Brian M. D'Onofrio is an American psychologist who researches the causes of psychopathology in children and adolescents.
Much of his work is influenced by the field of behavior genetics.
[1] He is a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, where he is also Director of Clinical Training in the Clinical Science Program and Principal Investigator of the Developmental Psychopathology Lab.
[2][3] His research on the relationship between paternal age and children's risk of mental illness has been widely covered in the media.
[4][5][6] In 2013, he received the Spence Award for Transformational Early Career Contribution from the Association for Psychological Science (APS).