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LEND Program

Vanderbilt Consortium LEND

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
PMB 40
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203

Main Phone: 615-936-1104
Toll Free Number: 866-936-8852
Main Fax: 615-322-2890
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UCEDD, LEND Program

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
PMB 40
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203

Main Phone: 615-322-8240
Toll Free Number: 866-936-8852
Main Fax: 615-322-8236
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VanderbiltKennedyCenter
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Position Name Primary Discipline Email
Leadership
LEND Director Evon Batey Lee, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Co-UCEDD Director Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., BCBA Education/Special Education [email protected]
Co-UCEDD Director Julie Lounds Taylor, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Associate UCEDD Director Laurie Fleming Other [email protected]
Associate LEND Director Cynthia Chambers , PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Associate LEND Director Rachel Goode, M.D. Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology Jeffrey Neul, PhD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Associate Manager Nicole Bardett, BS Other [email protected]
Community Access and Engagement Meghan Burke, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Coordinator Julie Sears, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Director of Communications and Dissemination Courtney Taylor, M.Div. Other [email protected]
Director of Community Service & Technical Assistance; UCEDD Assistant Director Laurie Fleming Other [email protected]
Director of Research Robert Hodapp, Ph.D. Education/Special Education [email protected]
Director of Training, UCEDD; Director Evon Batey Lee, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Director, Division of Developmental Medicine, Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics Executive Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) Director, Autism Research, Department of Pediatrics and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Zachary Warren, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Education Specialist Tara Minor, MAT, MA Education/Special Education [email protected]
Health and Mental Health Verity Rodrigues, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Manager Nina Coyle, BSPH Education/Special Education [email protected]
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Special Education Professor of Psychology, Radiology, and Pediatrics Associate Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy center Director, IDDRC Translational Neuroimaging Core C Faculty Director, VKC Reading Clinic Laurie Cutting, PhD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Program Director, Next Steps at Vanderbilt Ariana Amaya, OTD, OTR/L Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Adult Services Janet Shouse Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Clinical Services Teresa Boggs, PhD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Clinical Services Allison Deckard, MSN, APRN, CPNP Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner [email protected]
Clinical Services Paul Dressler, M.D., M.P.H. Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Clinical Services Rachel Goode, M.D. Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Clinical Services Jeff Hine Psychology [email protected]
Clinical Services Mackenzie Mosera, MPH Genetics/Genetic Counseling [email protected]
Community Support Meghan Burke, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Community Support Laurie Fleming Other [email protected]
Community Support Megan Hart, M.Ed. Psychology [email protected]
Community Support Janet Shouse Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Megan Hart, M.Ed. Psychology [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Jennifer Padron Other [email protected]
Data Coordinator Nicole Bardett, BS Other [email protected]
Data Coordinator Nina Coyle, BSPH Education/Special Education [email protected]
Data Coordinator Laurie Fleming Other [email protected]
Data Coordinator Julie Sears, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Distance Learning Nicole Bardett, BS Other [email protected]
Distance Learning Julie Sears, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Early Intervention Teresa Boggs, PhD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Early Intervention Jeff Hine Psychology [email protected]
Early Intervention Alacia Stainbrook, Ph.D., BCBA-D Education/Special Education [email protected]
Early Intervention Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD Audiology [email protected]
Inclusion Ariana Amaya, OTD, OTR/L Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Nicole Bardett, BS Other [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Janet Shouse Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Courtney Taylor, M.Div. Other [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Elizabeth Turner, M.A. Other [email protected]
Pediatric Services Allison Deckard, MSN, APRN, CPNP Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner [email protected]
Pediatric Services Rachel Goode, M.D. Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Research Kara Boynewicz, PT, DPT, PCS, ATC Physical Therapy [email protected]
Research Blythe Corbett, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Research Jeff Hine Psychology [email protected]
Research Jena McDaniel, PhD Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Research Mackenzie Mosera, MPH Genetics/Genetic Counseling [email protected]
Research Julie Lounds Taylor, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Research Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD Audiology [email protected]
Research Hilary Travers, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Research Zachary Warren, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Research Director Blythe Corbett, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Research Director Robert Hodapp, Ph.D. Education/Special Education [email protected]
Technical Assistance Nicole Bardett, BS Other [email protected]
Technical Assistance Laurie Fleming Other [email protected]
Technical Assistance Hilary Travers, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Training Director Blythe Corbett, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Training Director Evon Batey Lee, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Transition Jessica Awsumb, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Transition Hilary Travers, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment Lisa Dunkley , PhD Other [email protected]
Discipline Coordinators
Audiology Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD Audiology [email protected]
Child Welfare Verity Rodrigues, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Dentistry/Pediatric Dentistry Machelle Thompson, RDH, MSPH Dentistry-Pediatric [email protected]
Family Kara Adams Boo Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Genetics Mackenzie Mosera, MPH Genetics/Genetic Counseling [email protected]
Medicine Paul Dressler, M.D., M.P.H. Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Medicine Rachel Goode, M.D. Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Neurology Beth Malow, MD, MS Medicine-Other [email protected]
Nursing Allison Deckard, MSN, APRN, CPNP Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner [email protected]
Occupational Therapy Christy Isbell , PhD Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Occupational Therapy Lorry Kleinfeld, EdD, MS, OT, BCP Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Parent/Family Resources Megan Hart, M.Ed. Psychology [email protected]
Pediatrics Jeff Hine Psychology [email protected]
Pediatrics: Developmental/Neonatology Paul Dressler, M.D., M.P.H. Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Pediatrics: Developmental/Neonatology Rachel Goode, M.D. Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Physical Therapy Kara Boynewicz, PT, DPT, PCS, ATC Physical Therapy [email protected]
Physical Therapy Nancy Darr, PT, D.Sc., NCS Physical Therapy [email protected]
Physical Therapy Karen Smith, DPT Physical Therapy [email protected]
Psychology Kiana Johnson, PhD, MSEd, MPH Psychology [email protected]
Psychology Evon Batey Lee, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Psychology Zachary Warren, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Public Health Kayla Alvis, PhD Public Health [email protected]
Rehab Counseling Lisa Dunkley , PhD Other [email protected]
Special Education Elizabeth Biggs, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Special Education Cynthia Chambers , PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Special Education Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., BCBA Education/Special Education [email protected]
Special Education Hilary Travers, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Teresa Boggs, PhD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Jena McDaniel, PhD Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Lisa Wallace, M.S., CCC-SLP [email protected]
Specialty Resource Contacts
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Associate Director, IDDRC Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core E Julie Lounds Taylor, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Co-Director, Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., BCBA Education/Special Education [email protected]
MECP2 duplication syndrome Rett Syndrome Sarika Peters Psychology [email protected]
Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics Elisabeth Dykens, PhD Psychology [email protected]
SENSE Lab Director Blythe Corbett, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Transition Tennessee EMPOWERing Youth with Visual Impairment Hilary Travers, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
Transition Tennessee, Project Director Erin Maves, M. Ed Education/Special Education [email protected]
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts
Chair of the Department; Professor of Otolaryngology; Associate Director, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD Audiology [email protected]
Community Service/Technical Assistance Arts Program Laurie Fleming Other [email protected]
Director of Clinical Trial Operations; Manager STAT Development and Training Amy Swanson, MA, CCRP [email protected]
Director of Division of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Blythe Corbett, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Director of Training, UCEDD; Director, Vanderbilt Consortium LEND; Evon Batey Lee, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Director of TRIAD Autism Initiatives Clinical Director TADPOLE Project Lisa Wallace, M.S., CCC-SLP [email protected]
Director of TRIAD Behavior Analysis John Staubitz, MEd, BCBA, LBA [email protected]
Director of TRIAD Behavior Analysis in Schools Michelle Hopton, MEd, BCBA, LBA Education/Special Education [email protected]
Director of TRIAD Early Childhood and Family Engagement Kathleen Simcoe, MEd, BCBA, LBA Education/Special Education [email protected]
Director of TRIAD Early Intervention Mary Fleck Education/Special Education [email protected]
Director of TRIAD Preschool Initiatives Becky Haynes, MEd, BCBA, LBA Education/Special Education [email protected]
Early Intervention Program Coordinator Alacia Stainbrook, Ph.D., BCBA-D Education/Special Education [email protected]
IDD Health Care Toolkit Project Beth Malow, MD, MS Medicine-Other [email protected]
Kindred Stories of Disability Courtney Taylor, M.Div. Other [email protected]
Learning Assessment Clinic, Director Clinical Psychologist Rachel Hundley, PhD Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Next Steps at Vanderbilt Ariana Amaya, OTD, OTR/L Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Professor of Special Education Robert Hodapp, Ph.D. Education/Special Education [email protected]
Program Coordinator, IDD Toolkit for Health Care Study Coordinator and Hub team member, Vanderbilt-Wellpoint IDD Project ECHO Janet Shouse Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Project ASSIST Julie Lounds Taylor, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Rett Syndrome Clinic Sarika Peters Psychology [email protected]
Senior Research Specialist Elizabeth Roof, MA Psychology [email protected]
Tennessee Disability Pathfinder Megan Hart, M.Ed. Psychology [email protected]
TRAID Staff Jeff Hine Psychology [email protected]
Transition Tennessee Jessica Awsumb, PhD Education/Special Education [email protected]
TRIAD Coordinator Mary Dangerfield Psychiatry [email protected]
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) Psychologist TRIAD Director of Training Whitney Loring, Psy. D. Psychology [email protected]
VUMC Pediatrics Mackenzie Mosera, MPH Genetics/Genetic Counseling [email protected]
Angela Bonino, PhD Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
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