Jennifer Niskala Apps, PhD

Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent

Title(s): Assistant professor, Pediatric Neuropsychologist; assistant director, Research, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 1998; post-doctoral internship, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, 1998-2000.

Certification(s): Licensed Clinical Psychologist, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.

Honors: Psi Chi National Honors Society; Departmental Scholar in Psychology.

Research interests: Pediatric bipolar disorder and pediatric neuropsychology.

Representative publications:

• Scheffer RE, Apps, J. (October, 2004). The Diagnosis of Preschool Bipolar Disorder Presenting with Mania: Open Pharmacological Treatment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 82(1001) S25-S34.
• Scheffer RE, Apps J. (May, 2005). Differentiating Pediatric Bipolar Disorder from ADHD. Current Psychiatry, 4(5).

Current grants:

• Neuropsychological Functioning of Treated Pediatric Bipolar Disorder, Children's Research Institute, principal investigator.

Contact information: 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226. Phone: (414) 266-2932. Fax: (414) 266-3735. E-mail: Japps@chw.org.