Alan L. Mendelsohn M.D.
Alan L. Mendelsohn M.D.
Assistant Professor / Director of Clinical Research, Divisions of General and Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics / Program Director, Fellowship in Developmental- / Program Director, Fellowship in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics (General-Fac)

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My primary research interest is in developmental-behavioral pediatrics. I have published research in the following areas:
1. Early childhood language development.
2. Low level lead exposure, development and behavior
3. Impact of Reach Out and Read, a pediatric primary care based intervention that seeks to promote parent-child reading activities
4. Impact of an intervention on parent-child interaction to promote language development in a high risk population
5. Media exposure in young children