Jeffrey Wozniak
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Credentials
PhD, LP

Director for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Research, Professor
Biography

Bio

I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Kent State University in 1997, completed an internship at the University of Minnesota in 1997, and a post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology at the University of Minnesota in 1999. I am a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Director of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research.  I am also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychology.

For more than 20 years, I have run a Child and Adolescent Neuropsychology Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences where I see patients with a variety of neurodevelopmental, neurological, and psychiatric conditions. I also train graduate students and clinical psychology interns in the practice of child and adolescent neuropsychology. My clinical interests include neuropsychological evaluation of children with neurological and psychiatric disorders, consultation with schools regarding academic programming and modifications, and clinical training.

My primary research interest is in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). I direct the University's FASD Research Program. I conduct advanced neuroimaging studies in FASD in conjunction with the University's Laboratory for Neuropsychiatric Imaging. My research group is part of the Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD) and is involved in CIFASD's ongoing multi-site imaging, neurobehavioral, genetic, facial dysmorphology, and intervention projects. In addition, I conduct randomized controlled trials of nutritional supplementation in children with FASD - the goal of which is to develop a treatment for the neurodevelopmental aspects of the disorder.  I am also conducting a trial of cognitive training and transcranial direct current stimulation in children and adolescents with FASD.

I also have a general interest in psychometrics and have been involved in the development of several neuropsychological instruments, including infant development and visual-perceptual processing measures. I am a member of the International Neuropsychological Society, Research Society on Alcoholism, and the past President of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Study Group (FASDSG). I serve as a reviewer for a number of journals including JINS: the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Child Neuropsychology, Pediatric Psychology, ACER: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, and Development and Psychopathology, among others. I am also a longstanding member of our Clinical Psychology internship's Training Committee.

Expertise

  • Neuropsychology (especially child and adolescent)
  • Cognitive measurement
  • MRI
  • Clinical trials
  • Study design
  • Data analysis

Administrative Assistant

(for academic support only)
Molly Jokimaki
jokim004@umn.edu

In the Media

Education

MS, University of Minnesota
Major: Clinical Research
MA, Kent State University
Major: Clinical Psychology
PhD, Kent State University
Major: Clinical Psychology
BA, University of Wisconsin
Major: Psychology

Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements

Psychology Internship,
University of Minnesota
Pediatric Neuropsychology, Postdoctoral Fellowship,
University of Minnesota

Professional Memberships

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Study Group
Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Mattson, S.N., Jones, K.L., Chockalingam, G., Wozniak, J., Hyland, M.T., Courchesne-Krak, N.S., Del Campo, M., Riley, E.P., 2023. Validation of the FASD-Tree as a screening tool for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47 (2): 263-272.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14987 PubMed ID: 36807293.
Gimbel, B. A., Roediger, D. J., Ernst, A. M., Anthony, M. E., de Water, E., Rockhold, M. N., Mueller, B. A., Mattson, S. N., Jones, K. L., Riley, E. P., Lim, K. O., Wozniak, J. R., 2023. Atypical developmental trajectories of white matter microstructure in prenatal alcohol exposure: Preliminary evidence from neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging. Frontiers in neuroscience, 17 1172010.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1172010 PubMed ID: 37168930.
Gimbel, B. A., Anthony, M. E., Ernst, A. M., Roediger, D. J., de Water, E., Eckerle, J. K., Boys, C. J., Radke, J. P., Mueller, B. A., Fuglestad, A. J., Zeisel, S. H., Georgieff, M. K., Wozniak, J. R., 2022. Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of choline for neurodevelopment in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: corpus callosum white matter microstructure and neurocognitive outcomes. Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders, 14 (1): 59.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-022-09470-w PubMed ID: 36526961.
Fuglestad, A. J., Miller, N. C., Fink, B. A., Boys, C. J., Eckerle, J. K., Georgieff, M. K., Wozniak, J. R., 2022. Neurophysiological correlates of memory change in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders treated with choline. Frontiers in psychology, 13 939019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.936019 PubMed ID: 36225707.
Ernst, A. M., Gimbel, B. A., de Water, E., Eckerle, J. K., Radke, J. P., Georgieff, M. K., Wozniak, J. R., 2022. Prenatal and Postnatal Choline Supplementation in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 (3): 688.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14030688 PubMed ID: 35277047.
Kovac, V., Shapiro, E. G., Rudser, K. D., Mueller, B. A., Eisengart, J. B., Delaney, K. A., Ahmed, A., King, K. E., Yund, B. D., Cowan, M. J., Raiman, J., Mamak, E. G., Harmatz, P. R., Shankar, S. P., Ali, N., Cagle, S. R., Wozniak, J. R., Lim, K., et al., 2022. Quantitative brain MRI morphology in severe and attenuated forms of mucopolysaccharidosis type I. Molecular genetics and metabolism, 135 (2): 122-132.
Bernes, G. A., Courchesne-Krak, N. S., Hyland, M. T., Villodas, M. T., Coles, C. D., Kable, J. A., May, P. A., Kalberg, W. O., Sowell, E. R., Wozniak, J. R., Jones, K. L., Riley, E. P., Mattson, S. N., 2022. Development and validation of a postnatal risk score that identifies children with prenatal alcohol exposure. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 46 (1): 52-65.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14749 PubMed ID: 34806190.
Smith, S. M., Virdee, M. S., Eckerle, J. K., Sandness, K. E., Georgieff, M. K., Boys, C. J., Zeisel, S. H., Wozniak, J. R., 2021. Polymorphisms in SLC44A1 are associated with cognitive improvement in children diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: an exploratory study of oral choline supplementation. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 114 (2): 617-627.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab081 PubMed ID: 33876196.
de Water, E., Rockhold, M. N., Roediger, D. J., Krueger, A. M., Mueller, B. A., Boys, C. J., Schumacher, M. J., Mattson, S. N., Jones, K. L., Lim, K. O., Wozniak, J. R., 2021. Social behaviors and gray matter volumes of brain areas supporting social cognition in children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure. Brain Research, 147388.
Rockhold, M. N., Krueger, A. M., de Water, E., Lindgren, C. W., Sandness, K. E., Eckerle, J. K., Schumacher, M. J., Fink, B. A., Boys, C. J., Carlson, S. M., Fuglestad, A. J., Mattson, S. N., Jones, K. L., Riley, E. P., Wozniak, J. R., 2021. Executive and Social Functioning Across Development in Children and Adolescents With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 45 (2): 457-469.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14538 PubMed ID: 33349933.
Selected Presentations

Selected Presentations

Gimbel, B.A., Anthony, M.E., Ernst, A.M., Roediger, D.J., de Water, E., Eckerle, J.K., Boys, C.J., Radke, J.P., Mueller, B.A., Fuglestad, A.J., Zeisel, S.H., Georgieff, M.K., Wozniak, J. R "Choline as a neurodevelopmental intervention for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Long-term associations with white matter microstructure and executive function.", The International Neuropsychological Society, San Diego, California, San Diego, California, February 04, 2023.
Kamali, R., Parker, D., Deutsch, G.K., Sampson, J., Day, J.W., Wozniak, J. R. "Multimodal fusion of neuroimaging and neuropsych data: A machine learning approach to study brain alterations linked with cognitive domains in DM1", World Muscle Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 15, 2022.
Wozniak, J. R. "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Overview: Impact and Prevalence", Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences FASD Prevention and Clinical Guidelines Research workshop, Washington, District of Columbia, September 21, 2022.
Kamali, R., Parker, D., Day, J., Sampson, J., Deutsch, G., Wozniak, J. R., (Author & Presenter) "Toward developing robust myotonic dystrophy brain biomarkers using white matter tract profiles sub-band energy and a framework of ensemble predictive learning", 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Virtual, November 05, 2021.
Hendrickson, T., Mueller, B., Roediger, D., Boroda, E., Krueger, A., Bansal, P., Schumacher, M., Roy, A., Boys, C., Lim, K., Wozniak, J. R., (Author & Presenter) "Cognitive training and tDCS as an intervention for prenatal alcohol exposure effects: a fMRI study", 27th Annual Meeting of the Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Virtual, June 04, 2021.
Wozniak, J. R., (Author & Presenter), Georgieff, M., (Author & Presenter) "Choline as an early neurodevelopmental intervention in children with prenatal alcohol exposure", Cognitive Neuroscience 2021 Conference, Virtual, March 16, 2021.
Wozniak, J. R. "Choline as a neurodevelopmental intervention for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders", AdoptionPlus agency, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, February 22, 2021.
Maniak, J., Fren, K., Georgieff, M., Lim, K., Luciana, M., Wozniak, J. R., (Author & Presenter), Pierpont, E. "Feasibility of Methodology for the Study of Fine Motor Development in Preschool and School-Aged Children", International Neuropsychological Society Conference, San Diego, California, February 05, 2021.
De Water, E., Krueger, A., Rockhold, M., Roediger, D., Mueller, B., Boys, C., Hendrickson, T., Schumacher, M., Mattson, S., Jones, K., Riley, E., Lim, K., Wozniak, J. R., (Author & Presenter) "Social Behaviors and Gray Matter Volumes of Brain Areas Supporting Social Cognition in Children and Adolescents with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure", International Neuropsychological Society Conference, San Diego, California, February 04, 2021.
Rockhold, M., Krueger, A., Schumacher, M., Matton, S., Jones, K., Riley, E., Wozniak, J. R., (Author & Presenter) "The Association of ADHD Symptoms and Learning Ability in Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure", International Neuropsychological Society Conference, San Diego, California, February 03, 2021.
Contact

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Address

Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, 2025 E River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55414