Alexis Deavenport-Saman, DrPH, MCHES

CA-LEND Title

Director of Continuing Education

Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California

Contact Information:

4650 Sunset Blvd. MS #53
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Research Interests

• Maternal and Child Health
• Developmental Disabilities
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
• Infant-Toddler Hearing Screening
• Childhood Obesity and Health Disparities
• Foster Care and Childhood Obesity
• Autism and Emergency Department Utilization

Select Publications

Sanghani S, Deavenport A, Herring P, Anderson SE, Medina  E, & Kazemi S. Enhancing Wellness by therapeutic lifestyle change: Does cost determine program commitment? Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 2010; 8, 40-45.

Deavenport A, Modeste N, Hopp Marshak H, & Neish C. Closing the Gap in Mammogram Screening: An Experimental Intervention among Low-income Hispanic Women in Community Health Clinics. Health Education and Behavior, 2011; 38, 452-461. PMID: 21482702.

Bhatia P, Mintz S, Hecht B, Deavenport A, Kuo AA. Early identification of young children with hearing loss in federally qualified health centers. J Dev Behav Pediatr, 2013; 34, 15–21. PMID: 23275054.

Deavenport A, Kreutzer CB, Rao S. An opportunity to increase early childhood nutrition training among providers: California licensing laws in child care centers. Infant Child and Adolescent Nutrition. 2014;6:14-17.

Smookler G, Deavenport-Saman A. Retrospective Study of Cumulative Diagnostic Radiation Exposure during Childhood in Patients with Spina Bifida. Disabil Health J, 2015, In Press.

Professional Memberships

• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
• Academic Pediatric Association
• International Society for Autism Rsearch

Education and Training

• University of California, Davis, CA, B.S. (Psychobiology, English Minor), 2004
• Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, M.P.H. (Health Education/Maternal and Child Health),  2006
• Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, Dr.P.H. (Health Education/Epidemiology Cognate),  2009
• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program), Los Angeles, CA, September 2012–May 2013