Taralee Hamner, PhD
Locations: Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
About Taralee Hamner, PhD
Titles
Pediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist
Awards and Honors
2019, Teck-Kah Lim Graduate Student Travel Award, Drexel University
2019, David Zeaman Graduate Award, Gatlinburg Conference
2018, Student Award, International Society for Autism Research
2018, Student Travel Award, Drexel University
2013-2014, Georgia State University Assistantship
2016, Student/Trainee Research Award, Marcus Autism Center, Emory University
2013, Outstanding Honors Student, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University
2013, RISE Research Award, 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science
2012, Psychology Research Conference, First Place, Georgia State University
2010-2013, President’s List, Georgia State University
2009-2010, Dean’s List, Georgia State University
2009-2013, HOPE Academic Scholarship
Leadership and Memberships
American Psychological Association (APA): Division 33, Division 40, Division 54
International Neuropsychology Society (INS):
- SIG Membership: Brain Injury and BabIes, ToddlerS, and Young children, BITSY; Workgroup Chair
Education & training
Graduate Degree
PhD in Clinic Psychology, Neuropsychology and Child Clinical - Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
MA in Clinic Psychology - Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Internship
Kennedy Krieger Institute/ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
Publications
PubMed
Publications
2024
Hamner, T, Perez, G, Nanovick, S, Kelly, K, Garvin, B, Turchi, R, & Robins, DL (2024). Autism Screening and diagnostic outcomes among toddlers born preterm. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.
Bernat, D. J., McNally, K., Ostendorf, A. P., Wojnaroski, M., Hamner, T., Stephan, C. T., & Cass, J. (2024). Establishing a psychosocial screening program in a high-volume pediatric epilepsy clinic using the PedsQL—Epilepsy module. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology.
2023
Jones, W, Klaiman, C, Richardson, S, Lambha, M, Reid, M, Hamner, T, Beacham, C, Lewis, P, Paredes, J, Marrus, N, Constantino, J, Klin, A (2023) Early diagnosis and assessment of autism spectrum disorder via an objective, performance-based eye-tracking tool.
2022
Svingos, A. M., Hamner, T., Huntington, K. B., Chen, H. W., Sweeney, K. L., Ellis-Stockley, M., ... & Suskauer, S. J. (2022). Inter-rater Reliability of the Revised Physical and Neurological Examination of Subtle Signs (PANESS) scored using video review. Child Neuropsychology, 1-12.
Watson, W. D., Lahey, S., Baum, K. T., Hamner, T., Koterba, C. H., Alvarez, G., ... & Slomine, B. S. (2022). The role of the Neuropsychologist across the stages of recovery from acquired brain injury: a summary from the pediatric rehabilitation Neuropsychology collaborative. Child Neuropsychology, 1-22.
2021
Hamner, T, Ichord, R, Shih, E, & Krivitzky, K (2021) Children with perinatal stroke are at increased risk for autism spectrum disorder: Prevalence and co-occurring conditions. The Clinical Neuropsychologist.
Wieckowski, A, Hamner, T, Novick, S, Porto, K, Coulter, K, Eldeeb, S, & Robins, DL (2021) Early and repeated screening detects autism spectrum disorder. The Journal of Pediatrics.
Hamner, T, Salorio, C, Kalb, J, & Jacobson, L (2021) Equivalency of teleassessment: WISC-V and KTEA-3 performance in clinically referred children and adolescents. Journal for the International Neuropsychological Society
2020
Koterba, C, Baum, K, Hamner, T, Busch, T, Davis, K, Tlustos-Carter, S, Howarth, R, Fournier-Goodnight, A, Kramer, M, Landry, A, O’Neill, J, Cass, J, Wilson, C, & Slomine, B (2020) COVID-19 Issues Related to Pediatric Neuropsychology and Inpatient Rehabilitation – Challenges and Solutions. The Clinical Neuropsychologist.
Lee, NR, Perez, M, Hamner, T, Adeyemi, E, & Clasen, L (2020) A preliminary examination of brain morphometry in youth with Down syndrome with and without parent-reported sleep difficulties. Research in Developmental Disabilities.
2019
Hamner, T, Robins, D, Fidler, D, Hepburn, S, Robinson, C, & Lee, NR (2019). Cognitive and ASD symptom profiles in comorbid Down syndrome and autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 41(3).
Hamner, T, Lee, NR, & Vivanti, G, (2019) Shared and syndrome-specific adaptive difficulties in preschoolers with WS and ASD: A cross-syndrome study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 63(11).
Hamner, T & Vivanti, G (2019) Eye tracking in autism: what have we learned and where are we going? Current Developmental Disorders Reports. 6(2).
Lee, NR, Hamner, T, Godfrey M (2019). Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Development.
2018
Vivanti, G, Hamner, T, & Lee, NR (2018). Neurodevelopmental Disorders Affecting Sociability: Recent Research Advances and Future Directions in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome. Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 18(12).
Hamner, T, Udhnani, MD, Osipowicz, KZ, & Lee, NR (2018) Pediatric brain development in Down syndrome: A field in its infancy. Journal for the International Neuropsychological Society. 24(9).
Lee, NR, Udhnani, M, Hamner, T (2018). The Developing Brain in Down Syndrome: Lessons from In Vivo MRI. The Oxford Handbook on Down syndrome.
2015
Hamner, T, Latzman, RD, Latzman, NE, Elkin, TD, & Majumdar, S (2015). Quality of life among pediatric patients with cancer: Contributions of time since diagnosis and parental involvement. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 62(7).
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2019
Lee, NR, Hamner, T, Godfrey M (2019). Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Development.
2018
Lee, NR, Udhnani, M, Hamner, T (2018). The Developing Brain in Down Syndrome: Lessons from In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging. The Oxford Handbook on Down syndrome. Oxford University Press.