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Shelley C. Heaton

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Clinical Assistant Professor
Program Co-Director

 

  

 

 


 Location:

University of Florida


Education:

University of California, San Diego Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 2001
Occidental University B.A. in Psychology, 1993

 


 


Awards and Recognition: 

2004 University of Florida Faculty Mentor Research Award Nominee

1992 Dean’s List, University of California, San Diego

1990-1991 Dean’s List, Occidental College

1989-1992 Academic Scholarship, Occidental College


Primary Academic Appointment:

UF Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professionssions

 

Other Appointments:

Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center and Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (VA HSR&D/RR&D), Veteran Affairs Medical Center

 


Research Interests:

Pediatric neuropsychology, traumatic brain injury (TBI), attention, memory, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), demographic factors affecting test performance

 


 Recent Publications:

Donovan, N. J., Kendall, D.L., Heaton, S. C., Kwon, S., Velozo, C.A., & Duncan, P.W. (2008).
Conceptualizing Functional Cognition in Stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 22(2), 122-135.

Pineda, J.A., Lewis, S.B., Valadka, A.B., Papa, L., H., Hannay, J.H., Heaton, S.C., Liu, M.C., Aikman, J.M., Akle, V., Tepas, J.J., Wang, K., Robertson, C.S., Hayes, R.L. (2007). Clinical significance of αII-Spectrin Breakdown Products in CSF after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 24(2), 354-366.

Brophy, G.M., J.A. Pineda, L. Papa, S.B. Lewis, A.B. Valadka, H.J. Hannay, S.C. Heaton, M.C. Liu, J.M. Aikman, V. Akle, J.J. Tepas III, K.W. Wang, C.S. Robertson, R.L. Hayes. (2006) Biomarker kinetics in cerebrospinal fluid of traumatic brain injury patients. Journal of Neurotrauma, 23(6):1036. [3.453]

Heaton, S. C., Reader, S. K., Preston, A. S., Fennell, E., Puyana, O. E., Gill, N., Johnson, J. H. (20011). The Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-Ch): Patterns of Performance in Children with ADHD and Clinical Controls. Child Neuropsychology, 7(4), 251-264. [0.867]

Heaton, S.C. The utility of education corrections for interpreting neuropsychological performance in schizophrenia. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, Vol 62(9-B), Mar 2002. pp. 4219.

Evans, J. D., Heaton, R. K., Paulsen, J. S., McAdams, L. A., Heaton, S. C., & Jeste, D. V. (1999). Schizoaffective Disorder: A form of schizophrenia or affective disorder? Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 60(12), 874-882.

Palmer, B. W., Heaton, S. C., & Jeste, D. V. (1999). Older patients with schizophrenia: Facing the challenges in coming decades. Psychiatric Services, 50(9), 1178-1183.

McAdams, L. A., Harris, M. J., Heaton, S. C., Bailey, A., Fell, R., & Jeste, D.V. (1997). Validity of specific subscales of the positive and negative symptom scales in older schizophrenia outpatients. Schizophrenia Research, 27, 219-226.

Jeste, D. V., Heaton, S. C., Paulsen, J. S., Ercoli, L., Harris, M. J., & Heaton, R. K. (1996). Clinical and neuropsychological comparison of psychotic depression with nonpsychotic depression and schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 153(4), 490-496.

Jeste, D. V., Jeste, S. D., Harris, M. J., Rockwell, E., Heaton, S. C., & Paulsen, J. S. (1995). Late-life psychosis and its treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry India 1 (1), 2-3.

Harris, M. J., McAdams, L. A., & Heaton, S. C. (1994). Negative symptoms in late-life schizophrenia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2(1), 9-20.

Jeste, D. V. & Heaton, S. C. (1994). How does late-onset compare with early-onset schizophrenia? Harvard Mental Health Letter, 10(8), 8.

Jeste, D. V., Harris, M. J., & Heaton, S. C. (1993). Psychotic Disorders: The DSM-IV draft criteria for psychosis. American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Newsletter, 13(4), 4-5. 


Contact Information:

University of Florida, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
1600 SW Archer Rd., PO Box 100165
Gainesville, FL 32610
Phone: (352) 265-0680 x. 4686
Fax: (352) 265-0468
E-mail:
sheaton@phhp.ufl.edu

 

 

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