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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.
Lise Johnson, MD
Director, Brazelton Institute
Team: Brazelton Institute
Phone: (617) 732-5952
Email: lise.johnson@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
Isabela Mantilla, MS
Communications and Social Media Coordinator
Team: Professional Development, Communications, Development and Outreach
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: Isabela.Mantilla@childrens.harvard.edu
Mindy May, MS
Director, Partnership and Professional Development
Team: Professional Development
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: mindy.may@childrens.harvard.edu
Shela Merchant Jooma, MS
Director of Process Implementation
Team: Professional Development
Phone: (617) 919-1647
Email: shela.merchant@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
Mai Nguyen-Kim
Senior Program Coordinator
Team: Professional Development
Phone: (617) 919-3238
Email: mai.nguyen@childrens.harvard.edu
J. Kevin Nugent, PhD
Director Emeritus and Founder, Brazelton Institute, Division of Developmental Medicine
Team: Brazelton Institute
Phone: (857) 218-4351
Email: kevin.nugent@childrens.harvard.edu
Ashley Nurse
Research Assistant
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: ashley.nurse@childrens.harvard.edu
Suzanne Otcasek
Executive Assistant to Joshua Sparrow, MD
Team: Administration and Finance
Phone: (857) 218-4352
Email: suzanne.otcasek@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
Alisa Serraton
Administrative Operations Manager
Team: Administration and Finance
Phone: (857) 218-4356
Email: alisa.serraton@childrens.harvard.edu
Jayne Singer, PhD
Director of Developmental and Relational Health Director of Clinical Training Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry; Senior Attending Psychologist
Team: Professional Development
Phone: (617) 355-8406
Email: jayne.singer@childrens.harvard.edu
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