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
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323-361-2994 |
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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