Title(s):
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Appointment Phone:
410-955-7674
Primary Location:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Expertise:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Development and Behavioral Health, Lesch-Nyhan Disease, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychiatry
Education and Experience
Training
- George Washington University School of Medicine (Washington DC)/ (1966)
Certifications
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (1981)
- Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (1980)
- Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1974)
Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Hospital Main Entrance - Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-955-6181
Appointment Phone: 410-955-7674
Fax: 410-955-8691
Location Map
Department / Division
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Developmental Neuropsychiatry
Centers/Institutes
Centers / Institutes
- Children's Mental Health Center
Bio
Biography
1976 Director of Developmental Neuropsychiatry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1976-1992 Director of Developmental Neuropsychiatry Kennedy Krieger Institute
1978 1982 Interim Director, Division of Child Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1978 1982 Director Consultation/ Liaison, Division of Child Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1978 1984 Adjunct Scientist, Laboratory of Brain Evolution and Behavior, Poolesville, MD (Paul MacLean, M. D., Chief)
1982 1989 Director of Education, Division of Child Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University
1983 Co-Founder Autism Clinic, Kennedy Krieger Institute
1984 1992 Adjunct Scientist Laboratory of Comparative Ethology (Steven Suomi, Ph.D., Chief)
1986 1988 President of the Medical Staff (First Elected President), Kennedy Krieger Institute
1992 U. S. Representative, Society for the Study of Behavioral Phenotype
1998 2000 President, Society for Professors of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
1998 Visiting Professor, Guys and St. Thomas Hospitals, London
2001 2002 Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago (Dept. of Psychiatry: Institute of Mind and Biology)
1976-1992 Director of Developmental Neuropsychiatry Kennedy Krieger Institute
1978 1982 Interim Director, Division of Child Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1978 1982 Director Consultation/ Liaison, Division of Child Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1978 1984 Adjunct Scientist, Laboratory of Brain Evolution and Behavior, Poolesville, MD (Paul MacLean, M. D., Chief)
1982 1989 Director of Education, Division of Child Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University
1983 Co-Founder Autism Clinic, Kennedy Krieger Institute
1984 1992 Adjunct Scientist Laboratory of Comparative Ethology (Steven Suomi, Ph.D., Chief)
1986 1988 President of the Medical Staff (First Elected President), Kennedy Krieger Institute
1992 U. S. Representative, Society for the Study of Behavioral Phenotype
1998 2000 President, Society for Professors of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
1998 Visiting Professor, Guys and St. Thomas Hospitals, London
2001 2002 Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago (Dept. of Psychiatry: Institute of Mind and Biology)
Awards and Honors
Honors
Outstanding Teacher Award (1989, 1996, 1998, 1999); Sabbatical Year (Full-Time) (1992-93)
Whos Who in America 2002-,. Whos Who in the World, 2002-, Medical Book of the Year (1995): Developmental Neuropsychiatry (2 vols. Single Author), Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2002-). 2003-American College of Psychiatrists.2007 APA Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Outstanding Teacher Award (1989, 1996, 1998, 1999); Sabbatical Year (Full-Time) (1992-93)
Whos Who in America 2002-,. Whos Who in the World, 2002-, Medical Book of the Year (1995): Developmental Neuropsychiatry (2 vols. Single Author), Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2002-). 2003-American College of Psychiatrists.2007 APA Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Expertise
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Child Development and Behavioral Health
- Lesch-Nyhan Disease
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Psychiatry
Professional Highlights
Honors
Outstanding Teacher Award (1989, 1996, 1998, 1999); Sabbatical Year (Full-Time) (1992-93)
Whos Who in America 2002-,. Whos Who in the World, 2002-, Medical Book of the Year (1995): Developmental Neuropsychiatry (2 vols. Single Author), Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2002-). 2003-American College of Psychiatrists.2007 APA Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (1974); American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry, 1980);
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child Psychiatry, 1981)
Editorial Boards
Archives of General Psychiatry (Art and Images editor-2002-present), Journal of Child Neurology (2001-2007)
Outstanding Teacher Award (1989, 1996, 1998, 1999); Sabbatical Year (Full-Time) (1992-93)
Whos Who in America 2002-,. Whos Who in the World, 2002-, Medical Book of the Year (1995): Developmental Neuropsychiatry (2 vols. Single Author), Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2002-). 2003-American College of Psychiatrists.2007 APA Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (1974); American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Psychiatry, 1980);
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child Psychiatry, 1981)
Editorial Boards
Archives of General Psychiatry (Art and Images editor-2002-present), Journal of Child Neurology (2001-2007)
Research
Research and Publications
Harris JC Behavioral phenotypes of neurodevelomental disorders: portals into the developing brain. In Davis,KL Coyle,JT, Charney,D and Nemeroff C. (eds.), Psychopharmacology: the Fifth Generation of Progress, American College of Psychopharmacology, Nashville, TN, 2001.
Horska, A., Kaufmann, W. E., Brant, L. J., Naidu, S., Harris, J. C., and Barker, P. B. 2002. In vivo quantitative proton MRSI study of brain development from childhood to adolescence. J Magn Reson Imaging, 15(2):137-143.
Harris, J.C. Social Neuroscience, integrated brain function, empathy and neurodevelopmental disorders. Physiology and Behavior. 79(3):525-31, 2003.
Fairbanks LD, Harris JC, Duley JA, Simmonds HA. Nucleotide degradation products in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in inherited and acquired pathologies. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 23:1185-1187, 2004.
De Gregorio L, Jinnah HA, Harris JC, Nyhan WL, Schretlen DJ, Trombley LM,O''Neill JP. Lesch-Nyhan disease in a female with a clinically normal monozygotic twin.Mol Genet Metab. 85:70-7, 2005
B. Selected Publications
Schretlen DJ, Ward J, Meyer SM, Yun J, Puig JG, Nyhan WL, Jinnah HA, Harris JC. Behavioral aspects of Lesch-Nyhan disease and its variants. Dev Med Child Neurol. 47:673-677, 2005
Jinnah HA, Visser JE, Harris JC, Verdu A, Larovere L, Ceballos-Picot I et al Delineation of the motor disorder of Lesch-Nyhan disease. Brain. 129(Pt 5):1201-1217, 2006
Harris, JC. (2007)The evolutionary biology, emergence, and facilitation of empathy. In Farrow, M. (ed) Empathy and Mental Illness. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, England.
Harris, JC. . (2007) Psychiatric Disorders in Persons with Intellectual Disability. In Gabbard, G. (ed) Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders,American Psychiatric Association Press, Washington, D. C Harris, JC., 2007
Harris, JC. Disorders of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism In Kliegman, R.M., Behrman, R.E, . Jenson, H.B. and Stanton, B. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics,18th Edition. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2007.
Harris, J.C. Developmental Neuropsychiatric Disorders. In New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Gelder, M. , Lopez-Ibor, JJ, Andreasen, N. (eds) Oxford University Press. Oxford, U.K. 2009
Harris, JC. Brain Disorders and their effect on psychopathology. In Rutter, M. (ed). Rutters Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Blackwell, London. 2008
Hong CC, Harris JC, Pearlson GD, Kim JS, Calhoun VD, Fallon JH, Golay X, Gillen JS, Simmonds DJ, van
Zijl PC, Zee DS, Pekar JJ. fMRI evidence for multisensory recruitment associated with rapid eye movements during sleep.Hum Brain Mapp. 2009 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Books, Series Editorships, and Monthly Commentaries
Harris J. (1998). Developmental neuropsychiatry. Volume 1: Fundamentals of developmental neuropsychiatry. Volume 2: Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the developmental disorders. Oxford University Press, New York. (Medical Book of the Year, 1995)
Harris, J. (2006). Intellectual Disability: Understanding Its Development, Causes, Classification, Evaluation, and Treatment. Oxford University Press, New York.
Harris, J. Book Series Editor, Developmental Perspectives in Psychiatry. Oxford University Press.
Harris, J. Art and Images Editor. Archives of General Psychiatry. Monthly Commentaries on Art and Science.. (75 commentaries published 2002-January 2009 in 10 topic areas)
C. RESEARCH SUPPORT
Recently Completed Research Support
R01 HD33095 (Harris, PI) 4/8/973/31/01
NIH/NICHD
Behavior and Neurobiological Correlates of HPRT Deficiency
This study aimed to quantify behavioral, cognitive, and neuroanatomic aspects of HPRT deficiency
(Harris, PI) 11/6/972/1/06
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome Childrens Research
MRI and PET studies of Lesch-Nyhan disease
Current Research Support.
Lesch-Nyhan Disease: Neuroanatomical and Biochemical
Bases of the Phenotype 1 R01 HD053312-01A2 2008-2012
Schrelen (PI.) Harris (co-investigator)
Horska, A., Kaufmann, W. E., Brant, L. J., Naidu, S., Harris, J. C., and Barker, P. B. 2002. In vivo quantitative proton MRSI study of brain development from childhood to adolescence. J Magn Reson Imaging, 15(2):137-143.
Harris, J.C. Social Neuroscience, integrated brain function, empathy and neurodevelopmental disorders. Physiology and Behavior. 79(3):525-31, 2003.
Fairbanks LD, Harris JC, Duley JA, Simmonds HA. Nucleotide degradation products in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in inherited and acquired pathologies. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 23:1185-1187, 2004.
De Gregorio L, Jinnah HA, Harris JC, Nyhan WL, Schretlen DJ, Trombley LM,O''Neill JP. Lesch-Nyhan disease in a female with a clinically normal monozygotic twin.Mol Genet Metab. 85:70-7, 2005
B. Selected Publications
Schretlen DJ, Ward J, Meyer SM, Yun J, Puig JG, Nyhan WL, Jinnah HA, Harris JC. Behavioral aspects of Lesch-Nyhan disease and its variants. Dev Med Child Neurol. 47:673-677, 2005
Jinnah HA, Visser JE, Harris JC, Verdu A, Larovere L, Ceballos-Picot I et al Delineation of the motor disorder of Lesch-Nyhan disease. Brain. 129(Pt 5):1201-1217, 2006
Harris, JC. (2007)The evolutionary biology, emergence, and facilitation of empathy. In Farrow, M. (ed) Empathy and Mental Illness. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, England.
Harris, JC. . (2007) Psychiatric Disorders in Persons with Intellectual Disability. In Gabbard, G. (ed) Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders,American Psychiatric Association Press, Washington, D. C Harris, JC., 2007
Harris, JC. Disorders of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism In Kliegman, R.M., Behrman, R.E, . Jenson, H.B. and Stanton, B. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics,18th Edition. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2007.
Harris, J.C. Developmental Neuropsychiatric Disorders. In New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Gelder, M. , Lopez-Ibor, JJ, Andreasen, N. (eds) Oxford University Press. Oxford, U.K. 2009
Harris, JC. Brain Disorders and their effect on psychopathology. In Rutter, M. (ed). Rutters Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Blackwell, London. 2008
Hong CC, Harris JC, Pearlson GD, Kim JS, Calhoun VD, Fallon JH, Golay X, Gillen JS, Simmonds DJ, van
Zijl PC, Zee DS, Pekar JJ. fMRI evidence for multisensory recruitment associated with rapid eye movements during sleep.Hum Brain Mapp. 2009 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Books, Series Editorships, and Monthly Commentaries
Harris J. (1998). Developmental neuropsychiatry. Volume 1: Fundamentals of developmental neuropsychiatry. Volume 2: Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the developmental disorders. Oxford University Press, New York. (Medical Book of the Year, 1995)
Harris, J. (2006). Intellectual Disability: Understanding Its Development, Causes, Classification, Evaluation, and Treatment. Oxford University Press, New York.
Harris, J. Book Series Editor, Developmental Perspectives in Psychiatry. Oxford University Press.
Harris, J. Art and Images Editor. Archives of General Psychiatry. Monthly Commentaries on Art and Science.. (75 commentaries published 2002-January 2009 in 10 topic areas)
C. RESEARCH SUPPORT
Recently Completed Research Support
R01 HD33095 (Harris, PI) 4/8/973/31/01
NIH/NICHD
Behavior and Neurobiological Correlates of HPRT Deficiency
This study aimed to quantify behavioral, cognitive, and neuroanatomic aspects of HPRT deficiency
(Harris, PI) 11/6/972/1/06
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome Childrens Research
MRI and PET studies of Lesch-Nyhan disease
Current Research Support.
Lesch-Nyhan Disease: Neuroanatomical and Biochemical
Bases of the Phenotype 1 R01 HD053312-01A2 2008-2012
Schrelen (PI.) Harris (co-investigator)
Research Interests
- Neurogenetic syndromes, autism, ADHD, Sleep Disorders
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Languages
- English
- Thai
Memberships
1978- Member, American Psychiatric Association
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (1993)
Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2007)
1978- Member, Maryland Psychiatric Society
1980- Member, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
1983- Member, American Association of Directors of
Psychiatric Residency Training
1983- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1984- Member, Society for Neuroscience
1985- Fellow, American Academy of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
1984- Member, American Sleep Disorders Association/Society for Sleep Research
1986-88 President, Maryland Regional Council for Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
1987- Member, Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
1992- United States Representative, International Society for the Study
of Behavioral Phenotypes
1993- Member, New York Academy of Medicine
1995- Member, American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
1998-2000 President, Society of Professors of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (1993)
Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2007)
1978- Member, Maryland Psychiatric Society
1980- Member, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
1983- Member, American Association of Directors of
Psychiatric Residency Training
1983- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1984- Member, Society for Neuroscience
1985- Fellow, American Academy of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
1984- Member, American Sleep Disorders Association/Society for Sleep Research
1986-88 President, Maryland Regional Council for Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
1987- Member, Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
1992- United States Representative, International Society for the Study
of Behavioral Phenotypes
1993- Member, New York Academy of Medicine
1995- Member, American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
1998-2000 President, Society of Professors of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
Clinical Trials
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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