Ankita Mohan

Ms. Ankita Mohan


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 April 2023 in Current Environmental Health Reports
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Aisha DickersonAisha Dickerson
Aisha Dickerson
SFSeth Frndak
Seth Frndak
MDMelissa DeSantiago
Melissa DeSantiago
AMAnkita Mohan
Ankita Mohan
GSGenee S. Smith
Genee S. Smith

4 July 2023 in Current Epidemiology Reports
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Aisha DickersonAisha Dickerson
Aisha Dickerson
SFSeth Frndak
Seth Frndak
IGIrena Gorski-Steiner
Irena Gorski-Steiner
ZDZhengyi Deng
Zhengyi Deng
TJTara E. Jenson
Tara E. Jenson
Roland J. Thorpe, Jr.Roland J. Thorpe, Jr.
Roland J. Thorpe, Jr.

19 March 2026 in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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AMAnkita Mohan
Ankita Mohan
WIWilliam G. Iacono
William G. Iacono
MMMatt McGue
Matt McGue
KNKayla M. Nelson
Kayla M. Nelson
GRGlenn I. Roisman
Glenn I. Roisman
JSJonathan D. Schaefer
Jonathan D. Schaefer
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosed in childhood is associated with adverse socioeconomic outcomes, but questions remain about causality. Prior work is limited by single-timepoint assessments, narrow socioeconomic measurement, and inadequate control for genetic and environmental confounds. We used data from the Minnesota Twin Family Study, a multi-decade longitudinal study of 2764 twins, to examine associations between ADHD and socioeconomic status (SES) across development. Childhood ADHD was defined as meeting diagnostic criteria at baseline (n = 131). SES was measured with parental education and occupation, household income, and neighborhood disadvantage in childhood, and participants' own education, occupation, and income in adulthood. Co-twin control analyses accounted for genetic and shared environmental confounding. We examined apparent adult-onset ADHD (n = 32) as an exploratory comparison. Childhood ADHD was associated with both rearing family SES and adult education. In twin pairs discordant for childhood ADHD, the affected twin showed lower levels of education, indicating that the association does not owe entirely to the intergenerational transmission of SES and consistent with a causal effect of ADHD. Within-pair differences in adult occupational status and income were not significant, suggesting these associations reflect shared familial factors. Adult-onset ADHD showed weaker associations overall, with no significant within-pair effects. Lower SES in childhood was associated with childhood ADHD, which predicted lower adult SES, particularly for education. Co-twin analyses suggest the childhood ADHD-educational attainment association is not entirely attributable to genetic or familial confounds, whereas adult-onset ADHD showed weaker and less consistent patterns.