Meet Our Team
Meet the team behind the Early Growth and Development Study! Our investigators come from universities across the country to collaborate on EGDS. The staff primarily come from three universities: University of Oregon, Penn State University, and The George Washington University. Learn more about everyone’s role in EGDS and their research interests.

Principal Investigators
Current Collaborators

Cecilia (Chang) Liu, Ph.D.
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Daniel Shaw, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Dawn Witherspoon, Ph.D.
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Elizabeth Shirtcliff, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Gordon Harold, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Kristine Marceau, Ph.D.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Lorah Dorn, Ph.D.
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Misaki Natsuaki, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE

Sy-Miin Chow, Ph.D.
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Yosef Bodovski
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
Distinguished Emeritx Investigators

David Reiss
YALE UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER

Rand Conger
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Investigator Alumni

Brendan Bohannan
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Dave DeGarmo
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Diane Mitchell
TEXAS A&M

Laura Scaramella
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Phillip A. Fisher, Ph.D.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Sam Simmens, Ph.D.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Sharon Lambert, Ph.D.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
In Memoriam

John Reid, Ph.D.
1940 – 2012

Remi Cadoret, M.D.
1928 – 2005

Xiaojia Ge, Ph.D.
1954 – 2009
Staff

Alex Lewis
Programmer
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Allison Mitchell
Project Coordinator/Recruiter/Interviewer
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Alyssa Rayhel, EMPA
Leve Research Lab Manager
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Amani Khan
Recruiter
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Amy Whitesel Ph.D.
Research Scientist
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Avery Turner
Project Coordinator
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Brian Carper
Programmer
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Bryce Dirks
Data Manager
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Chia-li Yu
Recruiter
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Debbie Pierson
Interviewer/Recruiter
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Denise Ford
Interviewer
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Jaimyn Emery
Recruiter
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Karenna Roest
Project Coordinator/Recruiter/Interviewer
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Kaylee Becker
Recruiter
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Kelly Wagner
Data Manager/Interviewer/Recruiter
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Kelsey Van Brocklin
Project Coordinator
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Sally Guyer
Research Analyst
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Seon “Eric” Lee
Recruiter
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Zhaoying Chen
Project Coordinator/Recruiter
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Trainees

Danielle Seay, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Diana Jenkins, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Lijun Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Tong Chen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Veronica Oro, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Alumni

Brittany Spinner

Edgard Manuel-Sanchez

Hannah Tavalire

Kristen Hudy

Lue Williams

Mari Greecher

Milena Zambrano
