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.

Directors & Managers

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

Core Staff

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 Neonatologist

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

Research Partners

Ellen Bartolini
Clinical Psychologist

Sudeepta K. Basu
Attending Neonatologist

Dorothy Bulas
Chief, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology

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

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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

Trainees

Mariana Aokalani
T32 Research Postdoctoral Fellow

Srikanth Damera
Neonatal-Perinatal
Medicine Fellow

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

Susan Weiner
Research Postdoctoral Fellow

2026 Interns
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Bridget Nelson

W.T. Gill Summer Intern

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Katherine Parrack

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Adina Schwartz

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2025 Interns
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Amber Beilfuss

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Julianne Cruz

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Shaunae' Farmer

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Isabel Gothelf

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Jessica Harris

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Grace Hoover

W.T. Gill Summer Intern

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Loree Louis

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Mikayla Mason

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Navya Pandula

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Krithika Surapaneni

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Nicholas Zuk

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2024 Interns
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Khadijah Aslam

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Arnav Bandam

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Ava Canfield

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Carrie Cheung

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Aastha Doshi

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Amanda Ramlogan

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Aaryan Shah

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Rishika Singh

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Rebecca Tegiacchi

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Arionas Tripathi

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Former Interns

Laura Abella

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ANILA AHMED

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Ariunzaya Amgalan

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Simone Burchard

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Lily Carroll

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Gia Carusone

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Sophia Czopek

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Donna Dadkhoo

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Hannah Duncanson

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Vedavalli Ganesan

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Sophie Gengler

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Hailey Gauck

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Smriti Gupta

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JT Howard

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Zahra Iqbal

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Manuela Jimenez

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Allen Min Jo

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Chris Jose

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ABIGAIL KOEPPEL

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BRITTANY LESSIN

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Andrew Lim

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Victoria Lyou

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Elizabeth Matsiyevskiy

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Emily Miller

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Dhruv Patel

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RAYYAAN POTTER

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Ashwin Rajesh

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Geetika Reichmann

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CAROLINE REZE

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Kristianne Rulona

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Alexander Sabel

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Aden Selassie

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Chloe Sitrin

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Emma Somer

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Gracie Spurney

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Marissa Steinberg

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Nathan Suh

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Amaya Tatum

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Prarek Thakker

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Annika Townsend

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Maia Yarborough

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