awards fields workplaces known_for residence article_title name alma_mater
arnold j. capute award -lrb- aap -rrb- epidemiology centers for disease control and prevention epidemiology of autism atlanta marshalyn yeargin-allsopp
 marshalyn yeargin-allsopp sweet briar college , emory university
marshalyn yeargin-allsopp

marshalyn yeargin-allsopp is a medical epidemiologist and chief of the developmental disabilities branch at the centers for disease control and prevention , where she has worked since 1981 .
she is also an adjunct assistant professor of pediatrics at emory university .
she is the great-niece of benjamin mays , the former president of morehouse college .
