Dr. Leckman is a well-known patient-oriented neuroscientist and clinician with special skills in the evaluation and treatment of Tourette’s syndrome (TS) and pediatric onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). His research includes studies that focus on phenomenology, natural history, genetics, risk factor research, neuroimaging and treatment studies of Tourette syndrome, OCD, ADHD, autism and mood disorders. Global mental health. Prevention. The biology of parenting, early brain development and social cohesion.

Dr. Leckman has been at Yale since 1976. While he was Director of Research at the Child Study Center from 1983 to 2010, the center emerged as one of the leading sites for child psychiatric research in the United States.