PABI Plan - The Sarah Jane Brain Project

Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle):
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
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Gerard A. Gioia, Ph.D. Chief, Division of Pediatric Neuropsychology
Director, Safe Concussion Outcome, Recovery & Education
eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login)
GeGioia
(SCORE) Program
Director, GCRC Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Eval. Core
Laboratory, IDDRC Neurobehavioral Eval. Core Lab
Associate Professor, Depts of Pediatrics and Psychiatry,
George Washington University School of Medicine
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
Franklin & Marshall College B.A. 1978 Psychology
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Ph.D. 1984
Children’s Hospital – Boston/ Harvard Medical School Postdoctoral
Fellowship
School Psychology
1987 Pediatric Neuropsychology
A. Positions and Honors. List in chronological order previous positions, concluding with your present position. List any
honors. Including present membership on any Federal Government public advisory committee.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:
1984-1986 School Psychologist, Howard County Public Schools, Ellicott City, Maryland
1987-1989 Staff Neuropsychologist, Neuropsychology Program, The Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
1989-2002 Director, Division of Pediatric Psychology/ Neuropsychology, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
2001- Member, Special Education subcommittee, State of Maryland Advisory Council on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
1997- Member, Professional Advisory Board, Epilepsy Association of Chesapeake Region
1996-2000 Member, Board of Directors, Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning.
1995-1999 Member, Advisory Board of the Graduate Education Program, Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Maryland
School of Medicine.
JOURNAL/GRANT REVIEW:
1996- Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Pediatric Psychology
1997-1999 Reviewer, NIMH Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program
2000- Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
2001- Ad hoc reviewer, Child Neuropsychology
2001- Reviewer, NICHD Special Grants Program
2006- Consulting Editor, Assessment
B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
Cohen JS, Gioia G, Atabaki S, Teach SJ. (2009) Sports-related concussions in pediatrics. Current Opinions in Pediatrics. 21(3):288-
93.
Gioia, GA, Schneider, JC, Vaughan, CG, & Isquith, PK (2009) Which symptom assessments and approaches are uniquely appropriate
for paediatric concussion? British Journal of Sports Medicine. 43(Suppl I):i13–i22.
Gioia, GA, Collins, MW & Isquith, PK (2008) Improving identification and diagnosis of mild TBI with evidence: Psychometric
support for the Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE). Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 23, 230–42.
Gioia, GA (2008) Ten steps and commitments for an effective youth sports concussion program. Brain Injury Professional. 4(4), 14-
15.
Krull, KR, Gioia, GA, Ness, KK, Ellenberg, L et al. (2008) Reliability and validity of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
Neurocognitive Questionnaire. Cancer, 113, 2188-2197.
Reddy, CC, Collins, MW, & Gioia, GA (2008) Adolescent sports concussion. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North
America. 19, 247-269.
Gioia, G.A. Isquith. PK & Kenealy, L (2008) Assessment of behavioral aspects of executive function. In Anderson, V., Jacobs, R., &
Anderson P. (Eds.), Executive functions and the frontal lobes: A life span approach. Sussex, England: Psychology Press.
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