Program Office 

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Last Reviewed:  12/19/2008
Last Updated:  12/19/2008

Program Office 

The National Children’s Study Program Office directs the implementation of the day-to-day operations of the Study. The Program Office houses scientists, staff on detail assignment from other organizations, program analysts, contractors, and research fellows.

Program Office Staff

Peter C. Scheidt, MD, MPH
Director
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Sarah A. Keim, MA, MS
Associate Study Director for Operations and Logistics
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Marion J. Balsam, MD
Director of Partnerships and Adjunct Studies
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Debowanna Blackshear, MS
Office Manager
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Ruth A. Brenner, MD, MPH
Associate Study Director for Science and Director for Study Centers
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Andrew M. Briggs
Human Subjects and Data Confidentiality Specialist
Invoicing Specialist/Contractor
National Children's Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Margot T. Brown, ScD
Senior Scientist and Study Center Project Officer
National Children's Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Elizabeth Davis
Financial Analyst and Logistics Coordinator
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Michael Dellarco, DrPH
Senior Scientist, Environmental Exposures, and Study Center Project Officer
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Alan Fleischman, MD
Chairman
National Children’s Study Federal Advisory Committee
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Jessica E. Graber, PhD
Senior Scientist and Coordinating Center Project Officer
National Children's Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Carol H. Kasten, MD
Senior Scientist and Study Center Project Officer
National Children's Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Monica O. Madina
Committee Liaison Officer
National Children's Study Federal Advisory Committee
Assistant to the Office Manager/Contractor
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

John Moye, Jr., MD
Director of Laboratories and Repository
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Christina H. Park, PhD
Senior Scientist and Study Center Project Officer
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Jennifer Park, PhD
Senior Scientist and Study Center Project Officer
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

James Quackenboss, MS
Senior Scientist
National Exposure Research Laboratory
EPA

Jessica Sapienza, MHS
Executive Secretary
National Children’s Study Federal Advisory Committee
Adjunct Studies Program Analyst
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Kenneth Schoendorf, MD, MPH
Director of Protocol Development and Study Center Project Officer
National Children’s Study
NICHD,NIH, HHS

Gitanjali Taneja, PhD
Senior Scientist and Study Center Project Officer
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Maureen Wildman
Communications Contractor
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

Kate Winseck, MSW
Outreach and Communications Coordinator
National Children’s Study
NICHD, NIH, HHS

National Children’s Study Web Site Illustrator

Lisa Brown is a published author and illustrator of children’s books, and has been contracted by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to create illustrations exclusively for use by the National Children’s Study, including those found on the National Children’s Study Web Site.

All illustrations are copyrighted and should not be duplicated without express permission of the National Children’s Study Program Office.