Our Team
Our Center has grown to comprise a phenomenal, diverse and talented team of more than 70 core staff, research partners and trainees. We have assembled leading scientists and healthcare providers from across myriad disciplines and healthcare models (tertiary care to primary care) that are at the forefront of clinical research and translational efforts focused on accelerating screening, diagnosing, treating and preventing prenatal-onset brain disorders to improve child health and well-being for life.
Director
Clinical Research Program Manager
Associate Chief, Medical and Academic Affairs
Research Director, Imaging and Analytics
Interim Director of Operations
Clinical Research
Program Manager
Science and Communications Manager
Operations Manager
Kushal Kapse
Research Manager
Catherine J. Stoodley
Director, Cerebellar Cognition and Learning (CerCL) Lab
Anjola Akintoba
Research Technician III
Omar Almasri
Research Technician III
Kevin M. Cook
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)
Jillian DiMonda
Research Technician III
Joe Dust
Research Assistant
Nahla M.H. Elsaid
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)
David Fanto
Instructional Designer
Rose Haley
Clinical Research Coordinator
Keyi Huang
Project Associate
Steve C.N. Hui
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)
Diamond Izzard
Clinical Research Coordinator
Miriam Kerns
Senior Staff Assistant
Hannah Kim
Operations Coordinator
Jung-Hoon Kim
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)
Hannah Latif
Lead Clinical Research Coordinator
Marissa Lee
Staff Scientist I
Lara Liszka
Clinical Research Occupational Therapist
Lei Liu
Research Technician III
Charles Mbadugha
Senior Applications Analyst
Catilin McDermott
Clinical Research Coordinator
María G. Mora Álvarez
Staff Scientist II
Julius S. Ngwa
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)
Katherine M. Ottolini
Attending,
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Yingshi Ouyang
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)
Ryan Page
Academic Analyst
Renee Pen
Clinical Research Coordinator
Kayalvizhi Ravichandran
Project Associate
Naimah Saleem
Lead Perinatal Behavioral
Health Specialist
Mai Tram Vo
Research Associate
Pat White
Research Technician III
Bailey Widener
Clinical Research Occupational Therapist
Katherine L. Wisner
Perinatal Psychiatrist
Yao Wu
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)
Aaron Zeman
Data Analyst
Ellen Bartolini
Clinical Psychologist
Sudeepta K. Basu
Attending Neonatologist
Dorothy Bulas
Chief, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology
Venkata (Chaitanya) Chirumamilla
Staff Scientist
Kelsey Christoffel
Prenatal-Neonatal Neurologist
Mary T. Donofrio
VanMetre Companies Endowed Chair, Fetal Cardiology
Daniel A. Donoho
Co-Director, Pituitary and Skull Base Program
Adré J. du Plessis
Division Chief, Prenatal and Transitional Pediatrics
Shama Edwards
Prenatal Pediatrics Scheduler
Nancy D. Gaba
Chair, GWU Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Theiline T. Gborkorquellie
Assistant Director, Pediatric Residency Program
Lynn R. Goldman
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Dean Emerita
Rathinaswamy Bhavanandhan (RB) Govindan
Director, Advanced Physiological Signals Processing Laboratory
Suma Bhat Hoffman
Associate Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program
Jennifer Keller
GW Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Brieanne (Brie) Kidd Kohrt
Psicóloga Clínica
Youssef A. Kousa
Director, Prenatal Infection and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Consortium
Anita N. Krishnan
Director, Fetal Cardiac Innovations Lab
Melissa A. O’Connell Liggett
Developmental Psychologist
Sarah B. Mulkey
Prenatal and Neonatal Neurologist
Jonathan G. Murnick
Neuroradiologist
Steven J. Ralston
Division Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, GW Medical Faculty Associates
Mary E. Revenis
Neonatologist
Erin M. Sadler
Co-Director, Mood Disorders Program
Mariam M. Said
Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care, Reston Hospital Center
Sarah D. Schlatterer
Prenatal-Neonatal Neurologist
L. Gilbert Vézina
Director, Neuroradiology Program
Mariana Aokalani
T32 Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Srikanth Damera
Pediatrics Research
Track Resident
Chinormso Diribe
T32 Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Desiree D’Souza
Child Neurology Fellow
Elan Donnellan
T32 Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Dae-young (Leroy) Kim
Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Anola J. Stage
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow
Sally Stoyell
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kyra Twohy
Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Caroline Wambach
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow
Bridget Nelson
W.T. Gill Summer Intern
Katherine Parrack
Intern
Adina Schwartz
Intern