Biography
- Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- Margaret C. Osterman Board Designated Professor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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John Walkup, MD, is an international authority on Tourette syndrome and has extensive experience as a principal investigator in NIH-funded treatment trials in child and adolescent psychopathology, including anxiety and mania. Dr. Walkup has three main academic areas of interest. His work with Tourette syndrome, uniquely spans psychiatry, child psychiatry and neurology; his expertise in interventions research focuses on the development and evaluation of psychopharmacological and psychosocial treatments for the major psychiatric disorders of childhood including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, Tourette syndrome and suicidal behavior; and lastly, he has been involved in developing and evaluating interventions to reduce the large mental health disparities facing Native American youth, specifically drug use and suicide prevention.
Education and Background
- Fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital 1985-1988
- Residency in child and adolescent psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital 1985-1988
- Residency in psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital 1983-1985
- MD, University of Minnesota Medical School 1982
