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Faculty, staff and National Faciilitators 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.
Michael Accardi, MPP
Director of Resource Development
Team: Communications, Development and Outreach
Phone: (617) 919-6218
Email: michael.accardi@childrens.harvard.edu
Kim Alleyne, MCP, EdD
Director, Community Partnerships
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; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Senior Attending Psychologist
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (857) 218-4374
Email: catherine.ayoub@childrens.harvard.edu
Eurnestine Brown, PhD
Program Director, Director of Relational Equity and Belonging; Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Access, Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; Senior Strategic Advisor on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Anti-Racism, Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center, Boston Children's Hospital
Team: Professional Development
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: eurnestine.brown@childrens.harvard.edu
Katherine Buttitta, PhD
Research Lead; Senior Data Analyst; Staff Scientist, Boston Children's Hospital
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (857) 218-3918
Email: katherine.buttitta@childrens.harvard.edu
Ryan Chevalier
Project Coordinator
Team: Communications, Development and Outreach
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: ryan.chevalier@childrens.harvard.edu
Stephanie De Avila
Clinical Research Assistant
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (617) 355-6000
Email: stephanie.deavila@childrens.harvard.edu
Lisa Desrochers, MA
Professional Development Manager and National Facilitator
Team: Professional Development
Phone: (617) 388-6070
Email: lisa.desrochers@childrens.harvard.edu
Allison Duarte
Program Coordinator, Operations Assistant
Team: Administration and Finance
Phone: (617) 919-3228
Email: allison.duarte@childrens.harvard.edu
Ashley Gaddis, MA
Director of Communications
Team: Communications, Development and Outreach
Phone: (857) 218-4359
Email: ashley.gaddis@childrens.harvard.edu
Daniel Glidden
Manager of Financial Reporting
Team: Administration and Finance
Phone: (857) 218-4903
Email: daniel.glidden@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
Project Director
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (857) 218-4375
Email: katie.kao@childrens.harvard.edu
Courtney Lincoln, PhD
Project Director
Team: Research and Evaluation
Phone: (857) 218-3220
Email: courtney.lincoln@childrens.harvard.edu
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