Faculty & Staff

Andreas Agiorgitis, EdM

Data Analyst, CDDER

Angelica Aguirre

Project Associate, INDEX

Benjamin Amankwata

DevOps Engineer, INDEX

Robert Baldor, MD, FAAFP

Linda G. Bandini, PhD

Director of Nutrition, LEND Program; Professor of Pediatrics, UMMS; Clinical Professor, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, Boston University.

Julianna Bates, PhD

Program Director

Janet Blodgett

Senior Data Analyst, CDDER

Alexandra Bonardi, OTR/L, MHA

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Senior Policy Specialist, Human Services Research.

Jennifer Brooks

Research Project Director, UMMS

Donna Caira

Administrative Assistant, Shriver LEND and UCEDD programs.

Derek Chaves

Director of Technology, INDEX

Christine Clifford, MHP

Project Director II, CDDER

David Cochran, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, UMMS

Lisa Croser

Patrick Cullen

Clinical Research Assistant, UMMS

Carol Curtin, PhD

Associate Director, E.K. Shriver Center; Director, LEND and University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Programs; Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine & Community Health and Psychiatry, UMMS; Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Management, Suffolk University

Melissa L. Desroches

Curtis K Deutsch, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMMS

Viet Do

Web & Database Developer, INDEX

Ursula Drager, MD

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMMS

Vadim Droznin

Director of Business Development, INDEX

Courtney Dutra, MPA, PMP

Project Manager III, CDDER

Terri Farrell, MBA

Project Director, Autism Insurance Resource Center

Ann Foley, EdM

Program Director, CANDI Lab

Jean Frazier, MD

 Executive Director, E.K. Shriver Center; Vice Chair of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Pediatrics; Robert M. & Shirley S. Siff Chair in Autism; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMMS

Elaine Gabovitch, MPA

Instructor, Family Medicine & Community Health; Director, Division of Children with Special Health Needs, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Joanna Gelinas

Project Coordinator II, CDDER

Patrick Gleason

Data research Specialist, UMMS

Charles Hamad, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UMMS

Christian Haselgrove

Application Database Developer

Steve Hodge, MA

Statistician / Data Manager

Leah Honor, MLIS

Project Informationist (Embedded Librarian)

Isha Jalnapurkar, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMMS

Victoria Johnson

Clinical Research Assistant

Mary Beth Kadlec, ScD, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist; Program Director, UMass Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CANDO); Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMMS

David Kennedy, PhD

Co-Director, CANDI Lab; Director of Neuroinformatics Program; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMMS

Sohye Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor

Cynthia Kinahan

Academic Administrator

Emily Lauer, MPH

 Director, Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Research (CDDER); Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMMS

Julie LeMoine

IRC Enterprise Scholar sponsored by Microsoft
Ph.D. Candidate, Applied XR in Health and Well Being, UCD School of MME, Inclusive Design and Creative Innovation
Visiting Scholar and co-founder, InovaXR lab, E.K. Shriver Center, UMass Medical School

Deborah Letourneau

Executive Assistant to Dr. Frazier

Aurom Lum

Web Accessibility Support Technician, INDEX

Susan McCarthy

Grants & Contracts Specialist

Mo Modarres, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UMass Medical School

Sandra Caligaris Osborne

Lena Riccardi

CANS Training Program Coordinator

Christine Roa

Project Manager, CDDER

Richard Robison, DMin

Executive Director Emeritus, Federation for Children with Special Needs

John Rochford, MS

Director, INDEX Program;  Instructor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMMS

Mabelys Rodriquez-Suarez

System Administrator, INDEX

Emily Rubin, MA, LCSW

Director of Sibling Support Program; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Sarah Rulnick, MPH

Director, CANS Program

Taylor Sacco, BS

Research Coordinator

Sharon Strzalkowski

Information Coordinator, INDEX

Betty Suydam

Information Coordinator, INDEX

Susan Swanson, MA, CCC-SLP

Speech/Language Pathologist; Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, UMMS

Liz Thissell Turenne

Janet Twyman, PhD, BCBA, LABA

Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Founder of Blast: A Learning Sciences Company.
Focus: Behavior Analysis, Educational Technology, Instructional Design & Delivery.

Martha Ventura

Project Assistant II, INDEX

Lauren Venuti, MSW

Project Director

Amy Weinstock, MArch

Director, Autism Insurance Resource Center; Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, UMMS