Jerry Slotkin, Ph.D., Assistant Director of the Center for Health Assessment Research and Translation
Dr. Slotkin is a Research Assistant Professor in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware and an Assistant Director of the Center for Health Assessment Research and Translation (CHART). He joined the center in 2015.
Dr. Slotkin has expertise in assessment of both children and adults as a school and clinical psychologist, with nearly 30 years of experience developing tests and measures. His research interests are in the development of large-scale assessments and implementation of computer-administered measures. He has significant experience managing and leading large-scale measurement projects. These have included overseeing all test development for state testing programs and formative assessment products as Vice President of Test Development at Riverside Publishing, managing the development of cognition and sensation batteries as well as overseeing all scoring procedures as a Co-Investigator for the NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function, and serving as Co-Investigator and as Northwestern University’s Scientific Director for Health Measurement on the National Children’s Study.
Currently, Dr. Slotkin serves as a Co-Investigator and site PI for the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) PRO Core, Advancing Reliable Measurement in Alzheimer’s Disease and cognitive Aging (ARMADA), and the Mobile Toolbox grants. He is also a project lead and Co-Investigator on Dr. Tulsky’s grants focused on developing tools to measure psychosocial functioning for individuals with traumatic limb injury and amputation.
Dr. Slotkin obtained his B.A. in Psychology and Economics from Duke University, his M.A. in School Psychology from the University of Georgia, and his Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Georgia.
His research interests include:
• Large-scale test development, including cognitive, psychological, sensory and educational assessments
• Adaptation and implementation of computer- and mobile-administered assessments
• Development and validation of measures for special populations
Selected Publications
Casaletto, K.B., Umlauf, A., Marquine, M., Beaumont, J.L., Mungas, D., Gershon, R., Slotkin, J., Akshoomoff, N., & Heaton, R.K. (2016). Demographically Corrected Normative Standards for the Spanish Language Version of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery. J Int Neuropsychol Soc., 22(3), 364-74. DOI: 10.1017/S135561771500137X
Casaletto, K.B., Umlauf, A., Beaumont, J., Gershon, R., Slotkin, J., Akshoomoff N., & Heaton, R. (2015). Demographically corrected Normative Standards for the English Version of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21(5), 378-91.
Dikmen, S., Bauer, P.J., Mungas, D., Slotkin, J., Beaumont, J.L., Weintraub, S., Gershon, R.C., & Heaton, R. (2014). Measuring Episodic Memory Across the Lifespan: NIH Toolbox Picture Sequence Memory Test. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20(6), 611-619.
Gershon, R.C., Cook, K., Mungas, D., Manly, J., Slotkin, J., Beaumont, J.L., & Weintraub, S. (2014). The Language Measures of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20(6), 642-651. DOi: 10.1017/S1355617714000411
Heaton, R., Akshoomoff, N., Tulsky, D.S., Mungas, D., Weintraub, S., Dikmen, S., Beaumont, J.L., Blackstone, K., Conway, K., Slotkin J., & Gershon, R.C. (2014). Reliability and Validity of Composite Scores from the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in Adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20(6), 588-598. DOI: 10.1017/S1355617714000241
Mungas, D., Heaton, R., Tulsky, D.S., Zelazo, P.D., Slotkin, J., Blitz, D., Lai, J. S., Gershon, R.C. (2014). Factor Structure, Convergent Validity, And Discriminant Validity Of The NIH Toolbox Cognitive Health Battery (NIHTB-CHB) In Adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20(6), 579-587. DOI: 10.1017/S1355617714000307