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Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 7255
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7255

Main Phone: 919-966-5171
Main Fax: 919-966-2230
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Position Name Primary Discipline Email
Leadership
UCEDD Director Rebecca Pretzel, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
LEND Director Rebecca Pretzel, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Associate LEND Director Rob Christian, M.D. Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
Information Technology Tom Gray, B.S. Public Administration [email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Clinical Services Jean Mankowski, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Clinical Services Laura Politte, MD Psychiatry [email protected]
Community Education Director Rebecca Pretzel, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Community Education Director Donna Yerby, M.Ed. [email protected]
Community Support Rebecca Pretzel, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Early Intervention Rebecca Pretzel, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Exemplary Services Rebecca Pretzel, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Debbie Reinhartsen, Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Parent/Consumer Ann Palmer Medicine-General [email protected]
Pediatric Services Laura Politte, MD Psychiatry [email protected]
Research Laura Politte, MD Psychiatry [email protected]
Research Director Joseph Piven, M.D. Psychiatry [email protected]
Training Director Jean Mankowski, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Discipline Coordinators
Assistive Technology Debbie Reinhartsen, Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Audiology Jackson Roush, PhD Audiology [email protected]
Dentistry/Pediatric Dentistry Michael Milano, DMD [email protected]
Education Donna Yerby, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Family Ann Palmer Medicine-General [email protected]
Genetics Cynthia Powell, MD Genetics/Genetic Counseling [email protected]
Health Administration Jeffry Low, MBA [email protected]
Medicine Rob Christian, M.D. Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
Physical Therapy Dana McCarty Physical Therapy [email protected]
Self Advocacy Anna Ward Other [email protected]
Social Work Sherry Mergner, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Social Work Tamara Norris Social Work [email protected]
Social Work Morgan Parlier Social Work [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Margaret DeRamus Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Debbie Reinhartsen, Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Specialty Resource Contacts
Consultant to Legal Community J. Gregory Olley, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Faculty Member Heather Hazlett Psychology [email protected]
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts
Adult Clinic Coordinator Donna Yerby, MEd Education/Special Education [email protected]
Director, Project STIR Deborah Zuver, MA [email protected]
NCDPI Consultant for School Psychology Lynn Makor Psychology [email protected]
Research Assistant Professor Speech Language Pathologist Jessica Kinard, PhD Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Social Skills Clinic Gabriel Dichter Psychology [email protected]
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