The National Children’s Study Program Office directs the implementation of the day-to-day operations of the Study. The Program Office houses scientists, staff on detail assignment from other organizations, program analysts, and contractors.
Program Office Staff
Steven Hirschfeld, MD, PhD
Director
National Children’s Study
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Deputy Director
National Children’s Study
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Marion J. Balsam, MD
Research Partnerships Program Director
National Children’s Study
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Debowanna Blackshear, MS
Program and Management Analyst
Contracting Officer Representative
National Children’s Study
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Ruth A. Brenner, MD, MPH
Associate Director for Science and Protocol Development
(Study Visit Measures)
National Children’s Study
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Davyd Chung, PhD
Program Officer, Contracting Officer Representative,
Financial Analyst
National Children’s Study
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Leslie Cooke
Program Analyst ERA/OMB
National Children’s Study
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Jessica E. Graber, PhD
Senior Scientist; Co-Director of Study Operations
National Children's Study
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Carl V. Hill, PhD, MPH
Contracting Officer Representative
National Children’s Study
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Carol H. Kasten, MD
Senior Scientist; Director of Genetic Studies
National Children’s Study
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Jennifer Kwan, PhD
Mathematical Statistician
Analysis and Evaluation Team Co-Lead
National Children’s Study
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Colleen O. Lee, MS, AOCN ®, APRN-BC ®
Senior Regulatory Scientist
National Children’s Study
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Maria Lopez-Class, PhD, MPH
Contracting Officer Representative
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS Eric Lorenzo, PhD
Contracting Officer Representative
National Children’s Study
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John Lumpkin, MS, MBA
Contracting Officer Representative
National Children’s Study
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John Moye, Jr., MD
Senior Scientist; Director of Laboratories and Repository
Co-Director of Study Operations
National Children’s Study
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Nancy Parfitt Hondros
Senior Financial Analyst
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS
Christina H. Park, PhD
Senior Scientist (Health Disparities/Health Care/Data Linkages);
Analysis and Evaluation Team Co-Lead
National Children’s Study
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Antonia Rota
Special Assistant to the Director
National Children’s Study
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Julia Slutsman, PhD
Bioethicist
National Children’s Study
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Gitanjali Taneja, PhD
Contracting Officer Representative; Communications Team
National Children’s Study
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Kate Winseck, MSW
Contracting Officer Representative; Communications Team
and Advisory Committee Designated Federal Official
National Children’s Study
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National Children’s Study Web Site Illustrator
Lisa Brown is a published author and illustrator of children’s books, and has been contracted by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to create illustrations exclusively for use by the National Children’s Study, including those found on the National Children’s Study Web Site.
All illustrations are copyrighted and should not be duplicated without express permission of the National Children’s Study Program Office.