Core Group Member

Ronald E. Dahl, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
3811 O'Hara Street, Room E-733
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-624-7740
Fax: 412-624-0223
Email:  dahlre@msx.upmc.edu

Ronald E. Dahl, M.D. is the Staunton Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.  He is a pediatrician with research interests in sleep/arousal and affect regulation and their relevance to the development of behavioral and emotional disorders in youth. His work focuses on early adolescence and pubertal development as a neurodevelopmental period with unique opportunities for early intervention.  He co-directs a large program project of research on child/adolescent anxiety and depression with more than fifteen years of continuous funding from the NIMH, and he has received grants from NIAAA, NIDA, and NICHD focusing on questions of neurobehavioral development and adolescent health outcomes.  His research is interdisciplinary and bridges from basic work in affective neuroscience and development and extends to clinical work focusing on early intervention for behavioral and emotional health problems.  Dr. Dahl has participated in several interdisciplinary research groups, including The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Psychopathology and Development, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research Network on Tobacco Dependence.  He has published extensively on adolescent development, sleep disorders, and behavioral/emotional health in children and adolescents.