
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 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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INVESTIGATORS

Weili Lin, PhD
Principal Investigator

Stephanie Engel, PhD
Principal Investigator

Alana Campbell, PhD
Co-Investigator

Wei-Tang Chang, MD
Co-Investigator

Jessica Cohen, PhD
Co-Investigator

Karen Grewen, PhD
Co-Investigator

Sheng Che “Alex” Hung, MD, PhD
Co-Investigator

Michael O’Shea, MD, MPH
Co-Investigator
RESEARCH TEAM

Eman AbdallahStudy Coordinator

Kristine BaluyotSite Coordinator

Ashley BeauchampStudy Coordinator

Pam Beiler, MSW, LCSW
Study Coordinator

Yorjannys GomezStudy Coordinator

Wendy Isbell, CADC, NCCPSS
Study Navigator

Jordan JimenezStudy Coordinator

Kayla KlempStudy Coordinator

JeMya McClendonStudy Coordinator

Thao NguyenStudy Coordinator
