Joanne L. Northcutt, Ph.D. provides her resume and contact information. She has 17 scholarly publications in peer-reviewed journals related to pediatric health outcomes, quality of life measures, clinical trials of medications for conditions like ADHD and cancer, and adherence to treatment regimens for illnesses such as HIV/AIDS. Her research focuses on developing and validating methods and tools for assessing health-related quality of life in children and adolescents.

1. M e d i c a l W r i t e r J o a n n e L . N o r t h c u t t , P h . D R e s u m e d r j o n o r t h c u t t @ g m a i l . c o m
Joanne L. Northcutt, Ph.D.
Email: drjonorthcutt@gmail.com Phone: (407) 421-3416
Scholarly Publications
(Previous names: Lawford, Cremeens)
1. Childress, A.C.,Brams,M., Cutler, A.,Kollins, S., Northcutt, J., Padilla, A., & Turnbow, J. (submitted). The
efficacy and safety of Evekeo, Racemic Amphetamine Sulfate, for treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder symptoms: A multicenter, dose-optimized, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover
laboratory-classroom study. Submitted to Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.
2. Targum, S.D., Houser,C., Northcutt, J., Little, J.A., Cutler, A., & Walling, D. (2013). A Structured
Interview Guide for Global Impressions: Increasing Reliability and Scoring Accuracy for CNS Trials.
Annuals of General Psychiatry, 12, 2.
3. Jasper, B.W., Conklin, H.M., Lawford, J., Morris, E.B., Howard, S.C., Wu, S., Xiong,X., Shelso, J.,& Khan,
R.B. (2009). Growth effects of methylphenidate among childhood cancer survivors: a 12-month case-
matched open-label study. Pediatric Bloodand Cancer, 52(1), 39-43.
4. Conklin, H.M, Lawford, J., Jasper, B.W., Khan, R.B., Morris, B.E., Howard,S.C., Wu, S., & Xiong,X.
(2009). Side Effects of Methylphenidate in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Randomized,Double-Blind,
Placebo-Controlled Trial. Pediatrics, 124(1), 226-233.
5. Garvie, P. A., Lawford, J., Flynn, P.M., Gaur, A.H., Belzer, M., McSherry, G.D.,& Hu, C., for the Pediatric
AIDS Clinical Trials Group 1036A Study Team. (2009).Development of a Directly Observed Therapy
(DOT) Adherence Intervention forAdolescents with HIV-1: Application of Focus Group Methodology in
Inform Design, Feasibility and Acceptability. Journal of Adolescent Health, 44(2), 124-132.
6. Eiser, C., Lawford, J. (2009). Editorial for the special issue: Quality of Life. Child: Care, Health and
Development, 35(4), 437-439.
7. Garvie, P. A., Lawford, J., Banet, M.S., West, R. (2009). Quality of life measurement in pediatric and
adolescent populations with HIV: a review of the literature. Child: Care, Health and Development, 35(4),
440-453.
8. Klosky, J.L., Tyc, V.L., Lawford, J., Ashford, J., Lensing, S., Buscemi, J. (2009). Predictors of non-
participation in a randomized intervention trial to reduce environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure
in pediatric cancer patients. Pediatric Blood andCancer, 52(5), 644-649.
9. Garvie, P. A., Lawford, J., Flynn, P.M., Gaur, A.H., Belzer, G., McSherry, G.,Rogers, A., & Hu C. (2009).
Development of a Modified Directly Observed Therapy (MDOT) Adherence Intervention for Adolescents
with HIV-1: Application of Focus Group Methodology to Inform Design, Feasibility and Acceptability.
Journal of Adolescent Health, 44(2), 124-32.
10. Jasper, B.W., Conklin, H.M, Lawford, J., Morris, B.E., Howard, S.C., Wu,S., Xiong, X., Shelso,J., & Khan,
R.B. (2009). Growth Effects of Methylphenidate Among Childhood CancerSurvivors: A 12-month Case-
Matched Open-label Trial. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 52(1), 39-43.

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11. Upton, P., Lawford, J., & Eiser, C. (2008). Agreement between child self-reported and parent proxy-
reported child quality of life: a review of the literature. Quality of Life Research, 17(6), 895-913.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-008-9350-5
12. Cremeens, J., Eiser, C., & Blades, M. (2007). A qualitative investigation of school-aged children’s answers
to items from a generic quality of life measure. Child: Care Health and Development, 33(1), 83-9.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00665.x
13. Cremeens, J., Eiser, C., & Blades, M. (2007). Brief Report: Assessing the impact of scale type, types of
items, and age on the measurement of school age children’s self-reported quality of life. Journal of
Pediatric Psychology, 32(2) , 132-138.
http://jpepsy.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/jsj119?ijkey=ZvsnciSYu1Xg3Uj&keytype=ref
14. Cremeens, J., Eiser, C., & Blades, M. (2006). Factors influencing agreement between child self-report and
parent proxy-reports on the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM
4.0 (PedsQLTM
) generic core scales.
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 4(58).
http://www.hqlo.com/content/4/1/58
15. Cremeens, J., Eiser, C., & Blades, M. (2006). Characteristics of health-related self-report measures for
children aged three to eight years: a review of the literature. Quality of Life Research, 15(4), 739-754.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-005-4184-x
16. Clarke, S.A., Lawford, J., Sheppard, L., & Eiser, C. (2005). Research with children. In J. Miles, and P.
Gilbert. (Eds.). A handbook of research methods for clinical and health psychology. (pp. 37-46). Oxford
University Press, Oxford, UK.
17. Lawford, J., Volavka, N., & Eiser, C. (2001). A generic measure of Quality of Life for children aged 3-8
years: results of two preliminary studies. Pediatric Rehabilitation, 4(4), 197-207.
18. Lawford, J., & Eiser, C. (2001). Exploring links between the concepts of Quality of Life and resilience.
Pediatric Rehabilitation, 4(4), 209-216.