Jeffrey D. Shahidullah, Ph.D.

Jeffrey D. Shahidullah, Ph.D., ABPP, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin and a board-certified clinical child and adolescent psychologist.

Shahidullah is licensed as a psychologist in Texas and Pennsylvania and holds board certification from the American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. He earned his Ph.D. in school psychology from Michigan State University, where his doctoral training emphasized integrated behavioral health and implementation-focused research in pediatric primary care, with a particular focus on ADHD. He completed his predoctoral clinical internship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Geisinger Health System, where he further specialized in integrated behavioral health delivery within large healthcare systems. His educational pathway also includes specialist-level and undergraduate training in psychology from Baylor University, grounding his work in school-based and developmental perspectives.

His research focuses on improving the implementation, acceptability and effectiveness of evidence-based mental health interventions for children and adolescents across healthcare and school settings. He has authored peer-reviewed publications and contributed to interdisciplinary research that informs clinical practice, health systems innovation and policy-relevant approaches to pediatric mental health care. Through externally funded research, clinical leadership, and training of future psychologists and healthcare professionals, his work aims to advance scalable, equitable models of care that improve child and adolescent mental health outcomes at the population level.