I - List of Collaborators

CBDRP Collaborator List January 2013

Arkansas
Bettye S. Baxter, RN Research Nurse Coordinator/Data Collector	Phone: (501) 364-5045 [email protected]
Amy Bird, BS, RHIA Health Information Specialist	Phone: (501) 364-8950 [email protected]
Ashley S. Block, MA Research Associate	Phone: (501) 364-5029 [email protected]
Sarah J. Blossom, PhD Assistant Professor	Phone: (501) 364-2861 [email protected]
Gwen M. Bradford Administrative Assistant	Phone: (501) 364-5000 [email protected]
Angie Brock Office Manager/Financial Analyst	Phone: (501) 364-5340 [email protected]
Theangelo M. Calloway Health Information Specialist	Phone: (501) 364-5037 [email protected]
Mario A. Cleves, PhD Director of Biostatistics/Professor of Pediatrics	Phone: (501) 364-5033 [email protected]
Lori Delfos Administrative Assistant II	Phone: (501) 364-5044 [email protected]
Stephen W. Erickson, PhD Statistical Geneticist/Assistant Professor	Phone: 296-1556 [email protected]
Therese “TJ” Green, RN Research Nurse/Interviewer	Phone: (501) 364-5039 [email protected]
Charlotte A. Hobbs, MD, PhD Director and Professor of Pediatrics	Phone: (501) 364-5001 [email protected]
Adriane Holloway, RHIT Health Information Specialist	Phone: (501) 364-5042 [email protected]
Bruce B. Hulsey, BA Clinical Systems Analyst/Programmer	Phone: (501) 364-5043 [email protected]
Patricia Izquierdo, BA Bilingual Interviewer/Extra Help	Phone: (501) 364-5029 [email protected]
Stephen G. Kahler, MD Professor of Pediatrics	Phone: (501) 364-2966 [email protected]
Mohammad A. Karim, MD, PhD Research Associate	Phone: (501) 364-4599 [email protected]
Lora D. Lawrence, RN Research Nurse/Project Coordinator and Primary Interviewer	Phone: (501) 364-5005 [email protected]
Jingyun Li, MS Biostatistician	Phone: (501) 364-6515 [email protected]
Ming Li, PhD Statistical Geneticist /Assistant Professor	Phone: (501) 364-2636 [email protected]
Stewart L. MacLeod, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Managing Director of Birth Defects Genomics Laboratory	Phone: (501) 364-4616 [email protected]
Sadia Malik, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatrics	Phone: (501) 364-1479 [email protected]
Bridget Mosley, MPH Epidemiologist	Phone: (501) 364-8951 [email protected]
Quanda M. Moss, BS, RHIT Health Information Specialist	Phone: (501) 364-5028 [email protected]
Debra S. Napoli Management Project Analyst II	Phone: (501) 364-5001 [email protected]
Todd G. Nick, PhD Director of Biostatistics/Professor of Pediatrics	Phone: (501) 364-5373 [email protected]
Christopher E. Randolph, BS Laboratory Research Assistant	Phone: (501) 364-4599 [email protected]
James M. Robbins, PhD Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Associate Director, CARE	Phone: (501) 364-3300 [email protected]
Gerald B. Schaefer, MD Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics	Phone: (501) 364-2971 [email protected]
Veronica J. Smith, MBA Administrative Director of Research and Operations NBDPS Study Manager	Phone: (501) 364-5038 [email protected]
Xinyu Tang, PhD Biostatistician/Assistant Professor	Phone: (501) 364-6616 [email protected]
Donald E. Turner, Jr., BA Laboratory Research Technician/Inventory Specialist	Phone: (501) 364-4599 [email protected]

Use the following contact information for questions about the activities of the Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research & Prevention:

Charlotte Hobbs, MD, PhD, Director

Toll-free: 1-877-662-4567

Telephone: 501-364-5001 Fax: 501-364-5107

California
Suzan Carmichael, PhD Associate Professor	Phone: 650.736.0735 [email protected]
Richard H. Finnell, PhD Professor	Phone: 713-677-7777 [email protected]
Elizabeth (Liz) Harris Study Coordinator	Phone: 510-382-0835 [email protected]
Edward J. Lammer, MD Clinical Geneticist	Phone: 510-450-7646 [email protected]
Chen Ma Research Analyst	Phone: 650-736-0728 [email protected]
Kazutoyo Osoegawa, PhD Staff Scientist	Phone: 510-450-7911 [email protected]
Amy Padula, PhD Post Doctoral Scholar	Phone: 650-724-1322 [email protected]
Gary Shaw, DrPH Professor	Phone: (650) 721-5746 [email protected]
John Witte, PhD Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics	Phone 415-502-6882 [email protected]
Wei Yang Research Analyst	Phone: 650-736-0620 [email protected]
Huiping Zhu, MD., PhD Research Assistant Professor	Phone: 713-677-7410 [email protected]

For questions about the activities of the Stanford University:

Gary Shaw, DrPH or Suzan Carmichael, PhD

Telephone: 650-721-5746 and Fax: 650-721-5751

Iowa
Paul Romitti, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology Director, Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders	Phone: (319) 384-1549 [email protected]
Isabella Benassi, BS Research Intern, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4896 [email protected]
Julee Bormet, BA Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4503 [email protected]
Trudy Burns, PhD Professor, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-9620 [email protected]
Yanyan Cao, MS Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4588 [email protected]
Kristin Caspers, PhD Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4641 [email protected]
Florence Foo, MA Application Developer, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4004 [email protected]
Rhinda Goedken, BA Research Specialist, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4586 [email protected]
Sue Gorton, RN, BSN, HIM Health Records Specialist, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4002 [email protected]
Anna Guittar, BA Research Intern, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4916 [email protected]
Mabs Islam, MS Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4115 [email protected]
Vijaya Kancherla, PhD Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, Center for Spina Bifida Research, Prevention and Policy	Phone: (404) 727-8884 [email protected]
Kim Keppler-Noreuil, MD Clinical Professor of Pediatrics/Medical Genetics Staff Clinician, Genetics Disease Research Branch	Phone: (301) 496-4172 [email protected]
Jenell Lentz, BS Research Support Coordinator, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4088 [email protected]
Dong Liang, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4898 [email protected]
Jennifer (Alm) Makelarski, PhD Senior Research Project Professional, The University of Chicago	Phone: (773) 834-9877 [email protected]
Lina Moreno Uribe, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Dows Institute for Dental Research	Phone: (319) 335-8912 [email protected]
Jeffrey C. Murray, MD Professor, Department of Pediatrics	Phone: (319) 335-6897 [email protected]
Daryl Murry, PharmD Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics	Phone: (319) 335-8157 [email protected]
Soman Puzhankara, MS Research Manager, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4583 [email protected]
Carissa Rocheleau, PhD Fellow, NIOSH	Phone: (513) 841-4110 [email protected]
Taehyun Roh, MS Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4588 [email protected]
Wayne Sanderson, PhD, CIH Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health	Phone: (859) 218-2227 [email protected]
Dereck Shen, MS Statistician/Biostatistician, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4101 [email protected]
Lixian Sun, MS Statistician/Biostatistician, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 400-6431 [email protected]
Angela Trujillo Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology	Phone: (319) 335-4575 [email protected]
George Wehby, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy	Phone: (319) 384-5133 [email protected]
Peter Weyer, PhD Associate Director, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination	Phone: (319) 335-4014 [email protected]

For questions about the activities of the Iowa Center for Birth Defects Research & Prevention:

Julee Bormet, Iowa NBDPS Study Manager

Telephone: 319-335-4503

Fax: 319-335-4095

Massachusetts
Marlene Anderka, ScD, MPH Director, Epidemiologist	Phone: (617) 624-6045 [email protected]
Roberta Aucoin, RN Medical Records Abstractor	Phone: (617) 624-5510 [email protected]
Christopher Borger, MPH Epidemiologist	Phone: 617-624-5596 [email protected]
Howard Cabral, PhD, MPH Biostatistician, Co-Investigator Craniofacial Project	Tel: (617) 638-5024 [email protected]
Kelly Diringer Getz, MPH Graduate Student Intern	Phone: 617-624-5092 [email protected]
Sonia Hernandez-Diaz, MD, DrPH Associate Professor of Epidemiology	Phone: (617) 432-3942 [email protected]
Cathleen A. Higgins, BA Data Coordinator/Research Analyst	Phone: (617) 624-5510 [email protected]
Lewis B. Holmes, MD Clinical Geneticist and Teratologist	Phone: (617) 726-1742 [email protected]
Kathryn Killoran, BSN, RN, MPH Spanish-speaking Nurse Interviewer/Backup Nurse interviewer	[email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]
Milton Kotelchuck, PhD, MPH Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH)	Phone: 617-414-1413 or 617-724-3594 [email protected] or [email protected]
Rebecca F. Liberman Epidemiologist	Phone: 617-624-5503 [email protected]
Angela E. Lin, MD Clinical Geneticist	Phone: (617) 726-1561 (MGH only) [email protected]
Susan P. Littlefield, RN, MPH Nurse Interviewer	Phone: (781) 740-1784 [email protected] or [email protected]
Chia-ling Penny Liu, RN, MPH, ScD Researcher/Data Analyst	Phone: (617) 924-2060 [email protected]
Washa Liu, MD Medical Records Abstractor	Phone: (617) 624-5510 Washa [email protected]
Carol Louik, ScD Epidemiologist	Phone: (617) 734-6006 [email protected]
Rebecca Lovering, MPH Study Coordinator	Phone: (617) 624-5529; 1-888-302-2101 [email protected]
Allen A. Mitchell, MD Director, Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University	Phone: (617) 734-6006 [email protected]
Gerlinde S. Munshi, MA Administrative Director, MA Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention	Phone: (617) 624-5507 [email protected]
Ellen M. Nylen, RN Medical Records Abstractor	Phone: (617) 624-5510 [email protected]
Samantha Parker, MSPH Data Analyst	Phone: 617-734-6066 [email protected]
Barbara R. Pober, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School	Phone: (617) 726-1561 [email protected] [email protected]
Christine Seidman, MD Medicine and Genetics	Phone: (617) 432-7871 [email protected]
Jon Seidman, PhD Geneticist	Phone: (617) 432-7871 [email protected]
Daniel J. Sexton, MS, RHIA Case Reviewer/Abstractor	Phone: (617) 624-5546 [email protected]
Lori A. Tetrault, BS, CCS, CPC Medical Records Abstractor	Phone: (617) 624-5510 [email protected]
Carla Van Bennekom, MPH Epidemiologist	Phone: (617) 734-6006 [email protected]
Martha Werler, ScD, MPH Professor	Phone: (617) 734-6006 [email protected]

For questions about the activities of the Massachusetts Center for Birth Defects Research & Prevention:

Marlene Anderka
Toll Free: 1-888-302-2101/Telephone: (617) 624-6045 
Fax:  (617) 624-5574

New York
Erin M. Bell, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Phone: (518) 402-0375 [email protected]
Marilyn Browne, PhD Research Scientist	Phone: (518) 402-7974 [email protected]
Tonia Carter, PhD Epidemiologist	Tel: 715-221-6467 [email protected]
Alissa R (Caton) VanZutphen, PhD Research Scientist (Epidemiologist)	Phone: (518) 402-7977 [email protected]
Philip Cross, BS Assistant Bureau Director, Bureau of Environmental Epidemiology and Occupational Health	Phone: (518) 402-7954 [email protected]
Charlotte Druschel, MD, MPH Principal Investigator	Phone: (518) 402-7771 [email protected]
Michele L. Herdt-Losavio, PhD, MPH Epidemiologist, PhD Student	Phone: (518) 402-7950 [email protected]
Sharon Kasperek, MPH Field Staff	Phone: (716) 847-4365 [email protected]
Christine L Kielb MS Research Scientist (Analyst)	Phone: (518) 402-7989 [email protected]
Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE Collaborator	Phone : 813-396-2347 [email protected]
Shao Lin, PhD Senior Epidemiologist	Phone: (518) 402-7962 [email protected]
Nancy Mahoney Study Coordinator	Phone: (518) 402-7990 [email protected]
James L, Mills, MD, MS Collaborator	Phone: (301) 496-5394 [email protected]
Moshe Klompus Field Staff	Phone: (914) 654-7114 or (845) 358-4857 [email protected]
Roxana Moslehi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Genetic Epidemiologist	Phone: (518) 591-7225 [email protected]
JeanPierre W. Munsie, MSPH Research Scientist	Phone: (518) 402-7995 [email protected]
Luther K. Robinson, MD Clinical Reviewer	Phone: (716) 888-1365 [email protected]
Aida Soim, MS Research Scientist (Analyst)	Phone: (518) 402-7979 [email protected]
Thomas Talbot, MS Collaborator	Phone: (518) 402-7990 [email protected]

For questions about the activities of the New York Center for Birth Defects Research & Prevention:

Charlotte Druschel, Marilyn Browne

Telephone: 518-402-7990 Fax:  518-402-7769

North Carolina
Arthur S. Aylsworth, MD Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics	Phone: (919) 966-4202 [email protected]
Patricia Basta, PhD Research Associate	Phone: (919) 843-3860 [email protected]
Jeannette T. Bensen, PhD Research Assistant Professor Molecular Genetics and Epidemiology	Phone: (919) 843-1017 [email protected]
Tania A. Desrosiers, PhD Epidemiologist/Analyst	Phone: (919) 715-0268 or (919) 843-6199 [email protected] or [email protected]
Montserrat Fuentes, PhD Professor of Statistics	Phone: (919) 515-1921 [email protected]
William E. Funk, PhD Research Assistant Professor	Phone: (847) 467-6208 [email protected]
Christine Gray, MPH Doctoral Student	Phone: (919) 904-7016 [email protected]
Katie Harmsen, MA Clinical QC Coordinator	Phone: (919) 715-4496 [email protected]
Amy H. Herring, ScD Associate Professor, Biostatistics	Phone: (919) 843-6368 [email protected]
Tom Luben, PhD Epidemiologist	Phone: (919) 541-5762 [email protected]
Kimberly A. Ludwig, BS Programmer Analyst	Phone: (919) 966-2439 [email protected]
Manjoo Mittal, PhD Analyst/Statistician	Phone: (919) 715-4477 [email protected]
Robert E. Meyer, PhD Director of NC Birth Defects Monitoring Program	Phone: (919) 715-4476 [email protected]
Andrew F. Olshan, PhD Professor and Chair, Epidemiology	Phone: (919) 966-7424 [email protected]
Joseph B. Rigdon, Jr., MS Doctoral Student	Phone: (919) 218-0689 [email protected]
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD Professor, Nutrition & Epidemiology	Phone: (919) 962-8410 [email protected]
Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, PhD UNC Biostatistics Postdoctoral Researcher	Phone: (919) 966-7281 [email protected]
Jeanette A. Stingone, MPH UNC Epidemiology PhD Student	Phone: (919) 966-1610 [email protected]
Jennifer Stock, BS Field Coordinator	Phone: (919) 715-0263 [email protected]
Joshua Warren, PhD Biostatistics Postdoctoral Researcher	Phone: (919) 966-6368 [email protected]
Jennifer Winston, UNC Geography PhD Student	Phone: (919) 966- [email protected]
Kathryn Wisniewski, BS Applications Analyst	Phone: (919) 966-2068 [email protected]
Christina B. Venturi, PhD Surveillance Specialist	Phone: (919) 715-0515 [email protected]
Alison Woomert, PhD Project Director	Phone: (919) 966-8301 [email protected]
Jing Zhou, UNC Biostatistics PhD Student	Phone: (919) 966-6368 [email protected]

For questions about the activities of the North Carolina Center for Birth Defects Research & Prevention:

Alison Woomert, Project Manager

Toll-free: 1-877-204-5994

Telephone: 919-966-8301, Fax:  919-966-6650

Battelle
Erika Camargo Data Collection Supervisor	Phone: (919) 544-3717 X144 [email protected]
Fred Crane Assistant Data Manager	Phone: (919) 544-3717 X110 [email protected]
Diana E Gray, MPH Project Leader	Phone: (919) 544-3717 X168 [email protected]
Stephanie Gray Data Manager	Phone : (845) 493-0334 [email protected]
Charles Knott, MPA Battelle Site Director, Program Manager	Phone: (919) 544-3717 X105 [email protected]
Emily Reid, BA Assistant Data Manager	Phone: (919) 544-3717 X166 [email protected]
Linda Youngblood, BS Mailing Coordinator	Phone: (919) 544-3717 X106 [email protected]

For questions about the activities of the Battelle Center for Birth Defects Research & Prevention:

Diana (Dee) Gray, Project Leader (NC NBDPS)

Telephone: (919) 544-3717 X168 Fax: (919) 544-0830

CDC/Atlanta
Elizabeth Ailes, PhD EIS Officer	Phone: (404) 498-3934 [email protected]
Jose Fernando Arena, MD, PhD Medical Officer	Phone: (404) 498- 3924 [email protected]
Cheryl S. Broussard, PhD Health Scientist	Phone: (404) 498-3949 [email protected]
Amanda Burke, MPH, CPH ORISE Fellow	Phone: (404) 498-0240 [email protected]
Cynthia H. Cassell, PhD Epidemiologist	Phone: (404) 498-1308 [email protected]
Chris L. Cosper, BIT Data Manager	Phone: (404) 498-3939 [email protected]
Krista Stimson Crider, PhD Molecular Geneticist	Phone: (404) 498-3893 [email protected]
April Dawson, MPH Epidemiologist	Phone: (404) 498-3912 [email protected]
Owen Devine, PhD Statistician	Phone: 404-498-3073 [email protected]
Jaime l. Frias, MD Visiting Scientist(contractor, Carter Consulting)	Phone: 770-921-1533 [email protected]
Margaret Gallagher, Ph.D. Microbiologist	Phone: (770) 488-3612 [email protected]
Suzanne Gilboa, PhD, MHS Epidemiologist	Phone: (404) 498-4425 [email protected]
Ridgely Fisk Green, PhD, M.M.Sc Pediatric Genetics Researcher (Contractor, Carter consulting)	Phone: (404) 498- 3884 [email protected]
Peggy Honein, PhD, MPH Birth Defects Branch Chief	Phone: (404) 498-3921 [email protected]
Jodi Jackson, PhD Molecular geneticist	Phone: (404) 498- 3561 [email protected]
Mary M. Jenkins, PhD Molecular Geneticist	Phone: (404) 498-3889 [email protected]
Christina C. Lawson, Ph.D. Research Epidemiologist	Phone: (513) 841-4171 [email protected]
Cara T. Mai, MPH Public Health Analyst	Phone: (404) 498-3918 [email protected]
Marques Merriweather Atlanta Data Manager (Contractor – Abt Associates)	Phone: (404) 498-3931 [email protected]
Cindy Moore, MD, PhD Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Director	Phone: 404-498-3927 [email protected]
Kim Newsome, MPH, BSN NBDPS Project Manager/Health Scientist	Phone: (404) 498-0605 [email protected]
Shannon O’Brien, BS Biologist (Contractor, Battelle)	Phone: (770) 488-7204 [email protected]
Richard Olney, MD, MPH Team Leader/Pediatric Genetics	Phone: (404) 498-3879 [email protected]
Kara Duwe Polen, MPH Epidemiologist, Communications Specialist	Phone: (404) 498-3914 [email protected]
Bill Paradies, BBA, Accounting Public Health Analyst	Phone: (404) 498-3919 [email protected]
Hilda Razzaghi, PhD ORISE Fellow, Epidemiologist	Phone: (404) 498-0126 [email protected]
Jennita Reefhuis, PhD Principal Investigator	Phone: (404) 498-3917 [email protected]
Tiffany Riehle-Colarusso, MD, MSE Medical Officer	Phone: (404) 498-3805 [email protected]
John Sims, BAE Lead Programmer (Contractor, 2020 Company)	Phone: (404) 498-3938 [email protected]
Patricia Stevens, BSN Health Researcher (Contractor, Abt Associates)	Phone: (404) 498-3942 [email protected]
Keith Story Programmer (Contractor, 2020 Company)	Phone: (404) 498-3936 Hwl8@cdc.gov
Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH Medical Officer	Phone: (404) 498-3877 [email protected]
Sarah Tinker, PhD, MPH Epidemiologist, Principal Investigator	Phone: (404) 498-3509 [email protected]
Tineka Yowe-Conley, MPA Public Health Analyst	Phone: (404) 498-3941 [email protected]

For questions about the activities of the CDC Center for Birth Defects Research & Prevention:

Project Manager: Kim Newsome

Telephone:  404-498-0605

Fax: 404-498-3550

Abt Associates, Inc.
Rebecca Devlin Data Operations Manager	Phone: (312) 529-9705 [email protected]
Ray Hildonen On-Site Data Collection Manager	Phone: (413) 835-2119 [email protected]
Ricki Jarmon Project Quality Advisor	Phone: (617) 386-2601 [email protected]
Kyle Silkey Data Manager	Phone: (602) 412-2605 [email protected]
Katie Labrecque Supervisor (Interviewing, Coding, Biologics)	Phone: (413) 835-2120 [email protected]
Cathy Murphy Coding Task Leader/Supervisor	Phone : (919) 294-7752 [email protected]
Gabriella Newes-Adeyi, PhD, MPH Project Leader/Senior Associate	Phone: (301) 634-1758 [email protected]
Deborah Klein Walker Vice President/Principal Associate	Phone: (617) 349-2390 [email protected]

For questions about the activities of the Abt Associates Inc. Center for Birth Defects Research & Prevention:

Gabriella Newes-Adeyi, Project Leader

Telephone: (301) 634-1758 Fax: (301) 828-9623

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