Recruitment Sites
The HBCD Research Consortium consists of an Administrative Core, a
Data Coordinating Center, and 27 recruitment sites across the country
HBCD Consortium Administrative Core (HCAC)
Principal Investigators: Drs. Christina Chambers and Charles A. Nelson III
HBCD Data Coordinating Center (HDCC)
Principal Investigators: Drs. Anders Dale, Damien Fair and Chris Smyser
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
Principal Investigators: Drs. Xiawei Ou, Ashley Acheson and Lorraine McKelvey
Site Coordinator: Carol Rangel
Phone: 501-580-3652
Email: hbcd@archildrens.org
Boston Children’s Hospital
Principal Investigators: Drs. P. Ellen Grant and Michelle Bosquet Enlow
Site Coordinator: Isabella Natale
Phone: 617-919-1726
Email: hbcd@childrens.harvard.edu
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Principal Investigators: Drs. Mirella Dapretto, Wei Gao, Kimberly Gregory, and Lynne Smith
Site Coordinator: Catherine Ramos
Phone: 323-393-3181
Email: hbcd@cshs.org
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Principal Investigators: Drs. Pat Levitt, Beth A. Smith and Jessica Wisnowski
Site Coordinator: Sara Yousuf
Phone: 323-302-7395
Email: hbcd@chla.usc.edu
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Principal Investigators: Drs. Hao Huang and Sara B. DeMauro
Site Coordinator: Mishaska Jaramillo
Phone: 215-578-6425
Email: hbcd@chop.edu
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Principal Investigators: Drs. Stephanie Merhar and Jennifer Vannest
Site Coordinator: Traci Beiersdorfer
Phone: 513-803-6428
Email: hbcd@cchmc.org
Emory University
Principal Investigators: Drs. Julie Kable and Claire Coles
Site Coordinator: Kevin McKnight
Phone: 404-712-9829
Email: hbcd@emory.edu
Johns Hopkins University
and Kennedy Krieger Institute
Principal Investigators: Drs. Heather E. Volk, James Pekar, and Andrew Satin
Site Coordinator: Jamie Dahm Kaczaniuk
Phone: 833-927-0063
Email: hbcdstudy@jhu.edu
Northwestern University
Principal Investigators: Drs. Lauren Wakschlag and Elizabeth Norton
Site Coordinator: Brianna Sinche
Phone: 872-204-7882
Email: hbcd@northwestern.edu
NYU Langone Health
Principal Investigators: Drs. Obianuju Berry, Lauren Shuffrey, and Moriah Thomason
Site Coordinator: Sarah Bennett
Phone: 917-946-3524
Email: hbcd@nyulangone.org
Oklahoma State University
Center for Health Sciences
Principal Investigators: Drs. Julie M. Croff, Jennifer Hays-Grudo and Amanda Morris
Site Coordinator: Jordan Love
Phone: 918-236-6993
Email: hbcd@okstate.edu
Oregon Health & Science University
Principal Investigators: Drs. Elinor L. Sullivan and Alice Graham
Site Coordinator: Kelly Molloy and Rosalin Dunn
Phone: 503-418-9334
Email: hbcdstudy@ohsu.edu
Penn State College of Medicine
Principal Investigators: Dr. Aleksandra Zgierska
Site Coordinator: Jennifer Cruz
Phone: 717-531-4479
Email: hbcd@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Penn State University
Principal Investigators: Dr. Koraly Pérez-Edgar
Site Coordinator: Megan Zinobile
Phone: 814-863-6018
Email: hbcd@psu.edu
The University of Alabama
Principal Investigators: Drs. Sharlene D. Newman and Lea Yerby
Site Coordinator: Sally Sutherland
Phone: 205-348-6360
Email: hbcd@ua.edu
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Principal Investigators: Drs. Myriam Peralta-Carcelen and Cassandra Newsom
Site Coordinator: Nicole Stewart
Phone: 205-949-7327
Email: hbcd@uabmc.edu
University of California, San Diego Health
Principal Investigators: Drs. Gretchen Bandoli and Sheila Gahagan
Site Coordinator: Ashley Swan
Phone: 858-230-5591
Email: hbcd@ucsd.edu
University of Maryland, College Park
Principal Investigators: Drs. Nathan Fox, Brenda Jones Harden and Tracy Riggins
Site Coordinator: Jamie Listokin
Phone: 301-405-5210
Email: hbcd@umd.edu
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigators: Drs. Sylia Wilson, Michael K. Georgieff and Anna Zilverstand
Site Coordinator: Krupa Patel
Phone: 612-505-2594
Email: hbcd@umn.edu
University of New Mexico Health and Health Sciences
Principal Investigators: Drs. Ludmila N. Bakhireva and Lawrence Leeman
Site Coordinator: Lidia Enriquez Marquez
Phone: 505-318-9707
Email: hbcdstudy@salud.unm.edu
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Principal Investigators: Drs. Weili Lin and Karen Grewen
Site Coordinator: Pam Beiler
Phone: 919-966-2546
Email: hbcdstudy@med.unc.edu
University of Vermont
Principal Investigators: Drs. Alexandra Potter and Hugh Garavan
Site Coordinator: Britley Learnard and Olivia Tarmey
Phone: 802-847-6955
Email: hbcd@uvm.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Principal Investigators: Drs. Doug Dean III and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan
Site Coordinator: Corrina Frye
Phone: 608-265-6541
Email: hbcd@bi.wisc.edu
Vanderbilt University
Principal Investigators: Drs. Laurie Cutting and Sarah Osmundson
Site Coordinator: Lanier Sachs (VU) (629) 277-2131, Bella Sorensen (VUMC) hbcd@vumc.org
Phone: 629-277-2131 (VU) and 629-277-2130 (VUMC)
Email: hbcd@vanderbilt.edu
Virginia Tech
Principal Investigators: Drs. Brittany Howell, Martha Ann Bell and Kathy Hosig
Site Coordinator: Danielle Murray
Phone: 540-526-2389
Email: hbcd@vt.edu
Washington University in St. Louis
Principal Investigators: Drs. Cynthia Rogers and Ryan Bogdan
Site Coordinator: Nicole Lashley-Simms
Phone: 314-362-3068
Email: hbcdstudy@wustl.edu