Melissa Dvorsky, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Director of the ADHD & Learning Differences Program at Children's National and the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Her research focuses on improving the academic, social, and behavioral functioning of children, adolescents, and emerging adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Dr. Dvorsky’s efforts are focused on promoting positive outcomes for all youth. Her work also aspires to improve access to, and the effectiveness and sustainability of services for ADHD by: (a) identifying and targeting treatment mechanisms including risk and protective processes, and (b) leveraging technology to enhance, personalize, disseminate, and generalize treatments. ​She has published over 50 articles on ADHD and school mental health, she is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Attention Disorders and she serves on the editorial boards of Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, School Mental Health, and the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. She regularly engages with school and community partners through educational programming and training, advocacy, and research and is active in the training and mentoring of students, interns, and fellows.

Stephen P. Becker, PhD, is Professor of Pediatrics, Endowed Chair, Director of Research, and Co-Director of the Center for ADHD in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His research examines attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS; previously termed sluggish cognitive tempo), and sleep in children and adolescents. His research, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Institute of Education Sciences, aims to better understand the developmental pathways of ADHD, co-occurring psychopathologies, and functional impairments as well as positive adjustment. He has published over 240 articles on these and related topics. Dr. Becker is a Joint Editor of JCPP Advances and serves on the editorial boards of Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (formerly Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Attention Disorders, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, and Adolescent Research Review.