Dr. Heather R. Adams PhD completed her internship in Clinical Child Psychology (1998-1999) and a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology (1999-2003) at the University of Rochester Medical Center and joined the URMC faculty in 2003. She is currently a Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics. Her res...
Dr. Heather R. Adams PhD completed her internship in Clinical Child Psychology (1998-1999) and a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology (1999-2003) at the University of Rochester Medical Center and joined the URMC faculty in 2003. She is currently a Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics. Her research interests include: neurobehavioral phenotyping and natural history studies of children with inherited neurodegenerative diseases such as Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease), improving screening and diagnosis for Tourette Syndrome/tic disorders, and characterizing the cognitive features of pediatric hypertension.
Dr. Adams' clinical practice consists of neuropsychological assessment services for children who are experiencing cognitive and/or behavioral challenges in the setting of a neurologic condition. She is also available for consultation to families, providers, and schools related to neurobehavioral symptoms (mood, behavior, cognition/learning) of Batten disease.
Faculty Appointments
Professor (Part-Time)
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Department of Neurology, Child Neurology (SMD)
Professor (Part-Time)
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Department of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Post-doctoral Training & Residency
Postdoctoral Fellow in Child Neuropsychology URMC Dept of Neurology, Rochester, NY Supervisor: Donna Palumbo, Ph.D. 2001 - 2003
Predoctoral Fellow in Child Neuropsychology URMC Dept of Neurology, Rochester, NY Supervisor: Donna Palumbo, Ph.D. 1999 - 2001
Predoctoral Intern in Clinical Child Psychology URMC Dept of Psychiatry, Rochester, NY Training Director: Linda Alpert-Gillis, Ph.D. 1998 - 1999
Vandewouw MM, Norris-Brilliant A, Rahman A, Assimopoulos S, Morton SU, Kushki A, Cunningham S, King E, Goldmuntz E, Miller TA, Thomas NH, Adams HR, Cleveland J, Cnota JF, Ellen Grant P, Goldberg CS, Huang H, Li JS, McQuillen P, Porter GA, Roberts AE, Russell MW, Seidman CE, Tivarus ME, Chung WK, Hagler DJ, Newburger JW, Panigrahy A, Lerch JP, Gelb BD, Anagnostou E
NeuroImage.. 2024 August 15297 :120721. Epub 07/04/2024.
Morton SU, Norris-Brilliant A, Cunningham S, King E, Goldmuntz E, Brueckner M, Miller TA, Thomas NH, Liu C, Adams HR, Bellinger DC, Cleveland J, Cnota JF, Dale AM, Frommelt M, Gelb BD, Grant PE, Goldberg CS, Huang H, Kuperman JM, Li JS, McQuillen PS, Panigrahy A, Porter GA, Roberts AE, Russell MW, Seidman CE, Tivarus ME, Anagnoustou E, Hagler DJ, Chung WK, Newburger JW
JAMA network open.. 2023 January 36 (1):e2253191. Epub 01/03/2023.
Mbewe EG, Kabundula PP, Mwanza-Kabaghe S, Buda A, Adams HR, Schneider C, Potchen MJ, Mweemba M, Mathews M, Menon JA, Wang B, Baseler T, Paciorkowski A, Birbeck GL, Bearden DR
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes : JAIDS.. 2022 January 189 (1):56-63. Epub 1900 01 01.
Buda A, Dean O, Adams HR, Mwanza-Kabaghe S, Potchen MJ, Mbewe EG, Kabundula PP, Mweemba M, Matoka B, Mathews M, Menon JA, Wang B, Birbeck GL, Bearden DR
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.. 2021 December 3110 (12):1071-1079. Epub 1900 01 01.
Augustine EF, Adams HR, de Los Reyes E, Drago K, Frazier M, Guelbert N, Laine M, Levin T, Mink JW, Nickel M, Peifer D, Schulz A, Simonati A, Topcu M, Turunen JA, Williams R, Wirrell EC, King S
Pediatric neurology.. 2021 July 120 :38-51. Epub 04/09/2021.
van der Lee JH, Morton J, Adams HR, Clarke L, Eisengart JB, Escolar ML, Giugliani R, Harmatz P, Hogan M, Kearney S, Muenzer J, Muschol N, Rust S, Saville BR, Semrud-Clikeman M, Wang R, Shapiro E
Molecular genetics and metabolism.. 2020 131 (1-2):181-196. Epub 08/31/2020.
Vierhile A, Tuttle J, Adams H, tenHoopen C, Baylor E
Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners.. 2018 32 (5):500-506. Epub 04/13/2018.
Williams RE, Adams HR, Blohm M, Cohen-Pfeffer JL, de Los Reyes E, Denecke J, Drago K, Fairhurst C, Frazier M, Guelbert N, Kiss S, Kofler A, Lawson JA, Lehwald L, Leung MA, Mikhaylova S, Mink JW, Nickel M, Shediac R, Sims K, Specchio N, Topcu M, von Löbbecke I, West A, Zernikow B, Schulz A
Pediatric neurology.. 2017 April 69 :102-112. Epub 02/04/2017.
Cismondi IA, Kohan R, Adams H, Bond M, Brown R, Cooper JD, de Hidalgo PK, Holthaus SM, Mole SE, Mugnaini J, de Ramirez AM, Pesaola F, Rautenberg G, Platt FM, Noher de Halac I
Biochimica et biophysica acta.. 2015 October 1852 (10 Pt B):2316-23. Epub 06/24/2015.
Marshall FJ, de Blieck EA, Mink JW, Dure L, Adams H, Messing S, Rothberg PG, Levy E, McDonough T, DeYoung J, Wang M, Ramirez-Montealegre D, Kwon JM, Pearce DA
Neurology.. 2005 July 2665 (2):275-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Waber DP, Silverman LB, Catania L, Mautz W, Rue M, Gelber RD, Levy DE, Goldwasser MA, Adams H, Dufresne A, Metzger V, Romero I, Tarbell NJ, Dalton VK, Sallan SE
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2004 July 122 (13):2701-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
