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Philip W. Davidson, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Environmental Medicine, and Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Dr. Davidson received his doctorate in experimental psychology from George Washington University in 1970. Between 1970 and 1973 he was Assistant Professor of Psychology at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. After a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology at the Division for Disorders of Development and Learning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1973-1974, Dr. Davidson worked for two years at the Monroe Developmental Center in Rochester, New York before joining the faculty of the University of Rochester.
For the past 14 years, Dr Davidson has been a senior investigator on the Seychelles Child Development Study examining the developmental neurotoxicity of methylmercury. His research interests also include lifespan and aging effects on health and mental health outcomes in persons with developmental disabilities. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and 60 book chapters and is the editor or co-editor of three books. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, the Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, the American Journal on Mental Retardation, and the International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, and was Associate Editor of Applied Research in Mental Retardation.
Dr. Davidson has served as President of the Psychology Division of the American Association on Mental Retardation. He was Secretary-Treasurer of APA Division 12, Section 5 (the Society of Pediatric Psychology), and held the same office on the Association of University Centers on Disabilities. He is Past President of Division 33 (Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities) of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Davidson currently holds the office of Treasurer for the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability. He is an active member of the Society of Pediatric Research.
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