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Faculty, staff, and National Facilitators at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center represent a multi-disciplinary team of change agents, early child development educators, psychologists, pediatricians, pediatric nurse practitioners, and other early child development and behavior experts, professional development trainers, project directors, program evaluators, statisticians, community engagement professionals, and more. Similarly, our Touchpoints Training sites hail from 33 states and over 100 communities, from urban to rural, and everything in between.
Kim Alleyne, MCP, EdD

Director, Community Partnerships; Research & Evaluator Grants and Contracts Administrator
Team: Research and Evaluation, Professional Development
Phone: (857) 218-4339
Email: kim.alleyne@childrens.harvard.edu
Catherine Ayoub, EdD, RN

Director of Research and Evaluation; Executive Director, Family Connections Mental Health Consultation; Staff Facilitator; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Senior Attending Psychologist
Team: Research and Evaluation, Professional Development
Phone: (857) 218-4374
Email: catherine.ayoub@childrens.harvard.edu
Emma Bishop, MA

Research Coordinator II
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 919-6056
Email: emma.bishop@childrens.harvard.edu
Lindsay Boyer, MS

Research Coordinator
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone:
Email: lindsay.boyer@childrens.harvard.edu
Katherine Buttitta, PhD

Research & Evaluation Lead II; Senior Data Analyst; Staff Scientist, Boston Children's Hospital
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (857) 218-3918
Email: katherine.buttitta@childrens.harvard.edu
Stephanie De Avila

Research Assistant
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: stephanie.deavila@childrens.harvard.edu
Joelfré Grant, MAT

Research & Evaluation Associate, Tribal Liaison, National Facilitator
Team: Research and Evaluation, National Facilitators
Phone: (406) 250-0442
Email: joelfre.grant@childrens.harvard.edu
Katie Kao, PhD

Research & Evaluation Lead; Staff Scientist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (857) 218-4375
Email: katie.kao@childrens.harvard.edu
Courtney Lincoln, PhD

Research & Evaluation Lead; Staff Scientist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (857) 218-3220
Email: courtney.lincoln@childrens.harvard.edu
Jordan Manchester, MA

Director of Research Operations
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (857) 218-4364
Email: jordan.manchester@childrens.harvard.edu
Christina Mondi-Rago, PhD

Research & Evaluation Lead; Mental Health Consultation Services Clinician; Staff Facilitator; Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Attending Psychologist
Team: Research and Evaluation, Professional Development
Phone: (857) 218-4365
Email: christina.mondi-rago@childrens.harvard.edu
Ashley Nurse

Research Assistant
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: ashley.nurse@childrens.harvard.edu
Joanne Roberts, PhD, MBA

Deputy Director, Research & Evaluation; Senior Staff Scientist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (857) 218-4366
Email: joanne.roberts@childrens.harvard.edu
M. Dewana Thompson, PhD

Director, National Training Team; Staff Facilitator; Research & Evaluation Associate
Team: Research and Evaluation, Professional Development
Phone: (832) 687-6209
Email: dewana.thompson@childrens.harvard.edu
Elisa Vele, MA, PhD

Assistant Director, Research & Evaluation; Senior Staff Scientist, Boston Children's Hospital
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: elisa.vele@childrens.harvard.edu
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