David Mandell, ScD is the Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is trained as a psychiatric epidemiologist and mental health services researcher. The goal of his research is to improve the quality of care individuals with psychiatric and developmental disabilities receive in their communities, with a particular focus on people with autism. This research is of two types. The first examines, at the state and national level, the effects of different strategies to organize, finance and deliver services on service use patterns and outcomes. The second consists of experimental studies designed to determine the best strategies to successfully implement proven-efficacious practices in community settings.

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David Mandell, ScD
- Professor, Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
- Director, Center for Mental Health, Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Director, Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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