![University of Vermont](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/University-of-Vermont-banner.jpg)
University of Vermont
ABOUT US
The University of Vermont (UVM) Site welcomes families to the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study! The UVM team is led by Drs. Alexandra Potter and Hugh Garavan and includes physicians, EEG and MRI specialists, nurses, and research staff. Our team has extensive experience studying child brain and behavioral development. UVM has developed a Rural Community Research Team (RCRT) which facilitate inclusion of families who live in rural areas. RCRT is made up of trained research staff from rural communities, who can meet with families in their communities. All families who participate in the HBCD Study will also be welcomed to the Clinical Research Center at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington VT for some of their HBCD Study visits. Our Clinical Research Center includes comfortable, family-friendly spaces and is located in the same building as our MRI research center. Our professional MRI technologists have scanned thousands of infants and children and will make sure that babies are safe, comfortable, and in a natural state of sleep during MRI scans. The UVM team is so excited to welcome babies and caregivers to join the HBCD Study and we look forward to getting to know our Vermont families!
![University Of Vermont](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1-University-of-Vermont.jpg)
INVESTIGATORS
![Hugh Garavan](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Untitled-design-copy-15.png)
Hugh Garavan, PhD
Principal Investigator
![Alexandra Potter](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Untitled-design-copy-21-1.png)
Alexandra Potter, PhD
Principal Investigator
![Leigh Anne Cioffredi](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Leigh-AnneCioffredi_MD_MPH_Associate-Professor-of-Pediatrics-Co-Investigator.jpg)
Leigh Anne Cioffredi, MD, MPH
Co-Investigator
![Sarah Heil](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sarah_Heil_PhD_Co-Investigator-for-HBCD.jpg)
Sarah Heil, PhD
Co-Investigator
![Leslie Young](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/LeslieYoung_MD_co-investigatorneonatologist.jpg)
Leslie Young, MD
Co-Investigator
RESEARCH TEAM
![Bella Asam](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BellaAsam_ResearchAssistant.jpg)
Bella AsamResearch Assistant
![Emily Coderre](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Emily-Coderre_PhD_EEGInvestigator.jpeg)
Emily Coderre, PhD
EEG Investigator
![Natalie Angel Curtis](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NatalieAngelCurtis_ResearchAssistant.jpg)
Natalie Angel CurtisResearch Assistant
![Sherry DeGray](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sherry-DeGray.jpg)
Sherry DeGray, MEd
Research Specialist
![Olivia Duffy](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Olivia-Duffy-Research-Assistant.jpeg)
Olivia DuffyResearch Assistant
![Scott Hipko](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ScottHipko_BS_ChiefResearchTechnologist-for-HBCD.jpeg)
Scott HipkoChief Research Technologist
![Britley Learnard](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BritleyLearnard_BA_sitecoordinator.jpg)
Britley LearnardSite Coordinator
![Marjorie Meyer](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Marjorie-Meyer-MD-Professor-and-Division-Director-of-Maternal-Fetal-Medicine.jpg)
Marjorie Meyer, MD
Professor and Division Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine
![Samantha Spear](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SamanthaSpear_BS_Researchassistant.jpg)
Samantha SpearResearch Assistant
![Olivia Tarmey](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OliviaTarmey_BA_Sitecoordinator.jpg)
Olivia TarmeySite Coordinator
![Gretchen White](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GretchenWhite_AS_DirectorMRILab-for-HBCD.jpg)
Gretchen WhiteDirector MRI Lab
![Jiming Zhang](https://hbcdstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/JimingZhang_PhD_MRI-Physicist.jpg)