Kelsey Wiggs

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health

Joint Appointment

Department of Psychological Sciences

Areas of Expertise

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Reproductive Health & Pregnancy
ADHD Management
Quasi-experimental Designs

HHS Signature Research Area(s)

Developmental Health and Wellness

Department of Public Health Research Area(s)

Women's Health
Intervention and Implementation Science
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Biography

Kelsey K. Wiggs, PhD is an Assistant Professor and licensed Clinical Psychologist in the Departments of Public Health and Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. She previously held an Assistant Professor position at Indiana University School of Medicine, where she also started a clinic for the evaluation and diagnosis of ADHD across the lifespan. She was previously a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where she also completed to Clinical Psychology Internship. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Indiana University and a BS and BA in Psychology and Philosophy, respectively, from the University of Iowa (go Hawks).

Her clinical expertise is in the assessment and management of ADHD, and her research is similarly focused on 1) pre- and perinatal risk for ADHD, 2) pharmacologic and behavioral interventions for ADHD, and 3) ADHD development and presentation among females, girls/women, and femme-presenting individuals. Ongoing projects include the examination of endogenous and exogenous estrogen influences on ADHD symptoms in females across the menstrual cycle, healthcare and daily-life lived experiences of females with ADHD transitioning into adulthood, and the experiences and management of ADHD during pregnancy and the post-partum period.

Education

2022-2024: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Divisions of General Pediatrics and Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
2021-2022: American Psychological Association Accredited Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship: O’Grady Residency in Psychology. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
2022: PhD in Clinical Psychology. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Indiana University; Bloomington, IN.
2014: BS in Psychology, BA in Philosophy, & Minor in Human Relations. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Selected Honors/Awards

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center General Pediatrics Research Fellowship Award for Excellence: The Best Peer Mentor Award - 2024
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center General Pediatrics Research Fellowship Award for Excellence: The Best Paper Award - 2023
American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) Annual Conference Best Poster Award - 2020
American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) Annual Conference Travel Award - 2019

Selected Grants

Principal Investigator, Maternal antiepileptic drug use during pregnancy and offspring birth defects and neurodevelopmental disorders. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (F31NS111856). Period: 08/2020-07/2021