Sharon M. Milberger, Sc.D.

Biography

• BS, Nursing, University of Michigan 1987
• MS, Physiology, Harvard School of Public Health 1991
• ScD, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 1994
• Fellow, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 1994

Awards, Honors and Publications

• 1989- Member, American Public Health Association
• 1990- Member, Society for Epidemiologic Research
• 2000- Member, American Association on Health and Disability
• 2001- Trustee, Michigan Alliance for Gifted Education (Past President)
• 2004- Member, Michigan Action for Healthy Kids
• 2005- Member, America’s Health Insurance Plans, Obesity Initiative Advisory Board
• 2006- Member, HMO Research Network, Obesity Working Group
• 2007- Member, Exercise is Medicine™ Task Force
• 2007- Board Member, Michigan Darfur Coalition
• 2008- Co-Chair, Health Promotion for People with Disabilities Advisory Council
• 2008- Board Member, Jewish Community Relations Council
• 2008- Chairperson, 2008 JCC Maccabi Darfur Rally
• 2008- Columnist, Detroit Jewish News (Health Section)

• Biederman J, Faraone SV, Milberger S, Doyle A. Diagnoses of ADHD from Parent Reports Predict Diagnoses Based on Teacher Reports. Journal of the American Academy on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1993 March 32(2):315-317.
• Biederman J, Milberger S, Faraone SV, Guite J, Warburton R. Associations Between Childhood Asthma and ADHD: Issues of Psychiatric Comorbidity and Familiality. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1994 July/Aug 33(6): 842-848.
• Faraone SV, Biederman J, Milberger S. An Exploratory Study of ADHD Among Second Degree Relatives of ADHD Children. Biological Psychiatry 1994 35:398-402.
• Biederman J, Milberger S, Faraone SV, Kiely K, Guite J, Mick E, Ablon S, Warburton R, Reed E, Davis, SG. Impact of Exposure to Parental Psychopathology and Conflict on Adaptive Functioning and Comorbidity in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1995 Nov 34(11):1495-1503.
• Milberger S, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Murphy J, Tsuang MT: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and comorbid disorders: Issues of overlapping symptoms. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1995; 152(12): 1793-1800.
• Biederman J, Milberger S, Faraone SV, Kiely K, Guite J, Mick E, Ablon S, Warburton R, Reed E: Family-environmental risk factors for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A test of Rutter’s indicators of adversity. Archives of General Psychiatry. 1995; 52: 464-470.
• Faraone SV, Biederman J, Milberger S: How reliable are maternal reports of their children's psychopathology? One year recall of psychiatric diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children. Journal of the American Academy on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 1995; 34: 1001-1008.
• Biederman J, Milberger S, Faraone SV, Lapey KA, Reed E, Seidman LJ. No Relation Between Geschwind’s Hypothesis of Associations Between Reading Disability, Immune Disorders and Motor Preference in ADHD. The Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 1995 23(5):545-552.
• Milberger S, Biederman J, Faraone, SV, Jones J: Further evidence of an association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and ADHD: Findings from a high risk sample of siblings. The Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry 1998 Oct;27(3);352-358.
• Milberger S, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Chen L, Jones J: Is maternal smoking is a risk factor for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1996; 153(9): 1138-1142.
• Milberger S, Faraone SV, Biederman J, Testa M, Tsuang MT: A new phenotype definition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in relatives for genetic analyses. Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 1996; 67: 369-377.
• Biederman J, Faraone S, Milberger S, Curtis S, Chen L, Marrs A, Ouellette C, Moore P, Spencer T: Predictors of persistence and remission of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Results from a three year prospective follow-up study of ADHD children. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1996; 35(3): 343-351.
• Biederman J, Faraone SV, Milberger S, Guite J, Mick E, Chen L, Mennin D, Marrs A, Ouellette C, Moore P, Spencer T, Norman D, Wilens T, Kraus I, Perrin J: A prospective three year follow up study of attention deficit hyperactivity and related disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry. 1996; 53: 437-446.
• Biederman J, Faraone SV, Milberger S, Garcia Jetton J, Chen L, Mick E, Greene RW, Russell RL: Is childhood oppositional defiant disorder a precursor to adolescent conduct disorder? Findings from a four-year follow-up study of children with ADHD. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 1996; 35(9): 1193-1204.
• Milberger S, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Chen L, Jones J: ADHD is associated with early initiation of cigarette smoking in children and adolescents. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 1997; 36(1): 37-44.
• Milberger S, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Guite J, Tsuang MT: Pregnancy, delivery and infancy complications and ADHD: Issues of gene-environment interaction. Biological Psychiatry. 1997; 41: 65-75.
• Milberger S, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Chen L, Jones J: Further evidence of an association between ADHD and cigarette smoking: Findings from a high risk sample of siblings. American Journal on Addictions. 1997;6:205-217.
• Milberger S, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Wilens T, Chu, MP: Associations between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and psychoactive substance use disorders: Findings from a longitudinal study of high-risk siblings of ADHD children. The American Journal on Addictions. 1997; 6(4): 318-329.
• Milberger S, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Chu MP, Wilens T: Evidence of familial association between ADHD and psychoactive substance use disorders. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 1998 Oct;152(10):945-951.
• O'Donnell D, Biederman J, Jones J, Wilens TE, Milberger S, Mick E, Faraone SV. Informativeness of child and parent reports on substance use disorders in a sample of ADHD probands, control probands, and their siblings. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1998 Jul;37(7):752-8.
• Milberger S, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Chu MP, Feighner, J. Substance Use Disorders in High-Risk Adolescent Offspring. The American Journal on Addictions. 1999 8:211-219.
• Wilens TE, Biederman J, Milberger S, Hahesy. AL, Goldman S, Wozniak J, Spencer TJ. Is bipolar disorder a risk for cigarette smoking in ADHD youth? The American Journal on Addictions. 2000; Summer;9(3):187-195.
• Schubiner H, Tzelepis A, Milberger S, Lockhart N, Kruger M, Kelly B, Schoener E. Prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder among Substance Abusers. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2000;61:244-251.
• Milberger, S, LeRoy, B, Lachance, L, and Edelson, G. Osteoporosis and Women with Down Syndrome. The Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability. 2002;27(4):273-280.
• Milberger S, Israel N, Potter L, Schuster P & Martin A. Violence Against Women with Physical Disabilities. Violence and Victims. 2003;18(5), 581-591.
• Ahn RR, Miller LJ, Milberger S, & McIntosh DN. Prevalence of Sensory Processing Impairments among Kindergarten Children. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2004;58(3), 287-302.
• Milberger, S, Davis RM, Douglas CE, Beasley JK, Burns D, Houston T & Shopland D. Tobacco Manufacturers’ Defense Against Plaintiffs’ Claims of Cancer Causation: Throwing Mud at the Wall and Hoping Some of It Will Stick. Tobacco Control. 2006;15(Suppl IV): iv17-iv26.
• Milberger, S, Davis RM, Holm AL. Pet owners’ attitudes and behaviours related to smoking and second-hand smoke: a pilot study. Tobacco Control (in press).