Gail Chodron, PhD

Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1500 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705-2280
 
Phone: 608-890-0145
Email: [email protected]
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Last Updated: December 11, 2023

Gail Chodron
 

Leadership: LEND Director
Primary Activity Coordinators: Community Education Director
Technical Assistance
Discipline Coordinators: Public Health
 
Discipline(s): Family/Parent/Youth Advocacy
Interdisciplinary
Public Health
 
AUCD Council Membership: Community Education Directors' Council
National Training Directors' Council
Multicultural Council
 
Research: early identification, family and community engagement, public health, health equity
Education: PhD, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Vita/Bio

CURRENT POSITION

2023-present  WI LEND Director, Waisman Center UCEDD, UW-Madison.

2022-present  Affiliate, Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, UW-Madison.

2020-present  Public Health Program Faculty, School of Medicine and Public Health, UW-Madison.

2019-present  Scientist, Waisman Center UCEDD, UW-Madison.


EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2015 Ph.D., Social Science and Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada: November. 

2008 Certificate, Wisconsin Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related
Disabilites (WI LEND) Program, Waisman Center UCEDD, UW-Madison.

1996 M.A., Social-Cultural Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada.


PUBLICATIONS

Barger, B., Salmon, A., & Chödrön, G. (forthcoming). Correlations between state level monitoring and screening rates and early identified ASD/DD across racial and ethnic groups: Analysis from the National Survey of Children’s Health. Infants and Young Children.

Morgan, E., Winters, I., King, C., Shaw, B., Burns, J., Stahmer, A., Chödrön, G. (2023). Paths to equity: Parents in partnership with UCEDDs fostering Black family advocacy for children on the autism spectrum. Developmental Disabilities Network Journal, 3(1):6-29.

Smith, J., Nidey, N., Chödrön, G., Czyzia, J., Donahue, M., Ford, K., James, C., Klimova, O., Macias, M., Rabidoux, P., Whitaker, T., Brosco, J. (2022). A national quality improvement network for interdisciplinary training in developmental disabilities. Pediatrics: 150(6): e2022058236. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-058236.

Abercrombie, J., Pann, J., Taylor, E., Brisendine, A., Biasini, F., Swanson-Holm, R., James, C,. Viehweg, S., and Chödrön, G.(2022). Evaluation of the Feasibility and Perceived Value of Integrating Learn the Signs. Act Early. Developmental Monitoring Resources in Early Head Start. Early Childhood Education Journal, 50(1): 1169–1181DOI: 10.1007/s10643-021-01247-5.

Hall-Lande, J., Buck, D., Srinivasavaradan, D., Brown, K., Weber, S., and Chödrön, G. (2022). Promoting family engagement and early identification of developmental delays: The role of Act Early Ambassadors. Zero to Three, 43(1): 28-37.

Chödrön, G., B. Barger, K. Pizur-Barnekow, S. Viehweg, A. Puk-Ament. (2021). ‘Watch Me!’ training increases knowledge and impacts attitudes related to developmental monitoring and referral among childcare providers. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25(6): 980-990. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-020-03097-w.

Chödrön, G., K. Pizur-Barnekow, S. Viehweg, A. Puk-Ament, B. Barger. (2021). Childcare providers’ attitudes, knowledge, and practice related to developmental monitoring to promote early identification and referral. Early Child Development and Care, 191(4): 520-534. DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2019.1626373.