UTHealth Expert List

Michael Assel, Ph.D.

• Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Learning Institute, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
• Staff Psychologist, Dan L. Duncan Children's Neurodevelopment Clinic, Children’s Learning Institute, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth

Michael Assel, Ph.D., evaluates children with a range of developmental differences and is co-investigator of several studies funded by the Texas Education Agency and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Assel specializes in learning disabilities, children’s behavior, child development, adolescent issues and behavior, pervasive developmental disorders, language delays, attention deficit disorder and the effects of early maternal interaction behaviors. Assel is also available to discuss how to talk with children about approaching storms.