Susan Calhoun

Susan Calhoun, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Pennsylvania State University. She is affiliated with the Division of Child Outpatient Services, Division of Sleep, and Penn State Neuroscience Institute. Her research focuses on neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, sleep-related pathologies, and their comorbidities. Dr. Calhoun’s work emphasizes understanding developmental trajectories of cognitive and behavioral symptoms in pediatric populations.

Her research interests include exploring sleep dimensions in autism phenotypes, longitudinal impacts of cognitive disengagement syndrome, and metabolic syndrome correlates in adolescents. She collaborates extensively with researchers like Dr. Mayes and Fernandez-Mendoza on multidisciplinary projects. No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided materials, though her h-index of 52 indicates significant scholarly impact.

Labs/teams involvement includes work within the Penn State Neuroscience Institute and collaborations on sleep-related studies. Grant details are not specified in the provided text.