Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Robert L. Findling, MD, is Chair, Department of Psychiatry, VCU School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine / VCU Health. The public record shows 1,078 publications with 35,888 citations (h-index 101), centered on Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development. It also documents an investigator role on 13 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 13 companies, 9 NIH-funded awards (1997–2012).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · medRxiv
- Top research focus: Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- 13 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 13 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 8 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 425.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 13 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- DB/Maintenance of Equetro (Carbamazepine) in Children With Acute Manic or Mixed Bipolar 1 Disorder
Sponsor: Validus Pharmaceuticals
InvestigatorPhase 4TerminatedNCT02623504 - Adaptive Phase II Study to Evaluate the Safety & Efficacy of NaBen®
Sponsor: SyneuRx International (Taiwan) Corp
InvestigatorPhase 2/PHASE3TerminatedNCT01908192 - Efficacy and Safety of Circadin® in the Treatment of Sleep Disturbances in Children With Neurodevelopment Disabilities
Sponsor: Neurim Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
InvestigatorPhase 3CompletedNCT01906866
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
13 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- ABBVIE INC.Program year20255 payments
- E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Program year20253 payments
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.Program year20254 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
9 NIH research awards on record, funded 1997–2012 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Psychometric Properties and Clinical Utility of CBCL and P-GBI Sleep Items in Children and Adolescents.
Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology
2025 - Diagnostic accuracy of Achenbach scales in detecting youths' substance use disorders.
Psychological assessment
2022 - Suicide Risk Screening in Pediatric Outpatient Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Clinics.
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics
2022
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01
- 02A fluid percussion model of experimental brain injury in the rat1,043 citations1987
- 03
- 04
- 05
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Office address
1308 Sherwood Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220
Network
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
- MD
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
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Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ("Triple Board" joint program), Mount Sinai St. Luke's, New York, served as chief resident
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joint program of London School of Economics, NYU Stern, and HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris)
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Psychiatry, and Pediatrics (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology / American Board of Pediatrics)
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Johns Hopkins University (undergraduate)
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2019) …
2019verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →news.vcu.edu ↗ - verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →bbrfoundation.org ↗
- Distinguished Fellow
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
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- Board Representative
VCU Health System Authority Board (via Medical College of Virginia Foundation)
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Regular contributing author
Psychiatric Times (clinical articles on ADHD, bipolar disorder, and pediatric psychopharmacology)
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Findling
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- Facebook
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