James Hamilton

Dr. James Hamilton is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine and an Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama's Department of Psychology. He specializes in medical deception, fabricated medical problems, and medical child abuse (Munchausen by proxy). His research focuses on epidemiology of medical child abuse, AI-driven identification in pediatric databases, and psychometric scoring systems.

Education: BA from Clark University (1981), MA/PhD in clinical psychology from Case Western Reserve University (1983/1986). Board certified in Clinical Psychology by the State of Connecticut through 2025. Maintains a legal consultancy on medical child abuse cases.

Research highlights include developing methods to identify medical child abuse via electronic health records and analyzing linguistic patterns in victim descriptions. Collaborates with pediatricians like Andrea Asnes and researchers like John Leventhal. Active in professional organizations including the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and serves on Munchausen Support's board.

Award-winning work includes JAMA Pediatrics contributions on pediatric care interventions and Child Maltreatment journal studies on school nurse observations. Current activities include advising legal cases and contributing to interdisciplinary teams studying health equity and child safety at Yale.