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Ginger E. Nicol, MD
Current
Position
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Child)
Education and Training
Undergraduate: B.A. Journalism & Mass Communications, University of Iowa, 1998
Graduate: MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2002
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, General Psychiatry, 2005
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Post-Doctoral: NIDA Research Fellowship, Biomedical Research Training in Drug Abuse, 2010
Major Awards
Eli Robins Award for Excellence in Clinical Psychiatry, Teaching and Research, 2007
Areas of Clinical Interest
Childhood disruptive behavior and mood disorders
Areas of Research Interests
Identification and prevention of cardiometabolic risk in mentally ill pediatric populations, psychopharmacology, child mental health care cost and utilization, collaborative care.
Key Publications
Nicol GE, Morrato EH, Johnson MC, Campagna E, Yingling MD, Pham V, Newcomer JW. Best practices: implementation of a glucose screening program based on diffusion of innovation theory methods. Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Jan;62(1):12-4. Full Article ->
Morrato EH, Nicol GE, Maahs D, Druss BG, Hartung DM, Valuck RJ, Campagna E, Newcomer JW (2010 Apr). Metabolic screening in children receiving antipsychotic drug treatment. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 164(4): 344-51. Full Article ->
Luby J, Tandon M, Nicol G (2007 Apr). Three clinical cases of DSM-IV mania symptoms in preschoolers. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 17(2): 237-43. Full Article ->
Funded Research Projects
NIMH (Principal Investigator): Measurement of Cardiometabolic Risk in Antipsychotic Treated Children
NIMH(Key Personnel):Metabolic Effects of Antipsychotics in Children
Communities Healing Adolescent Depression and Suicide (CHADS, Co-Investigator):Effects of Antipsychotic Therapy & Psychotherapy on Depressive Symptoms of Children with Treatment-resistant Mood Disorders
NARSAD(PI):Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Risk in Children Treated with Antipsychotics
Dana Brown Charitable Trust(PI):Increasing Outpatient Mental Health Consultation Services to St. Louis Area Families and Pediatricians