William Everett Copeland

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2018 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

In the News

Published August 20, 2018

Back-to-School Advice: Scholars Share Tips for Tackling Homework, Learning Difficulties and Bullying

Published May 19, 2016

A part of growing up? Duke study shows bullying can cause lasting health problems

Published February 26, 2016

William Copeland: The lasting effects of bullying

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Recent Publications

Cell type-specific methylome-wide association studies of childhood ADHD symptoms.

Journal Article Eur Neuropsychopharmacol · December 2025 Studying DNA methylation (DNAm) can provide insights into gene-regulatory mechanisms underlying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). While most DNAm studies were performed in bulk tissue, this study used statistical deconvolution to identify ce ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of childhood ADHD symptoms and diagnosis identifies new loci and potential effector genes.

Journal Article Nat Genet · October 2025 We performed a genome-wide association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of 290,134 attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom measures of 70,953 unique individuals from multiple raters, ages and instruments (ADHDSYMP). Next, we meta-analyzed the results ... Full text Link to item Cite

Publisher Correction: Genome-wide association meta-analysis of childhood ADHD symptoms and diagnosis identifies new loci and potential effector genes.

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Recent Grants

Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Gun Sales: Comparative effectiveness of different minimum age standards for firearm purchase by adults with youthful crime records in North Carolina, Florida, and Virgin

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by New Venture Fund · 2018 - 2022

Developmental methylomics of childhood trauma and its health consequences

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Virginia Commonwealth University · 2014 - 2018

Diseases of Despair in Young Adulthood: Risk, Resilience, and Prevention

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2018

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Education, Training & Certifications

University of Vermont · 2003 Ph.D.