel Nigg, Ph.D.

Director, Division of Psychology, Oregon Health & Science University

SFARI Investigator Website

Dr. Nigg’s research focuses on the underlying mechanisms and causes in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across the lifespan. The primary focus is on cognitive and neuropsychological mechanisms. However, studies of genetics, family dynamics, personality and temperament, environmental toxins, and neuroimaging of ADHD are also ongoing.

Funded Projects

Executive functioning and functional brain networks in autism and attention deficit

Awarded: 2010
Award Type: Research

SFARI Funded Publications

The autism brain imaging data exchange: Towards a large-scale evaluation of the intrinsic brain architecture in autism. Di Martino A., Yan C.G., Li Q., Denio E., Castellanos F. X., Alaerts K., Anderson J.S., Assaf M., Bookheimer S., Dapretto M., Deen B., Delmonte S., Dinstein I., Ertl-Wagner B., Fair D.A., Gallagher L., Kennedy D.P., Keown C.L., Keysers C., Lainhart J.E., Lord C., Luna B., Menon V., Minshew N.J., Monk C.S., Mueller S., Müller R.A., Nebel M.B., Nigg J., O'Hearn K., Pelphrey K., Peltier S.J., Rudie J.D., Sunaert S., Thioux M., Tyszka J.M., Uddin L.Q., Verhoeven J.S., Wenderoth N., Wiggins J.L., Mostofsky S. H., Milham M.P.