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Research Institute

Joanne Bregman, PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Joanne Bregman, PhDLicensed Clinical Psychologist

Contact Information
jbregman@northshore.org

Education

  • Undergraduate:  BA, Education of Children who are Educable Mentally Handicapped, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 
  • Graduate:  MA, Education of Children with Learning Disabilities, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
  • Postgraduate: PhD, Educational Psychology, Early Childhood Education, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Research Interests

  • Developmental outcome in High risk infants: language, motor, cognition, socioemotional development
  • Understanding how biological, environmental, psychosocial factors impact on pathways in development

Honors and Awards

  • Bronze Tablet
  • James Scholar
  • Alpha Lambda Delta, Senior Award
  • Illinois PTA Scholarship
  • Research Assistant, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 1971
  • Full tuition scholarship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1976-78

Professional Memberships/Affiliations/Activities

  • (1987-present) Director, ISCU Follow-Up Clinic, Division of Neonatology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston Hospital
  • (2000-present) Member, Child Protection Committee, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston Hospital
  • (1992-2004) Member, Executive Committee, Institutional Review Board (IRB), NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston Hospital
  • (1991-1994) Board of Directors, Parent to Parent Support Group, Infant Spepcial Care Unit, Evanston Hospital
  • (1990-1991) Member, Research Committee of Professional Staff, Evanston Hospital
                         Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
                         American Psychological Association (APA)
  • (1984-88; 1988-90) Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health (ILAIMH) Board of Directors
  • (1999-2002) ILAIMH, Best Practices Committee
  • (1985) Chicago Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) Conference Committee
  • (1986) International Association for Infant Mental Health Conference Planning Committee
  • (2002-2005) Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Branch International Dyslexia Association (IBIDA)
  • (2002-2003) Vermont Oxford Network (VON) The Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant Follow Up Project; (Site) Principal Investigator at NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston Hospital

Scholarly Work

Publications in Peer-Review Journals:

  1. Msall ME, Rogers BT, Allen M, Bregman J, Zorn W, et al.  Neurodevelopmental Impairments and Functional Status in Preschool Children of Very Low Birthweight Status Enrolled in Surfactant Clinical Trials. Presented at American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Meetings, September 2000.
  2. Developmental Outcome in Very Low Birthweight Infants: Current Status and Future Trends. Pediatric Clinics of North America, v.45, 673-90, June 1998.
  3. Kimberlin L, Bregman J.  Postconceptional Age as the Basis for Neonatal Case Management.  J Neonatal Nursing, Vol. 15, #2, 5-14, March 1996.
  4. Zorn W, Rogers B, Lynch L, Buchwald S, Shah P, Bregman J, et al.  One Year Neurodevelopmental (ND) Outcome of Infants <1350 g. Enrolled in a Multicenter Comparison Trial of Exosurf (EXO) and Infasurf (INFA) for the treatment of RDS .  SPR Abstracts, 1995.
  5. Rogers B, Zorn W, Lynch L, Bregman J, et al.  One Year Neurodevelopmental (ND) Outcome of Infants <29 weeks enrolled in a multicenter comparison trial of Exosurf (EXO) and Infasurf (INFA) Prophylaxis for RDS.  SPR Abstracts, 1995.
  6. Bregman J, Kimberlin L.  Developmental outcome in extremely premature infants: Impact of Surfactant. Pediatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 40, #5, 937-53, October 1993.
  7. Bregman J, Farrell E.  Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Clinics in Perinatology, 19:3, 673-94, 1992.
  8. Hageman J, Dusik J, Keuler H, Bregman J, Gardner TH.  Outcome of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in Relation to Severity of Presentation.  American Journal of Diseases of Children, Vol. 142, 293-296, 1988.
  9. Infant Development: From Theory to Practice, Belmont, California; Wadsworth Publishing Company, January 1986. (Co-author: Dr. Judith Musick)
  10. (Bregman)Householder J, Hatcher R, Burns W, Chasnoff I.  Infants Born to Narcotic-Addicted Mothers. Psychological Bulletin, V.92, #2, 453-68, 1982.
  11. Master's Thesis:  A Resource Center for the Junior High Level.  The plan was accepted by the administration of Central Junior High School and was operative from September 1973 until my departure in June 1976.