Child Development

Division Chief, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director for Behavioral Health
Visiting Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


Child Development Unit
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-5560
412-692-5679 Fax
robert.noll@chp.edu

Graduate School:

1983 Michigan State University; PhD in Clinical Child Psychology

Fellowship:

1983-1985 Michigan State University, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development; Pediatric Psychology

• American Psychological Society,Fellow
• American Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
• Association for the Advancement of Psychology
• American Orthopsychiatric Association Inc, Fellow
• International Neuropsychological Society
• American Psychological Association
• Society for Research in Child Development
  

• Psychologist, PA
• Council for the National Register of Health Providers in Psychology

• Visiting Professorship in Oncology, Pzifer Foundation
• Pediatric Pain Symposium Most Collaborative Award, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Society of Pediatric Psychology's Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award
• Article in the NY Times, about our laboratory's research
• Psi Chi Outstanding Advisor Award, Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati
• Certificate of Appreciation for clinical service to the children and families of the Greater Cincinnati area affected by sickle cell anemia, Young Adult Sickle Cell Assoc of Cincinnati
• Certificate of Appreciation for research mentoring of undergraduate students, Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati
• Belenky Award for outstanding teaching, Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati
• Doctoral dissertation nominated for the Michigan State University Outstanding Dissertation Award
• Special Merit Citation awarded by Clinical Psychology Faculty, Michigan State University
• NIMH Graduate Assistantship
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Beta Gamma Sigma
• Quarterly stipend for academic achievement, Ohio University

• Noll RB, Reiter-Purtill J, Moore BD, Schorry EK, Lovell AM, Vannatta K, Gerhardt C. Social, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children with NF1. Am J Med Genetics, in press.
• Davies WH, Ackerman LK, Davies CM, Vannatta K, Noll RB. About Your Child's Eating: Factor structure and psychometric properties of a feeding relationship measure. Eating Behaviors, in press.
• Vannatta K, Gerhardt CA, Wells RJ, Noll RB. Intensity of CNS treatment for pediatric cancer: Prediction of social outcomes in survivors. Pediatr Blood & Cancer, in press.
• Dolgin MJ, Phipps S, Fairclough DL, Sahler OJZ., Askins M., Noll RB, Butler RW, Varni JW, Katz ER. Trajectories of adjustment in mothers of children with newly diagnosed cancer: A natural history investigation. J Peds Psychol, 2007.
• Gerhardt CA, Vannatta K, Valerius KS, Correll J, Noll RB. Social and romantic outcomes in emerging adulthood among survivors of childhood cancer. J Adol Hlth, 2007.
• Kashikar-Zuck S, Lynch AM, Graham TB, Swain NF, Mullen SM, Noll RB. Social functioning and peer relationships of adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 2007.
• Robinson, KE, Gerhardt CA, Vannatta K, Noll RB. Parent and family factors associated with child adjustment to pediatric cancer. J Peds Psychol, 2007.

View select list of publications.

• Improving informed consent in phase 1 childhood cancer trials
• University, Community, Leadership, and Individuals with Disabilities (UCLID)
• Trajectories of health and adaptation after pediatric stem cell transplant
• Interdisciplinary research in behavioral and emotional health
• Pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods of treatment for Fragile X syndrome
• School based prevention of Type 2 diabetes
• Maternal problem-solving training in childhood cancer
• Pending, Prevention of depression in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease using cognitive behavioral intervention (PI-Szigethy)

Robert B. Noll, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Psychology, is the Director of the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and Assistant Medical Director for Behavioral Health at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He came to Pittsburgh in 2004, bringing a rich background in research, clinical care, and teaching to the hospital, its patients and the university. Under his direction, the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics has been awarded a Jewish Healthcare Foundation award to focus on improving patient care. He has also facilitated the development of a Fragile X clinical program and is the Director of the CHP Fragile X Center. Additionally, under his leadership children's pediatric behavioral health program has grown from a consultation/liaison psychiatry service focusing primarily on mental health emergencies, to a program with five full-time faculty/staff; several staff are National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded clinical investigations.

Dr. Noll came from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where he was a professor of pediatrics and was on the faculty of the graduate and undergraduate program in clinical psychology. Prior to his academic appointment in Cincinnati, he was an assistant/associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University from 1983 to 1989. He earned his doctoral degree in psychology from Michigan State University in 1983. He completed a psychology major at the University of California at Berkeley (1975) and has a degree in business administration from Ohio University (1969). Dr. Noll also served five years in the United States Navy as a naval aviator from 1969 to 1974.

At Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Dr. Noll leads several NIH-funded investigations focused on understanding the impact of chronic illness on children and their families. His areas of expertise include quality of life for children with chronic illness; clinical trials of cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce distress after the diagnosis of cancer in a child; and bioethical issues in pediatric oncology related to informed consent. The NIH has funded his work since 1987. His work also has received support from the National Arthritis Foundation, Department of Defense, American Cancer Society, and the Ohio branch of the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Noll is a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialization in pediatric psychology. He has been on the National Register of Health Providers in Psychology since 1992. He is a fellow in the American Psychological Society and a member of American Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, International Neuropsychological Society, and the Society for Research in Child Development. He is an ad hoc reviewer for Pediatrics and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.