Dr. Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD

  • Development Disability Branch
    National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD, is a Developmental Pediatrician, Medical Epidemiologist, and Chief of the Developmental Disabilities Branch in CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Yeargin-Allsopp joined CDC in 1981 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer and completed a Preventive Medicine Residency in 1984. After coming to CDC, she designed and implemented the first U.S. population-based studies of developmental disabilities among children. These studies laid the foundation for CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, which has been tracking the number and characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities in the U.S. since 2000.

    Dr. Yeargin-Allsopp received her medical degree from Emory University and is board-certified in Pediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. She served as a CDC representative and Chair to the Interagency Coordinating Committee for the National Children’s Study; publishes extensively on the epidemiology of developmental disabilities; and speaks to audiences across the country and internationally about CDC’s work. She remains committed to making an impact on the lives of children, no matter their level of ability, and maintained her clinical experience by serving as the medical director of the Clayton Early Intervention Program in metropolitan Atlanta until 2013.

    Dr. Yeargin-Allsopp lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband Ralph. She enjoys spending time with her two children and four grandchildren.

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