Stephen V. Faraone, Ph.D

Professor. Faraone is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He is also Senior Scientific Advisor to the Research Program Pediatric Psychopharmacology at the Massachusetts General Hospital.  He studies the nature and causes of ADHD across the lifespan. An author on over 1000 journal articles, editorials, chapters and books, in 2005, ISI determined him to be the second highest cited author for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.  From 2014 to 2023 he has been listed as a highly cited researcher by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics.  From 2019 to 2022, his citation metrics placed him in the top 0.01% of scientists across all fields.   In 2021, expertscape indicated he was the top-rated expert in ADHD, worldwide.  In 2024, he was their top-rated expert for neurodevelopmental disorders. As of March 2025, his publications have been cited 154,519 times leading to a lifetime H-Index of 193 (scholargps.com).   Prof. Faraone also has a strong social media prominence with 26,500 followers on Twitter and 17,113 on LinkedIn.

Prof. Faraone is Editor Emeritus for the journal Neuropsychiatric Genetics.  He heads www.adhdinadults.com and www.ADHDevidence.org. He is President of the World Federation for ADHD and was a Founding Board member for the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders. In 2002, he was inducted into the CHADD Hall of Fame in recognition of outstanding achievement in medicine and education research on attention disorders.  In 2010 he received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities from the State University of New York.  In 2018 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics and in 2019 he received the Paul Hoch Award from the American Psychopathological Association.