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Jennifer Niskala Apps, PhD

Jennifer Niskala Apps, PhDTitles
Pediatric neuropsychologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; associate professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Research interests
Behavioral health, Bioethics, Clinical effectiveness and outcomes, Community health and prevention, neuropsychiatric diseases, Trauma, injury and violence.

Study interests
Concussions, sports injury, pediatric neuropsychology.

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

Certifications
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.

Honors
Clinical Research Scholars Program (National Institutes of Health) 2007; Faculty Leadership Development program at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Medical College, 2008.

Representative publications

  • Scheffer RE, App JAN. Differentiating Pediatric Bipolar Disorder from ADHD. Current Psychiatry. 2005 May; 4(5).
  • Apps J, Winkler J, Jandrisevits MD. Bipolar Disorders: Symptoms and Treatment in Children and Adolescents. Pediatric Nursing. 2008 Jan./Feb.; 84-88.
  • Apps JN. Making Strangers Familiar. Ethics & Behavior. 2010; 20(1):80-81.
  • Apps JN, Newby RF, Roberts LS (eds.). Pediatric Neuropsychology Case Studies: From the Exceptional to the Common Place. Springer Publishers. 2008.
  • Apps JAN, Kanz JE, Newby RF. Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing. In: Roberts LW, Hoop GJ, Heinrich TW (eds.). Clinical Psychiatry Essentials. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Williams. 2010.

Grants

  • Effect of Early Rest on Recovery from Concussion, the Medical College Injury Research Center, co-investigator.
  • Pediatric Post-concussion Clinic Feasibility, Seaman Family Grant, principal investigator.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
9000 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Ste B510
Phone: (414) 266-6918
Fax: (414) 266-4960
E-mail: Japps@chw.org

 

 

 

 

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