Biography:Rebecca Landa

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Short description: American speech-language pathologist
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

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

  1. "VIAF". https://viaf.org/viaf/228164721382002340004/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Rebecca Landa, Ph.D., M.S., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences" (in en). https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/rebecca-landa. 
  3. Moellman-Landa, Rebecca Jean (1985). Effectiveness of language elicitation tasks with two-year-olds (Ph.D. thesis). University of Washington. OCLC 11831962.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Rebecca Landa, PhD, CCC-SLP, Vice President" (in en). https://www.kennedykrieger.org/patient-care/faculty-staff/rebecca-landa.