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Rebecca Landa

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Rebecca Landa
Born
1955 (age 68–69)
Other namesRebecca Jean Moellman-Landa
Alma materTowson University
Pennsylvania State University
University of Washington
Scientific career
FieldsSpeech-language pathology, neuropsychology, autism research
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins School of Medicine
Kennedy Krieger Institute

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.

Life

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Landa 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

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  1. ^ "VIAF". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Rebecca Landa, Ph.D., M.S., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences". Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  3. ^ Moellman-Landa, Rebecca Jean (1985). Effectiveness of language elicitation tasks with two-year-olds (Ph.D. thesis). University of Washington. OCLC 11831962.
  4. ^ a b c d "Rebecca Landa, PhD, CCC-SLP, Vice President". www.kennedykrieger.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.