(Philadelphia,
PA) - David S. Mandell, Sc.D., has joined the
Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine, as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Mandell
is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Pediatrics at Penn.
Dr. Mandell's research interests is the mental health
needs of children served by public systems. He is especially
interested in children with autism and ways to best
design services that meet their needs. He has been published
in the peer-reviewed journals Psychiatric Services,
the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and the Journal of Behavioral Health Services
and Research, among others.
He attended Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, where he earned his Doctor of Science (Sc.D.)
degree in the Department of Mental Health. He completed
a postdoctoral fellowship with the Center for Mental
Health Policy and Services Research in the Department
of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine. Dr. Mandell is also a member of the Public
Safety Advisory Board at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Mandell is a member of the American Public Health
Association and the Academy for Health Services Research
and Health Policy. Among his recent awards, he has received
the 2002 National Institute of Mental Health Trainee
Presentation Award and the 2001 National Association
of State Mental Health Program Directors Postdoctoral
Fellowship. He was recently invited to lecture at the
conference, 'A System of Care for Children's Mental
Health: Expanding the Research Base', on the 'Use of
complementary and alternative medicine among children
with autism' and has also lectured at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention on 'Racial disparities
in the diagnosis of children with autism.'
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