Jessica A. Hellings, M.D. completed her medical training in 1978 and earned a medical doctor's degree from Witwatersrand University, South Africa. Dr. Hellings has completed residencies in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and General Psychiatry at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Since that time, she has held positions as Director of Psychiatric Services for the Mentally Retarded and Developmentally Delayed and, most recently, Dr. Hellings was promoted to Associate Professor. Throughout the years, Dr. Hellings has been recognized with many honors and awards such as Jawhawk Resident of the Year, KUMC, and a K08 Award from NIMH. She has been a reviewer on the study section of NIMH. Hellings has earned many grants exploring the effects of neuroleptics and other psychotropic medications on aggression in children, adolescents, and adults diagnosed with mental retardation and autism. Her primary research interests include the biology, phenomenology, psychopharmacology and behavioral pharmacology of aggressive and destructive behavior, and mood disorders in persons diagnosed with mental retardation and autism. Together with her considerable interests and involvement with research and publication and presentation of results, Dr. Hellings maintains clinical and teaching activities. She is also a member of the Women in Medicine Executive Committee at KUMC, and is interested in women's issues in general as well as in academia.
Jessica A. Hellings, M.D.
Associate Professor
The University of Kansas School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, Kansas 66160
Phone: 913-588-6499
Fax: 913-588-1305
Email: jhelling@kumc.edu
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