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Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Our People

DIRECTOR 

Heather Volk, PhD 
Associate Professor 
Department of Mental Health 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 

VICE DIRECTOR 

Christine Ladd-Acosta, PhD 
Assistant Professor 
Department of Epidemiology  
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health


Core faculty 

Elise Pas, PhD 
Associate Scientist 
Department of Mental Health/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health  
Kennedy Krieger Institute 

Kelly Benke, PhD
Assistant Scientist 
Department of Mental Health/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health  

Luke Kalb, PhD 
Assistant Professor 
Department of Mental Health/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health  
Kennedy Krieger Institute 

Calliope Holingue, PhD 

Assistant Professor 
Department of Mental Health/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health  
Kennedy Krieger Institute


Co-investigators 

Homayoon Farzadegan, PhD 
Professor and Director 
Johns Hopkins Biorepository 

Rebecca Landa, PhD 
Director 
Center for Autism and Related Disorders 
Kennedy Krieger Institute 
& Associate Professor 
Department of Psychiatry 
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 

Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD 
Dean, Professor of Biobehavioral  
College of Health and Human Development 
Penn State University

General contact: Michelle Landrum Trice

Research Projects and Staff

Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Staff

Peng-Chou Tsai, MD 
ptsai10@jhu.edu 

Margaret Huston Spivey 
Project Coordinator 
(410) 502-2139 
mhuston@jhu.edu 

Zoe Pamonag, BS 
Student worker 
zpamona1@jhu.edu 

Data Analyst Team

Jason Feinberg, MHS 
jfeinbe2@jhu.edu 

Jason Daniels, MS 
j.daniels@jhu.edu 

Ian Moss, MS 
imoss1@jhu.edu 

Valerie Morrill, MS 
vmorril1@jh.edu 

Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI) and ECHO Staff

Michelle Landrum Trice, MS 
Senior Research Associate/Wendy Klag Center outreach coordinator 
(443) 287-2769 
mlandru5@jhu.edu 

Christine Okemkpa, BS 
Research Coordinator 
cokemkp1@jhu.edu 

Amanda Kim, MHS, MA, BCBA 
Research Assistant 
akim148@jhmi.edu 

Eden Fowler-Benton, MA 
Research Assistant 
efowle11@jhu.edu

B'more HBCD Study and Study to Explore Early Development (SEED) Staff 

Jamie Dahm, MSEd 
Research Associate 
(443) 287-3562 
jdahm1@jhu.edu 

Nicole Williams, AA 
Research Assistant 
(410) 501-0531 
wnilli44@jhu.edu 

Madhuri Moralwal, MS 
Research Assistant 
(443) 287-3562 
mmoralw1@jhu.edu 

Julia Chavez, MA 
Community Program Coordinator 
(443) 287-3562 
jchavez8@jhu.edu 

Luisa Zapata 
Family Manager 
lzapata2@jhu.edu 

MacKenzie Temple, BA 
Student worker 
mtemple3@jhu.edu 

Kennedy Krieger Institute Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) Staff 

Christine Hess, PhD 
EARLI clinic coordinator 
(443) 923-7584 
hess@kennedykrieger.org