Our People
DIRECTOR
Heather Volk, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Mental Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
VICE DIRECTOR
Christine Ladd-Acosta, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Core faculty
Elise Pas, PhD
Associate Scientist
Department of Mental Health/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Kelly Benke, PhD
Assistant Scientist
Department of Mental Health/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Luke Kalb, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Mental Health/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Assistant Professor
Department of Mental Health/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Co-investigators
Homayoon Farzadegan, PhD
Professor and Director
Johns Hopkins Biorepository
Rebecca Landa, PhD
Director
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Kennedy Krieger Institute
& Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD
Dean, Professor of Biobehavioral
College of Health and Human Development
Penn State University
General contact: Michelle Landrum Trice
Research Projects and Staff
Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Staff
Peng-Chou Tsai, MD
ptsai10@jhu.edu
Margaret Huston Spivey
Project Coordinator
(410) 502-2139
mhuston@jhu.edu
Zoe Pamonag, BS
Student worker
zpamona1@jhu.edu
Data Analyst Team
Jason Feinberg, MHS
jfeinbe2@jhu.edu
Jason Daniels, MS
j.daniels@jhu.edu
Ian Moss, MS
imoss1@jhu.edu
Valerie Morrill, MS
vmorril1@jh.edu
Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI) and ECHO Staff
Michelle Landrum Trice, MS
Senior Research Associate/Wendy Klag Center outreach coordinator
(443) 287-2769
mlandru5@jhu.edu
Christine Okemkpa, BS
Research Coordinator
cokemkp1@jhu.edu
Amanda Kim, MHS, MA, BCBA
Research Assistant
akim148@jhmi.edu
Eden Fowler-Benton, MA
Research Assistant
efowle11@jhu.edu
B'more HBCD Study and Study to Explore Early Development (SEED) Staff
Jamie Dahm, MSEd
Research Associate
(443) 287-3562
jdahm1@jhu.edu
Nicole Williams, AA
Research Assistant
(410) 501-0531
wnilli44@jhu.edu
Madhuri Moralwal, MS
Research Assistant
(443) 287-3562
mmoralw1@jhu.edu
Julia Chavez, MA
Community Program Coordinator
(443) 287-3562
jchavez8@jhu.edu
Luisa Zapata
Family Manager
lzapata2@jhu.edu
MacKenzie Temple, BA
Student worker
mtemple3@jhu.edu
Kennedy Krieger Institute Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) Staff
Christine Hess, PhD
EARLI clinic coordinator
(443) 923-7584
hess@kennedykrieger.org