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Dr. Harolyn M. E. Belcher is a neurodevelopmental pediatrician and research scientist at Kennedy Krieger Institute. She is currently the Director of Research at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Family Center. Dr. Belcher is also jointly in the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and also holds the rank of Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Belcher received her B.S. degree in zoology from Howard University in Washington, DC in 1980, her M.D. degree in Medicine from Howard University College of Medicine in 1982, and her Master's in Health Science focusing on Mental Hygiene in 2002 from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Belcher began as a fellow in Developmental Pediatrics at The Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1985. She went on to serve as assistant professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University, Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC and then at University of South Florida, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Development in Tampa, FL from 1987 to 1993. Dr. Belcher continued her career as a developmental pediatrician with The Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD from 1993-1995 before returning to Kennedy Krieger Institute as a developmental pediatrician from 1996 to the present. Dr. Belcher was an instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine from 1996-1997 and an assistant professor from 1998 to 2003. In the last quarter of 2003, Dr. Belcher was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics and lecturer in the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and assumed the position of Director of Research at The Kennedy Krieger Institute Family Center. | 