Streering Committee

Steering Committee

Committee Member	Position	Expertise
SDY Registry Biorepository, University of Michigan
Mark Russell, MD	Cardiologist Director of SDY Registry Biorepository	Pediatric cardiology, Biorepository
Maternal and Infant Health Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
Karon Abe, PhD, CDR, USPHS	Team Lead for the Infant Health Team	Preterm birth, biomarkers
Lena Camperlengo, DrPH, RN	Health Scientist Program lead for CDC SUID Case Registry and SDY Registry	SUID- death scene investigations, training, program evaluation, safe sleep, collaboration with medical examiners and coroners
Carri Cottengim, MA	Program Manager SUID/SDY Case Registries Contractor	State-level experience with child death review and health department, program management (specifically providing technical assistance to grantees)
Alexa Erck, MPH	Program Manager SUID/SDY Case Registries Contractor	State-level experience with child death review and health department, program management (specifically providing technical assistance to grantees)
Sharyn Parks, PhD, MPH	Lead Epidemiologist/Data manager for the SUID Case Registry	Data analysis and quality assurance, epidemiology, surveillance
Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, PhD, MPH	Branch Senior Scientist	SUID- epidemiology, surveillance risk factors, safe sleep, collaboration with medical examiners and coroners
Arthritis, Epilepsy and Well-Being Branch, Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
Rosemarie Kobau, MPH, MAPP	Health Scientist	Epilepsy surveillance, epidemiology, self-management
Niu Tian, MD, PhD	Medical Officer	SUDEP
Data Coordinating Center, Michigan Public Health Institute
Teri Covington, MPH	SDY Registry Program Director Principal Investigator for SDY Registry Data Coordinating Center	Child Death Review, surveillance
Heather MacLeod, MS, CGC	SDY Registry Senior Project Manager Main contact for DCC SDY Registry Technical assistance for SDY Registry grantees	Genetic counseling
National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Kristin Burns, MD	Medical Officer Overall lead for SDY Registry Study	Pediatric cardiology, SDY
Jonathan Kaltman, MD	Branch Chief	Pediatric cardiology, SDY, electrophysiology
Ellen Rosenberg, RN	Clinical Trial Specialist	Clinical trials
National Institutes of Health, National Heart, National Institutes of Neurological Disorder and Stroke
Vicky Whittemore, PhD	Program Director – Epilepsy	SUDEP and Epilepsy