Rebecca Jean Moellman-Landa (born 1955) is an American speech-language pathologist specializing in neuropsychology and autism research. She is the founder and director of the center for autism and related disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Landa is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Rebecca Landa | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Other names | Rebecca Jean Moellman-Landa |
| Alma mater | Towson University Pennsylvania State University University of Washington |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Speech-language pathology, neuropsychology, autism research |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Kennedy Krieger Institute |
Life
editLanda was born in 1955.[1] She earned a B.S. from Towson University in 1977.[2] Landa completed a M.S. at the Pennsylvania State University in 1978.[2] She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1985.[2] Her dissertation was titled, Effectiveness of language elicitation tasks with two-year-olds.[3] Landa conducted postdoctoral research in psychiatric genetics at the Johns Hopkins University.[4]
Landa is the founder, vice president, and director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.[4] She is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.[4] She investigates neuropsychological, learning, and communication processes in people with autism across their lifespan.[4]
References
edit- ^ "VIAF". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ a b c "Rebecca Landa, Ph.D., M.S., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences". Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ Moellman-Landa, Rebecca Jean (1985). Effectiveness of language elicitation tasks with two-year-olds (Ph.D. thesis). University of Washington. OCLC 11831962.
- ^ a b c d "Rebecca Landa, PhD, CCC-SLP, Vice President". www.kennedykrieger.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.