Faculty & Staff
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center 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