Stephen Hinshaw

Stephen Hinshaw is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UC San Francisco. His research focuses on developmental psychopathology, ADHD mechanisms, and stigma reduction in mental health. With over $20 million in NIH grants and equivalent foundation funding, he has led longitudinal studies on ADHD in girls and women since 1992 as Principal Investigator for the MTA Study's Berkeley site.

• Degree: Ph.D. (UCLA), A.B. summa cum laude (Harvard)
• Leadership: Former Psychology Department Chair (2004-2011), Co-director of Schwab Dyslexia Center and Child Teen Family Center

Research priorities include:

• Longitudinal ADHD studies in females
• Stigma reduction through youth programs
• Mechanisms of therapeutic change
• Comorbidity patterns in psychopathology
• Neuropsychological risk factors
• Preventive mental health interventions

Recent publications demonstrate interests in:

• ADHD underrepresentation in girls (2022)
• Self-harm risk in ADHD females (2021)
• Anti-stigma high school clubs (2020)
• Developmental pathways of ADHD (2018)

Scientific recognition includes:

• APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award (2020)
• Sarnat Prize (2019)
• SRCD Distinguished Contributions (2017)
• APS James McKeen Cattell Lifetime Award (2016)
• SSCP Distinguished Scientist (2015)

As mentor and lab director, he has trained numerous researchers while maintaining active media presence in major outlets like New York Times and Wall Street Journal. His 2022 book Straight Talk about ADHD in Girls addresses critical gaps in female-specific ADHD understanding.