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.

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Directors & Managers

Core Staff

Research Partners

Trainees

2026 Interns

2025 Interns

2024 Interns

Former Interns

Directors & Managers

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Catherine Limperopoulos

Director

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Esther Adegbulugbe

Clinical Research Program Manager

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Nickie Andescavage

Associate Chief, Medical and Academic Affairs

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Josepheen De Asis-Cruz

Research Director, Imaging and Analytics

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Kyle Donnellan

Interim Director of Operations

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Jordan Goodman

Clinical Research
Program Manager

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Dee Henderson

Science and Communications Manager

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Anushree Kapse

Operations Manager

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Kushal Kapse
Research Manager

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Catherine J. Stoodley
Director, Cerebellar Cognition and Learning (CerCL) Lab

Core Staff

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Anjola Akintoba
Research Technician III

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Omar Almasri
Research Technician III

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Mariana Cerqueira Aokalani
Research Faculty

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Kevin M. Cook
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)

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Joe Dust
Research Assistant

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Nahla M.H. Elsaid
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)

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Rose Haley
Clinical Research Coordinator

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Ousmane Harakoye
Operations Lead

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Keyi Huang
Project Associate

Steve C.N. Hui
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)

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Diamond Izzard
Clinical Research Coordinator

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Miriam Kerns
Senior Staff Assistant

Jung-Hoon Kim
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)

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Marissa Lee
Staff Scientist I

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Lara Liszka
Clinical Research
Occupational Therapist

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Lei Liu
Research Technician III

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Charles Mbadugha
Senior Applications Analyst

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Caitlin E. McDermott
Clinical Research Coordinator

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María G. Mora Álvarez
Staff Scientist II

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Julius S. Ngwa
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)

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Katherine M. Ottolini
Attending Neonatologist

Yingshi Ouyang
Research Faculty
(Assistant Professor)

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Renee Pen
Clinical Research Coordinator

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Kendell Jai Pewitt
Clinical Research Coordinator

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Kayalvizhi Ravichandran
Project Associate

Sathish Kumar Ravi Shankar
R&D DevOps Engineer

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Adina Schwartz
Clinical Research Coordinator

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Rebecca Tegiacchi
Research Assistant

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Mai Tram Vo
Research Associate

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Bailey Widener
Clinical Research
Occupational Therapist

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Katherine L. Wisner
Perinatal Psychiatrist

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Yao Wu
Research Faculty
(Associate Professor)

Aaron Zeman
Data Analyst

Research Partners

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Ellen Bartolini
Clinical Psychologist

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Maariya Bassa
Medical Director for Quality, Unity Health Care

Sudeepta K. Basu
Attending Neonatologist

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Dorothy I. Bulas
Chief, Pediatric Radiology

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Patrick S. Burke
Ophthalmologist

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Siobhan Burke
Specialty Director of OB/GYN Services, Unity Health Care

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Jenhao (Jacob) Cheng
Consulting Biostatistician

Venkata (Chaitanya) Chirumamilla
Staff Scientist

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Kelsey Christoffel
Prenatal-Neonatal Neurologist

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Mary T. Donofrio
VanMetre Companies Endowed Chair, Fetal Cardiology

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Daniel A. Donoho
Co-Director, Pituitary and
Skull Base Program

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Adré J. du Plessis
Division Chief, Prenatal and
Transitional Pediatrics

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Nancy D. Gaba
Chair, GWU Department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology

Theiline T. Gborkorquellie
Assistant Director, Pediatric
Residency Program

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Lynn R. Goldman
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Dean Emerita

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Rathinaswamy Bhavanandhan
(RB) Govindan
Director, Advanced Physiological
Signals Processing Laboratory

Suma Bhat Hoffman
Associate Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program

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Jennifer Keller
GWU Professor
Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Brieanne “Brie” Kidd Kohrt
Psicóloga Clínica

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Zarir P. Khademian, M.D.
Neuroradiologist

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Youssef A. Kousa
Director, Prenatal Infection
and Neurodevelopmental
Genetics Consortium

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Anita N. Krishnan
Director, Fetal Cardiac
Innovations Lab

Melissa A. O’Connell Liggett
Developmental Psychologist

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Judyta M. Loomis
Radiologist

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Jose Francisco Molto Garcia, M.D.
Neuroradiologist

Sarah B. Mulkey
Prenatal and Neonatal Neurologist

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Jonathan G. Murnick
Neuroradiologist

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Steven J. Ralston
Division Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, GW Medical Faculty Associates

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Mary E. Revenis
Neonatologist

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Erin M. Sadler
Co-Director,
Mood Disorders Program

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Mariam M. Said
Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care, Reston Hospital Center

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Sarah D. Schlatterer
Prenatal-Neonatal Neurologist

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Jason W. Schroeder
Neuroradiologist

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Lamia Soghier
Associate Division Chief
for NICU Operations

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Kyle Spagnolo
Neuroradiologist

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L. Gilbert Vézina
Director, Neuroradiology Program

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Jonathan Zember
Radiologist

Trainees

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Srikanth Damera
Neonatal-Perinatal
Medicine Fellow

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Intisar Diwani
Graduate Student

Desiree D’Souza
Child Neurology Fellow

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Sally M. Stoyell
Research Postdoctoral Fellow

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Kyra Twohy
Research Postdoctoral Fellow

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Susan Weiner
Research Postdoctoral Fellow

2026 Interns

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Aditi Alegonda

Intern

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Elaina Anderson-Bonner

Intern

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Aashka Doshi

Intern

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Devon Forker

Intern

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Akua Frempong

Summer METEOR Student Intern

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Bridget Nelson

W.T. Gill Summer Intern

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Katherine Parrack

Intern

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Adina Schwartz

Intern

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Intern

2025 Interns

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Intern

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Julianne Cruz

Intern

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Intern

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Intern

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Intern

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Grace Hoover

W.T. Gill Summer Intern

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Loree Louis

Intern

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2024 Interns

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Intern

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Arnav Bandam

Intern

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Ava Canfield

Intern

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Carrie Cheung

Intern

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Intern

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Intern

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Intern

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Rishika Singh

Intern

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Intern

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Former Interns

Laura Abella

Intern

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