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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ABOUT US

The HBCD team at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill LOVES working with moms and their babies! Led by Dr. Stephanie Engel and Dr. Weili Lin, our team has studied infant and child brain development using MRI & EEG for more than 15 years, building positive experiences with families who come back for study visits as their children grow up. Our multi-disciplinary team includes nine coordinators, a neuroradiologist, epidemiologist, pediatrician, maternal psychiatrist, imaging physicists, and developmental cognitive neuroscientists. Our team members have experience working with moms and children from varied backgrounds, including moms who have experienced depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or substance misuse. We have two new moms on our team who share their unique perspective about working with pregnant and new moms, and their babies. Our team is SO GRATEFUL to all the families who join the HBCD study, and we do all we can to create a comfortable, welcoming experience for each family at every study visit!

UNC HBCD Team

UNC Team: Bottom Left to Right - Wendy Isbell (Study Navigator/Coordinator), Hallie Pike (Coordinator), Pam Beiler (Coordinator), Eman Abdallah (Coordinator) Top Left to Right - Ashley Beauchamp (Coordinator), Danielle Terblanche (Research Assistant), Karen Grewen (Co-PI), Alana Campbell (Co-PI), Weili Lin (Co-PI)

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919-966-2546


hbcdstudy@med.unc.edu

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LOCATIONS

Marsico Hall

125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

INVESTIGATORS

Weili Lin

Weili Lin, PhD

Principal Investigator
Stephanie Engel

Stephanie Engel, PhD

Principal Investigator
Alana Campbell

Alana Campbell, PhD

Co-Investigator
Wei-Tang Chang

Wei-Tang Chang, MD

Co-Investigator
Jessica Cohen

Jessica Cohen, PhD

Co-Investigator
Karen Grewen

Karen Grewen, PhD

Co-Investigator
Sheng Che “Alex” Hung

Sheng Che “Alex” Hung, MD, PhD

Co-Investigator
Michael O’Shea

Michael O’Shea, MD, MPH

Co-Investigator

RESEARCH TEAM

Eman Abdallah

Eman Abdallah

Study Coordinator
Kristine Baluyot

Kristine Baluyot

Site Coordinator
Ashley Beauchamp

Ashley Beauchamp

Study Coordinator
Pam Beiler

Pam Beiler, MSW, LCSW

Study Coordinator
Yorjannys Gomez

Yorjannys Gomez

Study Coordinator
Wendy Isbell

Wendy Isbell, CADC, NCCPSS

Study Navigator
Jordan Jimenez

Jordan Jimenez

Study Coordinator
Kayla Klemp

Kayla Klemp

Study Coordinator
JeMya McClendon

JeMya McClendon

Study Coordinator
Thao Nguyen

Thao Nguyen

Study Coordinator
Hallie Pike

Hallie Pike

Study Coordinator

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