Stephen Faraone

Stephen Faraone is a Distinguished Professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He earned his BA in Psychology from SUNY Stony Brook (1978) and his MA (1980) and PhD (1982) in Clinical Psychology from the University of Iowa. His research focuses on psychiatric genetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, and the neurobiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. Recent work includes mapping shared and divergent genetic influences across 14 psychiatric disorders (Nature, 2025), evaluating ADHD medication trial representativeness (The Lancet Psychiatry, 2025), and rethinking non-stimulant ADHD treatments (Nature Mental Health, 2026). He has led major longitudinal family and molecular genetic studies validating Research Domain Criteria, with collaborations spanning institutions across the US, Europe, Australia, and Canada.