Co-Principal Investigator

Dr. Alan Mendelsohn, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician, focuses on reducing poverty-related disparities in child development and health. He leads research at NYU on promoting parenting and school readiness through pediatric care, with interventions like Reach Out and Read and PlayReadVIP. Co-author of the StimQ tool, he studies environmental factors impacting children, including parent-child interactions and media exposure. Dr. Mendelsohn has received NIH funding since 2005 and plays key roles in national child poverty and early childhood initiatives.

Featured Works

  • https://library.med.nyu.edu/api/publications/?person=alm5&sort=display_rank&in-biosketch=yes

  • Miller, E. B., Hails, K. A., Canfield, C. F., Morris-Perez, P. A., Shaw, D. S., Mendelsohn, A. L., & Gross, R. S. (2024). Cognitive Stimulation and Maternal Feeding Styles in Families with Low Incomes: Impacts from a Randomized Clinical Trial. Academic Pediatrics.

  • Duh-Leong, C., Messito, M. J., Katzow, M. W., Kim, C. N., Mendelsohn, A. L., Scott, M. A., & Gross, R. S. (2024). Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Child Obesity Prevention: Effects of Adverse Social Determinants of Health on Intervention Attendance and Impact. Childhood Obesity.

  • Piccolo, L. R., Roby, E., Canfield, C. F., Seery, A. M., Weisleder, A., Cates, C. B., ... & Mendelsohn, A. L. (2024). Supporting responsive parenting in real-world implementation: minimal effective dose of the Video Interaction Project. Pediatric research, 95(5), 1295-1300.