John S. Hutton

Dr. John S. Hutton is an Associate Professor in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and an adjunct Associate Professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He is a primary care pediatrician and researcher focusing on the impact of screen time and shared reading on child neurodevelopment.

• UT Southwestern Medical Center (Associate Professor)
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Adjunct Associate Professor)

His research integrates neuroscience, digital media effects, and literacy promotion, using MRI and EEG to study how home reading and media environments shape preschool brain structure and cognitive development.

Key trends in his recent publications include: primary care interventions for literacy promotion, neuroimaging of media exposure effects, validation of digital media and reading quality metrics, and cross-cultural studies on early childhood development.

Dr. Hutton collaborates with organizations such as Reach Out and Read and the Children and Screens Institute, with funding from the National Institutes of Health and philanthropies. He has developed tools like ScreenQ (digital media assessment), Reading House (literacy screening), and DialogPR (shared reading quality metrics).