Benjamin Lahey


Benjamin Bernard Lahey is an American psychologist and epidemiologist. He is the Irving B. Harris Professor in the Departments of Health Studies and Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. He is known for his research on behavioral problems in children such as ADHD and bullying, and he was a member of a scientific panel that constructed the current definition of ADHD in the 1990s. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He is also a member of both the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, as well as a former president of both organizations.