Robert Althoff

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Psychiatry
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Psychology
Neuroscience graduate program
 

BIO

  • Identification of phenotypes and endophenotypes for psychiatric genetic studies of childhood psychiatric disorders – specifically as related to disorders of self-regulation
  • Analytic methods of large datasets of twin and family studies using structural equation modeling, latent class modeling, and multivariate techniques
  • Cognitive neuroscientific studies of childhood psychiatric disorders using behavioral measures, eye movement monitoring, and magnetic resonance imaging

Publications

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Awards and Achievements

  • 1987-1991 Edmund J. James Scholar
  • 1991 Phi Beta Kappa 
  • 1991 Outstanding Teaching Assistant
  • 1992 Arnold Beckman Research Assistantship (competitive award for graduate student engaged in interdisciplinary research)
  • 1998 Daniel K. Bloomfield Fellowship (for outstanding Medical Scholar)
  • 1999 Granville A. Bennett Award (for contributions to medical education)
  • 1999 Rute Medenis Award (for outstanding student in pediatrics)
  • 1999 David Olkon Scholarship (for outstanding student in psychiatry/neurology)
  • 2000 James P. Keating Outstanding Resident Award
  • 2003 General Psychiatry Resident Travel Award, AACAP, Lilly
  • 2003 Emory University Psychiatry Resident’s Symposium
  • 2003 NIMH Outstanding Resident in Psychiatry Award
  • 2007 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2008 Future Leaders in Psychiatry Awardee
  • 2008 “Excellence in Academic Teaching” Award by Psychiatry Residents
  • 2009 Richard Todd Memorial Award Lecture in Child Psychiatry, World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics
  • 2010 Nominee, Golden Stethoscope Teaching Award, UVM College of Medicine
  • 2011 Nominee, Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Vermont Center for Teaching and Learning
  • 2011 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2011 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide.
  • 2011 University of Vermont Medical Group Junior Researcher of the Year
  • 2013 "Excellence in Academic Teaching" Award by Psychiatry Residents
  • 2017 "Fellows Appreciation Award", University of Vermont (awarded by Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows to one faculty member annually)

Bio

  • Identification of phenotypes and endophenotypes for psychiatric genetic studies of childhood psychiatric disorders – specifically as related to disorders of self-regulation
  • Analytic methods of large datasets of twin and family studies using structural equation modeling, latent class modeling, and multivariate techniques
  • Cognitive neuroscientific studies of childhood psychiatric disorders using behavioral measures, eye movement monitoring, and magnetic resonance imaging

Awards and Achievements

  • 1987-1991 Edmund J. James Scholar
  • 1991 Phi Beta Kappa 
  • 1991 Outstanding Teaching Assistant
  • 1992 Arnold Beckman Research Assistantship (competitive award for graduate student engaged in interdisciplinary research)
  • 1998 Daniel K. Bloomfield Fellowship (for outstanding Medical Scholar)
  • 1999 Granville A. Bennett Award (for contributions to medical education)
  • 1999 Rute Medenis Award (for outstanding student in pediatrics)
  • 1999 David Olkon Scholarship (for outstanding student in psychiatry/neurology)
  • 2000 James P. Keating Outstanding Resident Award
  • 2003 General Psychiatry Resident Travel Award, AACAP, Lilly
  • 2003 Emory University Psychiatry Resident’s Symposium
  • 2003 NIMH Outstanding Resident in Psychiatry Award
  • 2007 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2008 Future Leaders in Psychiatry Awardee
  • 2008 “Excellence in Academic Teaching” Award by Psychiatry Residents
  • 2009 Richard Todd Memorial Award Lecture in Child Psychiatry, World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics
  • 2010 Nominee, Golden Stethoscope Teaching Award, UVM College of Medicine
  • 2011 Nominee, Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Vermont Center for Teaching and Learning
  • 2011 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2011 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide.
  • 2011 University of Vermont Medical Group Junior Researcher of the Year
  • 2013 "Excellence in Academic Teaching" Award by Psychiatry Residents
  • 2017 "Fellows Appreciation Award", University of Vermont (awarded by Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows to one faculty member annually)