Meet Our Members

Udayan Apte
PhD, DABT

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Carolyn Bates
PhD

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Amy Beck
PhD

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Christie Befort
PhD

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William (Bill) Black PhD, HSP

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Andrea Bradley-Ewing

MPA, MA


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Amanda Bruce
PhD

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Dave Burnett
PhD, RRT, WAE-C

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Jordan A. Carlson PhD, MA

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Delwyn Catley

PhD

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Julie A. Carlsten Christianson, PhD

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Danielle Christifano PhD

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Mark A. Clements
MD, PhD, CPI, FAAP

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Vicki Collie-Akers
PhD, MPH

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Mark Andrew Connelly, PhD

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Christopher Cushing, PhD

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Ann Davis
PhD, MPH, ABPP

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Meredith Dreyer Gillette, PhD

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Sarah Edwards
DO

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Keith Feldman
PhD

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Cristina Fernandez MD, MPH

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Daniel Forsha
MD, MHS, FASE

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Lauren Foster

OTD, OTR/L

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Andrew T. Fox
PhD

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Heather Gibbs
PhD, RD, LD

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Anna Gorczyca
PhD

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Elin Grundberg
PhD

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Sarah Hampl
MD, FAAP

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Trent J. Herda
PhD

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Cara M. Hoffart
DO, MSCE

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Holly Hull
PhD

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Kai Ling Kong
PhD

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Kathryn (Kate) Kyler MD, MSc, FAAP

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Helena Laroche
MD, FAAP

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Matthew B. Lindquist DO

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Colin McCoin
PhD

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Abbey Masonbrink MD, MPH, FAAP

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Lisa Mische-Lawson PhD, CTRS

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E. Matthew Morris, PhD

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Eve-Lynn Nelson
PhD

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Lauren Ptomey
PhD, RD, LD

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Kimberly Randell
MD, MSc

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Brenda Salley
PhD

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Valentina Shakhnovich, MD

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Robin P. Shook
PhD

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Voytek Slowik
MD

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Jane Sosland
PhD

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Vincent Staggs
PhD, PStat®

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Stephani Stancil
PhD, APRN

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Debra Sullivan
PhD, RD

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Shelly Summar
MSEd, RD, LD, FAND

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Brooke Sweeney
MD, FAAP

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John P. Thyfault
PhD, FACSM, FTOS

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Dustin Wallace
PhD

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David White
PhD, ACSM-CEP

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Yun Yan
MD, FAAP

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Erin E. Young
PhD

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Carli Zegers
PhD, APRN, FNP-BC

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E (Alice) Zhang
Ph.D. BCBA-D, LBA

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Jannette Berkley-Patton
Ph.D.

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Research Support Staff

Kelsey Dean
MS, RD, LD, CCRP

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Audrey McCalley
MPH Clinical Research Coordinator

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Amy Moran

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Meggie Murray

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Paige Posson
MS, RD, LD

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Graduate Research Staff

Jennifer Christofferson

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Chelsea Steel

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Adrian Ortega

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Administrative Support Staff

Director of Professional Services,
Department of Pediatrics
Royce Tenney, MBA

rttenney@cmh.edu

Administrative Assistant
Amy Donnelly

adonnelly@cmh.edu

Ashley McGrath

CHLN Grants Specialist
amcgrath@kumc.edu

Administrative Coordinator
Joy Delgandio
cdelgandio@cmh.edu

Research Business Partner

Elena Cruse
emcruse@cmh.edu