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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.
Debby Sosin, LICSW

Family Connections; Touchpoints National Facilitator
Team: Professional Development
Phone: (857) 218-4363
Email: debra.sosin@childrens.harvard.edu
Joshua Sparrow, MD, DFAACAP

Executive Director, Brazelton Touchpoints Center; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (part time)
Team: Leadership
Phone: (617) 355-7639
Email: joshua.sparrow@childrens.harvard.edu
Aditi Subramaniam, LMHC, R-DMT, CEIS, IECMH-M

Newborn Observation Trainer
Team: Brazelton Institute
Phone: (617) 919-7878
Email: aditi.subramaniam@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
Bryan Tillman

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
Angelee Verdieu, MPH

Research Coordinator
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: angelee.verdieu@childrens.harvard.edu
Adam Von Ende, MSc

Senior Data Analyst
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: adam.vonende@childrens.harvard.edu
Kyla Williams

Research Assistant
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: kyla.williams@childrens.harvard.edu
Grace Zechman, MA

Research Coordinator
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: grace.zechman@childrens.harvard.edu
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