Assistant Professor
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Coordinator, MHS Program, Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Main Office Address
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
CMSC 346
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-502-0629
Fax: 410-955-8691
Email: hwilcox1@jhmi.edu
Education
1997 | M.A. | New York University |
2003 | Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University |
Professional Interests
My research interests are in four broad domains: 1) the intergenerational transmission of psychiatric disorder and the high-risk offspring paradigm, 2) the etiology of psychiatric disorders among children and adolescents, 3) developmental psychopathology and 4) community-based interventions to prevent or ameliorate psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. More specifically, I am interested in the continuity and discontinuity of symptoms and disorders over childhood and adolescence and into adulthood, developmental periods of vulnerability or invulnerability, resilience despite disruptive family environments and the effect of interventions on developmental trajectories. Adolescent suicidal behaviors have been a major research focus and interest in my career to date.
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Honors and Awards
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award, 2005-2007
The Harold and Sylvia Halpert Endowment Award, 2003, Johns Hopkins University
Individual National Research Service Award, 2001-2003, fellowship to support predoctoral research at Johns Hopkins University, sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Research Service Award, 1998-2001, fellowship to support predoctoral research at Johns Hopkins University, sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (PI: James C. Anthony, Ph.D.)
Selected Publications
Wilcox HC, Anthony JC. Child & Adolescent Clinical Features as Forerunners of Adult Onset Major Depressive Disorder: Retrospective evidence from an Epidemiological Sample. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2004; 82(1): 9-20.
Wilcox HC, Conner K, Caine E. Risk for suicide associated with drug use disorders: An empirical review. Drug & Alcohol Dependence. 2004; 76S: S11-S19.
Wilcox HC, Anthony JC. The Development of Suicide Ideation & Attempts: An Epidemiologic Study of First Graders Followed Into Young Adulthood. Drug & Alcohol Dependence. 2004; 76S: S53-S67.
Wilcox, HC, Kellam, SG, Brown, CH, Poduska, J, Ialongo, NS & Anthony, JC. The Estimated Impact of a Randomized Early Classroom-Based Intervention on Youthful Suicide-Related Behaviors. In Press, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2008.
Wilcox, H.C., Kuramoto, S.J., Tunkle, J. The Impact of Suicide on the Family. In: Amresh Shrivastava (Ed.): In Press Handbook of Suicide Behavior. Royal College of Psychiatrists. London, UK. 2008
