| Rebecca Landa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 (age 69–70) |
| 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 |
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
Landa was born in 1955. She earned a B.S. from Towson University in 1977. Landa completed a M.S. at the Pennsylvania State University in 1978. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1985. Her dissertation was titled, Effectiveness of language elicitation tasks with two-year-olds. Landa conducted postdoctoral research in psychiatric genetics at the Johns Hopkins University.
Landa is the founder, vice president, and director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She investigates neuropsychological, learning, and communication processes in people with autism across their lifespan.
References
- "VIAF". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rebecca Landa, PhD, CCC-SLP, Vice President". www.kennedykrieger.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- Living people
- 1955 births
- Towson University alumni
- Pennsylvania State University alumni
- University of Washington alumni
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine faculty
- Speech and language pathologists
- American pathologists
- Women pathologists
- 20th-century American women scientists
- 20th-century American scientists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American scientists
- American medical researchers
- American women medical researchers
- Autism researchers