HBCD Site Principal Investigators
Ashley Acheson, PhD
Arkansas Children’s Hospital – Arkansas
Ludmila N. Bakhireva, MD, PhD, MPH
University of New Mexico – New Mexico
Gretchen Bandoli, PhD, MPH, MBA
University of California San Diego – California
Martha Ann Bell, PhD
Virginia Tech – Virginia
Obianuju Berry, MD
New York University Langone Health – New York
Ryan Bogdan, PhD
Washington University – Missouri
Michelle Bosquet Enlow, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital | Harvard Medical School – Massachusetts
Irina Burd, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University – Maryland
Claire Coles, PhD
Emory University – Georgia
Julie M. Croff, PhD, MPH, FAAHB
Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma
Laurie Cutting, PhD
Vanderbilt University – Tennessee
Doug Dean III, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison – Wisconsin
Sara B. DeMauro, MD, MSCE
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – Pennsylvania
Nathan Fox, PhD
University of Maryland, College Park – Maryland
Sheila Gahagan, MD, MPH
University of California San Diego – California
Wei Gao, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – California
Hugh Garavan, PhD
University of Vermont – Vermont
Michael K. Georgieff, MD
University of Minnesota – Minnesota
Alice Graham, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University – Oregon
P. Ellen Grant, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital | Harvard Medical School – Massachusetts
Kimberly Gregory, MD, MPH
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – California
Karen Grewen, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – North Carolina
Matthew Gurka, PhD
University of Florida – Florida
Kelly Gurka, PhD, MPH
University of Florida – Florida
Jennifer Hays-Grudo, PhD
Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma
Kathy Hosig, PhD, MPH, RD
Virginia Tech – Virginia
Brittany Howell, PhD
Virginia Tech – Virginia
Hao Huang, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – Pennsylvania
Scott Johnson, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles – California
Brenda Jones Harden, PhD
University of Maryland, College Park – Maryland
Julie Kable, PhD
Emory University – Georgia
Lawrence Leeman, MD, MPH
University of New Mexico – New Mexico
Pat Levitt, PhD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – California
Weili Lin, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – North Carolina
Lorraine McKelvey, PhD
Arkansas Children’s Hospital – Arkansas
Stephanie Merhar, MD, MS
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – Ohio
Amanda Morris, PhD
Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma
Bonnie Nagel, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University – Oregon
Sharlene D. Newman, PhD
University of Alabama – Alabama
Cassandra Newsom, PsyD
University of Alabama at Birmingham – Alabama
Elizabeth Norton, PhD
Northwestern University – Illinois
Sarah Osmundson, MD, MS
Vanderbilt University – Tennessee
Xiawei Ou, PhD
Arkansas Children’s Hospital – Arkansas
James Pekar, PhD
Johns Hopkins University | Kennedy Krieger Institute – Maryland
Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, MD, MPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham – Alabama
Koraly Pérez-Edgar, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, University Park – Pennsylvania
Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison – Wisconsin
Alexandra Potter, PhD
University of Vermont – Vermont
Tracy Riggins, PhD
University of Maryland, College Park – Maryland
Cynthia Rogers, MD
Washington University – Missouri
Lisa Scott, PhD
University of Florida – Florida
Lynne Smith, MD
University of California, Los Angeles – California
Beth A. Smith, PT, DPT, PhD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – California
Elinor L. Sullivan, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University – Oregon
Moriah Thomason, PhD
New York University Langone Health – New York
Jennifer Vannest, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – Ohio
Heather E. Volk, PhD
Johns Hopkins University | Kennedy Krieger Institute – Maryland
Lauren Wakschlag, PhD
Northwestern University – Illinois
Sylia Wilson, PhD
University of Minnesota – Minnesota
Jessica Wisnowski, PhD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – California
Lea Yerby, PhD
University of Alabama – Alabama
Aleksandra Zgierska, MD, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, University Park – Pennsylvania