Program Office

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
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Marion J. Balsam, MD
Research Partnerships Program Director
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS 

Debowanna Blackshear, MS
Program Analyst
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Ruth A. Brenner, MD, MPH
Associate Director for Science and Protocol Development
(Study Visit Measures)
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Michael Dellarco, DrPH
Senior Scientist (Environmental)
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Jessica E. Graber, PhD
Senior Scientist; Co-Director of Study Operations
National Children's Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS 

Brian J. Haugen, PhD
Senior Scientist (Analysis and Evaluation)
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Carl V. Hill, PhD, MPH
Study Center COTR
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Carol H. Kasten, MD
Senior Scientist; Director of Genetic Studies
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS 

Colleen Lee, MS, CRNP, AOCN ®
Regulatory Affairs Specialist
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS 

Maria Lopez-Class, PhD, MPH
Study Center COTR
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS 

Eric Lorenzo, PhD
Study Center Project Officer
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

John Lumpkin, MS, MBA
Study Center COTR
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

John Moye, Jr., MD
Senior Scientist; Director of Laboratories and Repository
Co-Director of Study Operations
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS 

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
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Julia Slutsman, PhD
Bioethicist
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Gitanjali Taneja, PhD
Study Center COTR
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Kate Winseck, MSW 
Study Center COTR; Communications Team
and Advisory Committee Designated Federal Official
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS 

Nancy Wirth
Administrative Support (Records Manager)
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

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.