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Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: | Community Training & Technical Assistance Core Function Lead
LEND Training Director |
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Discipline(s): |
Family/Parent/Youth Advocacy Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts & Sciences Humanities & General Studies Public Health Human Development/Child Development Education: Early Intervention/Early Childhood |
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AUCD Council Membership: |
Community Education Directors' Council National Training Directors' Council |
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Research: | early childhood, policy, developmental monitoring, early identification, family and community engagement, disability studies, public health | ||||||||||||||||
Education: | PhD, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto |
Vita/Bio
Assistant Scientist, Waisman Center UCEDD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Ph.D., Social Science and Health Program, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
M.A., Social-Cultural Anthropology, University of Toronto.
Certificate, Maternal and Child Health Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (MCH LEND) Training Program, Waisman Center, University Center of Excellence for Development Disabilities, University of Wisconsin-Madison. August 2007–May 2008.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
2019-23 Principal Investigator, Wisconsin Care Integration Initiative, Human Resources and
Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. USD $1,488,000.
2018-19 Principal Investigator, Pathways to Access for Autism Services and Supports, Institutes for
Healthcare Improvement. In-kind support awarded.
2017-18 Principal Investigator, Evaluation Study of Developmental Monitoring in Early Head Start.
Association of University Centers on Disability cooperative agreement with National
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. USD $70,000.
2016-19 Co-Principal Investigator, Wisconsin Care Integration Initiative, Human Resources and
Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. USD $1,260,000.
2014-16 Principal Investigator, WI-IN Partnership to Evaluate Use of LTSAE in Childcare Settings,
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. USD $400,000.
2014-16 Principal Investigator, Act Early Public Health Systems Initiative, Association of Maternal
and Child Health Programs. USD $20,000.
2012 Co-Investigator, Act Early State Systems Grant, Association of Maternal and Child Health
Programs. USD $15,000.
2011-19 Principal Investigator, Act Early Ambassador, National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USD $29,334.