Faculty Members, Investigators, and Staff

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Abernathy, Patty (Staff - UCEDD)
Administrative Coordinator, Learning Assessment Clinic, Family Outreach Center, Reading Clinic

Adams, Susan (Member)
Professor of Nursing; Director, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program

Allison, John (Staff - Extended)
Mouse Behavioral Facility Core Manager, Basic Neuroscience Services

Ally, Brandon (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychology, and Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience

Anderson, Adam (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences; Core Director, Neuroimaging Coordinator, Clinical Neuroscience Core

Aschner, Judy (Member)
Professor of Pediatrics; Julia Carell Stadler Professor of Neonatology; Director,The Mildred Stahlman Division of Neonatology

Aschner, Michael (Investigator)
Gray E. B. Stahlman Professor of Neuroscience; Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Pharmacology

Ashford, Linda (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine; Assistant Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science

Ashmead, Daniel (Investigator)
Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science

Avison, Malcolm (Member)
Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Neurology, and Pharmacology

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Bachorowski, Jo-Anne (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science

Baker, Courtney (Staff - Extended)
Mental Health Specialist II, Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Clinic

Barkin, Shari (Member)
Marian Wright Edelman Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Division of General Pediatrics

Barnes, Gregory (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Barrett, Randy Smith (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Baucum, Anthony (Member)
Research Instructor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Beard, Tracy Pendergrass (Staff - UCEDD)
Assistant Director, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder

Beck, Kylie (Staff)
Art Director

Bell, Allie (Staff - TRIAD)
Project Coordinator, Autism Treatment Network

Benbow, Camilla (Member)
Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development, Peabody College; Professor of Psychology, Peabody College; Co-Director, Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth

Benning, Stephen (Member)
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Bernet, William (Member)
Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Division of Forensic Psychiatry

Bess, Fred (Member)
Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences; Professor of Otolaryngology

Bickman, Leonard (Member)
Betts Chair and Professor of Psychology, Peabody College; Director, Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement (CEPI); Professor of Psychiatry

Bingham, Emelyne (Member)
Senior Lecturer in the Teaching of Music

Blackford, Jennifer (Member)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Blake, Randolph (Member)
Centennial Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Blakely, Randy (Investigator)
Allan D. Bass Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Vanderbilt/NIMH Silvio O. Conte Center for Basic Neuroscience Research; Neurochemistry Faculty Coordinator, Basic Neuroscience Services Core

Bowman, Aaron (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Brigham, Nicolette Bainbridge (Member)
Director of Outreach and Training, TRIAD; Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Broadie, Kendal (Investigator)
Stevenson Professor of Neurobiology; Professor of Biological Sciences; Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Brock, John (Member)
Monroe Carell Jr. Chair and Surgeon-In-Chief, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt; Professor of Urologic Surgery; Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Division of Pediatric Urology

Brooks, Penelope (Member)
Professor of Psychology, Emerita, Peabody College

Brown, Amanda (Staff - TRIAD)
Research Analyst, Autism Treatment Network

Bruehl, Stephen (Member)
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

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Camalier, Corrie (Member)
Assistant Research Professor, Surgical Sciences, Neurological Surgery

Camarata, Stephen (Investigator)
Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences; Associate Professor of Special Education

Campa, Evan (Staff - TRIAD)
Educational and Behavioral Consultant, Families First TRIAD

Capizzi, Andrea (Member)
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Special Education

Carman, Kellye (Staff - Extended)
Mental Health Clinician, Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Clinic

Carneiro, Ana (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Carter, Bruce (Investigator)
Professor of Biochemistry

Carter, Erik (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Special Education

Casagrande, Vivien (Investigator)
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology; Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science

Cascio, Carissa (Member)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Catron, Thomas (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Associate Professor of Psychology, Peabody College; Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Caul, William (Member)
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, College of Arts and Science

Chatfield, Peggy (Staff)
Coordinator of Space and Facilities

Chiang, Chin (Investigator)
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Clayton, Ellen Wright (Member)
Rosalind E. Franklin Professor of Genetics and Health Policy; Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Law; Director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society

Clinton, Barbara (Member)
Director, Center for Health Services; Adjoint Instructor in Social Work in Nursing; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Administration

Colbran, Roger (Investigator)
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Cole, David (Member)
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development; Chair, Department of Psychology and Human Development

Compas, Bruce (Investigator)
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development; Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Psycho-Oncology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Compton, Don (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Special Education

Conture, Edward (Investigator)
Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences; Director, Division of Graduate Studies

Cooper, Michael (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Corbett, Blythe (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Couch, Steven (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine; Assistant Medical Director for Pediatric Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital

Cowan, Ronald (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology; Director, Psychiatric Neuroimaging Program; Scientific Director, Vanderbilt Addiction Center

Crittendon, Julie (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry

Crouch, Robert (Member)
Research Associate in Special Education; Research Liaison to Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

Cutting, Laurie (Investigator)
Patricia and Rodes Hart Associate Professor of Special Education; Associate Professor of Psychology, Radiology, and Pediatrics; Faculty Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Reading Clinic

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D'Apolito, Karen (Member)
Professor of Nursing, Director of Neonatology Program

Da Fonte, Alexandra (Member)
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Special Education

Dangerfield, Mary (Staff)
Fiscal Services Assistant

Davis, Nicole (Member)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences; Associate Director, Education and Brain Sciences Lab

Day, Tammy (Staff - UCEDD)
Program Director, Next Steps at Vanderbilt

Deisenroth, Lauren (Staff)
Research Assistant, Prader-Willi Research Project

Delheimer, Julie (Staff)
Research Analyst II, Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab

Delpire, Eric (Investigator)
Professor of Anesthesiology; Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Deutch, Ariel (Investigator)
Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Pharmacology; Director, National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence

Dickinson, David (Member)
Professor of Education and Acting Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning

Dietrich, Mary (Member)
Research Associate Professor of Nursing, Psychiatry, and Biostatistics

Dokecki, Paul (Member)
Professor of Psychology, Peabody College

Dupre, Linda (Staff)
Director, Grants Development

Dykens, Elisabeth (Investigator)
Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair and Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Co-Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities; Professor of Psychology & Human Development, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics

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Eatman, Pam (Staff - UCEDD)
Coordinator, Reading Clinic

Ebner, Ford (Member)
Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Edwards, Kathryn (Member)
Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair and Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Division of Pediatric Clinical Research; Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program

Emeson, Ron (Investigator)
Joel G. Hardman Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics; Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Vanderbilt Transgenic Mouse/ES Cell Shared Resource

Epstein, Richard (Member)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Vanderbilt University Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody

Erreger, Kevin (Investigator)
Research Instructor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Ess, Kevin (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

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Farran, Dale (Member)
Professor of Education; Professor of Psychology, Peabody College

Fife, Taylor (Staff - Extended)
Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse, Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Clinic

Fisher, Marisa (VKC Research Fellow)
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Fleming, Laurie (Staff - UCEDD)
Program Coordinator, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)

Fox, Robert (Member)
Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science

Frank, Kim (Staff - TRIAD)
Educational Consultant, TRIAD

Fuchs, Douglas (Investigator)
Professor of Special Education; Nicholas Hobbs Chair in Special Education and Human Development

Fuchs, Lynn (Investigator)
Professor of Special Education; Nicholas Hobbs Chair in Special Education and Human Development

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Gallagher, Martin (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Galli, Aurelio (Member)
Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Gamse, Joshua (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Garber, Judy (Investigator)
Professor of Psychology and Human Development; Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Director, Developmental Psychopathology Research Training Program

Garrett, LaTamara Jackson (Staff - TRIAD)
Educational Consultant, TRIAD

Gauthier, Isabel (Investigator)
Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

George, Alfred (Investigator)
Grant W. Liddle Professor of Medicine; Professor of Pharmacology; Director, Division of Genetic Medicine; Director, Institute of Integrative Genomics

Gifford, Rene (Member)
Assistant Professor of Hearing & Speech Sciences, Associate Director of Pediatric Audiology, Director of Cochlear Implant Program

Gilbert, Jennifer (Staff)
Research Associate in Special Education
Quantitative Services Educational Director

Gilmer, Mary Jo (Member)
Professor of Nursing; Professor of Pediatrics

Gitlin, Jonathan (Member)
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Goldman, Suzanne (Member)
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Sleep Lab Actigraphy Specialist, Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center

Gonzalez, Amy (Staff - UCEDD)
Program Coordinator/Job Developer, Next Steps at Vanderbilt

Gordon, Reyna (VKC Research Fellow)
EEG/ERP Lab

Gore, John (Investigator)
Hertha Ramsey Cress Chair in Medicine; Chancellor's University Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Professor of Physics; Director, Institute of Imaging Science

Graham, Steve (Member)
Professor and Currey Ingram Chair in Special Education and Literacy

Grau, Pam (Staff)
Program Coordinator, LEND Training Program

Gresch, Paul (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology; Faculty Coordinator, Molecular Neuroanatomy Facility, Basic Neuroscience Services Core

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Haas, Kevin (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Hackett, Troy (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Hahn, Maureen (Member)
Assistant Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine/Department of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Haines, Jonathan (Investigator)
Louise B. McGavock Professor of Human Genetics; Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Director, Center for Human Genetics Research

Hammock, Elizabeth (Investigator)
Instructor, Pediatric Endocrinology

Harrell, Frank (Member)
Professor of Biostatistics and Chair of the Department; Director, Statistics and Methodology Core

Harris, Karen (Member)
Professor and Currey Ingram Chair in Special Education and Literacy

Harris, Nina (Staff - TRIAD)
Family Services Coordinator, Vanderbilt Autism Resource Line

Harris, Vicki (Member)
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology and Human Development; Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Harrison, Fiona (Member)
Assistant Professor, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism

Harrison, Julia (Staff)
Senior Executive Secretary
Office of Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, and Co-Director, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Hart, Megan (Staff - UCEDD)
Coordinator of Education and Training Services, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder

Hartmann, Katherine (Member)
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Scientist Development
Deputy Director, Institute for Medicine and Public Health
Director, Women’s Health Research
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine

Hatton, Deborah (Member)
Associate Professor of Special Education

Haywood, Carl (Member)
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Peabody College

Heckers, Stephan (Member)
William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry and Chair of the Department

Hedera, Peter (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Heflinger, Craig Anne (Member)
Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Peabody College; Professor of Human and Organizational Development

Hemmeter, Mary Louise (Member)
Associate Professor of Special Education

Henderson, Lynnette (Investigator)
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Research Registry and Recruitment Coordinator
Associate Director of Community Services, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Research Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine

Henninger, Natalie (Staff)
Research Analyst I, Transitioning to Adulthood with Autism (TAA)

Henry, Patrick (Staff - Extended)
Neuroimaging Core Manager, Clinical Neuroscience Services

Hodapp, Robert (Member)
Professor of Special Education; Director of Research, UCEDD

Hollon, Steven (Member)
Gertrude Conaway Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Professor of Psychiatry

Holstein-Edwards, Heidi (Staff)
Administrative Assistant, Fiscal Services

Hood, Linda (Member)
Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Hornsby, Benjamin (Member)
Assistant Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Houchins-Juarez, Nealetta (Staff - UCEDD)
Coordinator, Behavior Analysis Consulting Services

Huffman, Nancy (Staff)
Coordinator, Grants Management & Fiscal Services

Hughes, Carolyn (Investigator)
Professor of Special Education

Hundley, Rachel (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Psychologist, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Learning Assessment Clinic

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Johnson, Carl (Investigator)
Stevenson Chair and Professor of Biological Sciences; Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Johnson, Raymond (Member)
Associate in Anesthesiology; Neurochemistry Core Manager, Neuroscience Core

Johnston, Rebecca (Staff - TRIAD)
Research Analyst, Simons Simplex Collection Project

Jones, Dorita (Staff)
Research Coordinator, Psychophysiology Lab

Jordan, Lori (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Division of Pediatric Neurology

Juarez, Pablo (Staff - TRIAD)
TRIAD Educational Consultant

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Kaas, Jon (Member)
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in Psychology; Distinguished Centennial Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology; Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Kaiser, Ann (Investigator)
Professor of Special Education; Susan Gray Chair in Education and Human Development; Professor of Psychology, Peabody College

Kang, JingQiong (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Kennedy, Craig (Member)
Associate Dean for Research, Peabody College; Professor of Special Education and Pediatrics

Kennerly, Roxanne (Staff)
Research Coordinator, Parent Stress Intervention Project

Key, Sasha (Investigator)
Research Assistant Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences; Director, Psychophysiology Lab

King, Sue (Staff)
Administrative Assistant, Personnel & Fiscal Services, Administrative Services Core

Kirshner, Howard (Member)
Professor of Neurology and Vice Chair of the Department; Director, Division of Stroke; Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry

Knapik, Ela (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Konradi, Christine (Member)
Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Psychiatry

Korade, Zeljka (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

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Lagrange, Andre (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Lambert, Warren (Member)
Assistant Director, Statistics and Methodology Core; Senior Research Associate,Special Education; Senior Associate in Biostatistics

Lee, Evon (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Psychology, and Psychiatry; Psychological Assessment Coordinator, Participant Recruitment and Assessment Core

Lesane-Brown, Chase (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, Peabody College

Li, Chun (Member)
Associate Professor of Biostatistics; Quantitative Services Specialist, Statistics & Methodology Core

Li, Jun (Member)

Link, Andrew (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Loring, Whitney (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine

Lubinski, David (Member)
Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College; Co-Director, Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth

Lutenbacher, Melanie (Member)
Associate Professor of Nursing; Associate Professor of Pediatrics

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Macdonald, Robert (Investigator)
Professor of Neurology and Chair of the Department; Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Madduri, Nirupama (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine

Maitre, Nathalie (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology

Malow, Beth (Investigator)
Burry Chair in Cognitive Childhood Development; Professor of Neurology; Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Division

Marois, Rene (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Martin, Peter (Member)
Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Pharmacology; Director, Division of Addiction Psychiatry

Matthews, Robert (Member)
Research Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics; Advanced Microscopy Core Manager, Basic Neuroscience Services Core

Maupin, Tony (Staff)
Technical and Media Support, Administrative Services Core

May, James (Investigator)
Professor of Medicine; Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

McCandliss, Bruce (Investigator)
Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair and Professor of Psychology and Human Development; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science

McGregor, Tracy (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine; Director, Down Syndrome Clinic

McGrew, Susan (Member)
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine

McKanna, James (Member)
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Emeritus

McLaughlin, BethAnn (Member)
Assistant Professor of Neurology; Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

McLeod, Laura (Staff)
Director of Special Projects

McMahon, Douglas (Investigator)
Professor of Biological Sciences; Professor of Pharmacology

McMillan, Elise (Member)
Co-Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Director of Community Outreach, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Senior Associate, Department of Psychiatry

McPheeters, Melissa (Member)
Deputy Director, Women’s Health Research
Co-Director, Vanderbilt Evidence-Based Practice Center
Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Science Award Database Core
Co-Director, Public Health and Health Care Management
Research Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Research Assistant Professor of General Medicine and Public Health

Melo-Romie, Cecilia (Staff - UCEDD)
Statewide Spanish Outreach Coordinator, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder

Meyerson, Carolina (Staff - UCEDD)
Spanish Services Coordinator, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder

Michael, Adam (Staff)
Director of Development

Miller, David (Investigator)
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Miodrag, Nancy (VKC Research Fellow)
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Mirnics, Karoly (Investigator)
James G. Blakemore Chair and Vice Chair for Basic Science Research, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Basic Neuroscience Services Core; Associate Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Moore-Slater, Carole (Staff - UCEDD)
Program Director, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder, UCEDD; Technical Assistance Coordinator, UCEDD

Morgan, Victoria (Member)
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Morton, Mary (Staff - TRIAD)
Educational and Behavioral Consultant, Families First TRIAD

Mulvaney, Shelagh (Member)
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Biomedical Informatics, and Pediatrics

Murry, Velma (Member)
Betts Chair of Education and Human Development; Professor of Human & Organizational Development

Muse, Nancy (Staff - UCEDD)
Coordinator of Information and Referral Services, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder

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Needham, Amy (Member)
Professor of Psychology and Human Development

Neely, Diana (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Neurology

Nettles, Arie (Member)
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine

Newbrough, John (Member)
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Peabody College

Newhouse, Paul (Member)
Professor of Psychiatry; Jim Turner Professor of Cognitive Disorders; Director, Center for Cognitive Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Newsom, Cassandra (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine; Director of Psychological Education, TRIAD; Director of Neuropsychology Assessment, The Fragile X Treatment Research Program

Nicholson, Amy (Staff - TRIAD)
Psychological Examiner, TRIAD

Noble, Hylan (Staff - TRIAD)
Early Detection Study Site Coordinator, TRIAD

Noland, Julia (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development

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Oates, Caroline (Staff)
Research Assistant, Prader-Willi Research Project

Ohde, Ralph (Member)
Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Olatunji, Bunmi (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

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Page, Terry (Member)
Professor of Biological Sciences; Director of the Neuroscience Studies Program

Park, Sohee (Investigator)
Gertrude Conaway Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Patel, Sachin (Member)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Peters, Sarika (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine

Pettepher, Cathleen (Member)
Professor of Cancer Biology; Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Phillips, John (Investigator)
David T. Karzon Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Division of Pediatric Genetics; Professor of Biochemistry; Professor of Medicine; Professor of Pathology; Clinical Professor of Nursing

Pilkerton, Karen (Staff)
Research Analyst, Parent Stress Intervention Project

Pimenta, Aurea (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Piston, David (Member)
Louise B. McGavock Chair and Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Professor of Physics; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Director, W.M. Keck Free-Electron Laser Center

Porter, Ned (Member)
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biochemistry

Pottier, Amy (Staff)
Manager of Technology Support

Price, Lisa (Staff)
Research Analyst, Parent Stress Intervention Project

Price, Ronald (Member)
Godfrey Hounsfield Professor of Radiology and Radiolocial Sciences; Director, Division of Radiological Sciences; Professor of Physics

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Rabbitt, Carmen (Staff)
Alphabet Therapy Program Coordinator

Rabideau, Carol (Staff - UCEDD)
Social Worker, UCEDD
Field Supervisor, University of Tennessee College of Social Work

Rao, Uma (Member)
Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Meharry Medical College; Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Reimschisel, Tyler (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Assistant Professor of Neurology; Director, Division of Developmental Medicine; Associate Director, LEND Training Program; Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program

Reschly, Daniel (Member)
Professor of Education; Professor of Psychology, Peabody College

Riddle, William (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Rieser, John (Member)
Professor of Psychology and Human Development

Rimrodt, Sheryl (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine; Faculty Clinic Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Learning Assessment Clinic

Rittle-Johnson, Bethany (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychology, Peabody College

Roe, Anna (Investigator)
Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Roof, Elizabeth (Staff)
Senior Research Specialist, Parent Stress Intervention Project

Rosemergy, Jan (Staff)
Deputy Director and Director of Communications, Administrative Services Core; Director of Dissemination, UCEDD

Rosenbloom, Trent (Member)
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Instructor in Clinical Nursing; Instructor in Pediatrics

Runger, Logan (Staff)
Manager, Database and Network

Ryden, Lori (Staff - TRIAD)
Administrative Assistant, Office of Zachary Warren, Ph.D., Director, TRIAD

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Salomon, Ronald (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Sanders-Bush, Elaine (Member)
Professor of Pharmacology, Professor of Psychiatry, Emerita

Santana, Alexander (Staff - UCEDD)
Multicultural Program Coordinator, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder

Sarkar, Nilanjan (Investigator)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Computer Engineering

Saylor, Megan (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development

Schall, Jeffrey (Investigator)
E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Neuroscience; Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Director, Center for Integrative Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience; Director, Vanderbilt Vision Research Center; Scientific Instrumentation Faculty Coordinator, Basic Neuroscience Services Core

Schuele, Melanie (Member)
Assistant Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Shelton, Naomi (Staff - TRIAD)
Administrative Assistant, TRIAD

Shouse, Janet (Staff)
Research Analyst, Parent Stress Intervention Project

Simms, Marcia (Staff)
Program Coordinator, LEND Training Program

Singleton, Charles (Member)
Professor of Biological Sciences and Chair of the Department

Smith, Craig (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development

Southard-Smith, Michelle (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Stafford, Tim (Staff)
Director of Operations

Stanwood, Gregg (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Stromp, Tori (Staff)
Research Assistant, SENSE Lab

Sutcliffe, James (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Swain, Deanna (Staff)
Research Assistant, SENSE Lab

Swanson, Amy (Staff - TRIAD)
STAT Project Manager, TRIAD

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Tapp, Jon (Staff)
Director, Information Technology; Observational Methods and Reliability Specialist, Statistics and Methodology Core

Taylor, Courtney (Staff)
Associate Director of Communications and Dissemination

Taylor, Julie Lounds (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Assistant Professor of Special Education

Tharpe, Anne Marie (Member)
Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences and Chair of the Department; Professor of Otolaryngology; Associate Director, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center

Thornton-Wells, Tricia (Member)
Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Biomedical Informatics, Center for Human Genetics Research

Tomarken, Andrew (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department, College of Arts and Science; Associate Professor of Biostatistics; Quantitative Services Senior Faculty Specialist, Statistics and Methodology Core

Torabian, Aram (Staff - UCEDD)
Kurdish Outreach Services Coordinator, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder

Troseth, Georgene (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychology, Peabody College

Turner, Jay (Member)
Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry

Tyler, Naomi (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Special Education

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Urbano, Richard (Member)
Research Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Evaluation, UCEDD; Developmental Epidemiology and Faculty Database Analyst, Participant Recruitment and Assessment Core

Urbano, Terri (Member)
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Director of Training, UCEDD; Program Director, Vanderbilt Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND)

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Veenstra-VanderWeele, Jeremy (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Assistant Professor of Pharmacology; Director, The Fragile X Treatment Research Program

Vehorn, Alison (Staff - TRIAD)
Research Assistant, TRIAD

Vick, Jennifer (Member)
Senior Associate in Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine

Vickstrom, Jamie (Staff - TRIAD)
Research Analyst, Autism Treatment Network

Vinson, Amber (Staff)
EEG Technician, Psychophysiology Lab

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Walden, Tedra (Investigator)
Professor of Psychology and Human Development

Walker, Lynn (Investigator)
Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine and Behavioral Science; Professor of Psychology, Peabody College; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science

Walker, Sarah (Staff - TRIAD)
Research Assistant, Families First TRIAD

Wallace, Lisa (Staff - TRIAD)
Speech/Language Pathologist, TRIAD Outreach

Wallace, Mark (Investigator)
Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Director, Vanderbilt Brain Institute; Associate Director, Vanderbilt Conte Center for Neuroscience Research

Wallston, Kenneth (Member)
Professor of Psychology in Nursing; Professor of Psychology, Peabody College; Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science

Wang, Lily (Member)
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics; Biostatistics Coordinator, Statistics and Methodology Core

Warren, Zachary (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD); Director, Autism Clinical Services

Webb, Donna (Investigator)
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology

Wehby, Joseph (Member)
Associate Professor of Special Education

Weiss, Bahr (Member)
Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development

Weitlauf, Amy (VKC Research Fellow)
TRIAD Postdoctoral Fellow

Wells, Sam (Member)
Research Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Advanced Microscopy Faculty Coordinator, Basic Neuroscience Services

Welsh, Julie (Staff - TRIAD)
Research Assistant, Baby Sibs Project

Wendel, Kelly (Staff - UCEDD)
Program Coordinator, Next Steps at Vanderbilt

White, Stormi (VKC Research Fellow)
TRIAD Postdoctoral Fellow

Williams, Bruce (Staff)
Scientific Instrumentation Core Manager, Basic Neuroscience Services Core

Williams, Roger (Staff - Extended)
Instrument Maker

Wilson, Amy (Staff)
Program Coordinator, Angelman Natural History Study

Winder, Danny (Investigator)
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Mouse Behavioral Phenotyping Faculty Coordinator, Basic Neuroscience Services Core

Wolery, Mark (Member)
Professor and Chair of Special Education

Wolery, Ruth (Member)
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Special Education; Director, Susan Gray School

Woodard, Karla (Staff)
Grants Development Assistant

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Yamazaki, Shin (Member)
Research Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Yoder, Paul (Investigator)
Professor of Special Education

Yzquierdo, Zina (Member)
Research Assistant Professor of Special Education

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Zald, David (Investigator)
Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science; Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Zhang, Qi (Member)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

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