| Rebecca Landa | |
| Other Names: | Rebecca Jean Moellman-Landa |
| Fields: | Speech-language pathology, neuropsychology, autism research |
| Workplaces: | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Kennedy Krieger Institute |
| Alma Mater: | Towson University Pennsylvania State University University of Washington |
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.
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. 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.[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. 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.