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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.
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
Maria Toft Henriksen, MS

Senior Program Coordinator
Team: Brazelton Institute
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: Ditte-Maria.Henriksen@childrens.harvard.edu
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
Catherine Knowles-O’Brien, EdD, IMH-E®

Projects Manager and Staff Facilitator
Team: Professional Development
Phone:
Email: catherine.knowles-obrien@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
Anabella Magee

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
Suzanne Otcasek

Executive Assistant to Joshua Sparrow, MD
Team: Administration and Finance
Phone: (857) 218-4352
Email: suzanne.otcasek@childrens.harvard.edu
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