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Michael Amlung
  • Associate Director for Training & Associate Scientist, Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment
  • Associate Professor, Department of Applied Behavioral Science
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Kathryn Bigelow
  • Associate Research Professor, Juniper Gardens Children's Project
  • Courtesy Assistant Professor Department of Applied Behavioral Science

Florence DiGennary Reed
  • Investigator, Center for Community Health and Development
  • Associate Professor, Department of Applied Behavioral Science
  • Chair of the Department of Applied Behavioral Science
  • Fellow, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre

Joseph Donnelly
  • Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
  • Division Director, Physical Activity and Weight Management
  • Director, Energy Balance Laboratory and Kansas Weight Management Programs

Stephen Fawcett
  • Senior Advisor, Center for Community Health and Development
  • Co-Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre
  • Kansas Health Foundation & University Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Department of Applied Behavioral Science

Tera Fazzino
  • Associate Director, Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Vincent Francisco
  • Director, Center for Community Health and Development
  • Kansas Health Foundation Professor, Department of Applied Behavioral Science
  • Senior Scientist, Life Span Institute

Matt Gillispie
  • Investigator, Life Span Institute
  • Director, Speech Language Hearing Clinic
  • Clinical Professor & Speech-Language Pathologist, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders

Judith Gross
  • Associate Research Scholar and Center Director, Center on Community Living and Careers, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community

Linda Heitzman-Powell
  • Associate Research Professor, Juniper Gardens Children's Project
  • Director of Community Research, Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training
  • Clinical Research Professor, Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, KUMC

Ryan Henley
  • Research Aide, Research and Training Center on Independent Living
  • Research Aide, KU Center on Developmental Disabilities

Yo Jackson
  • Senior Scientist, Preschoolers' Adjustment and Intergenerational Risk
  • Fellow, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre
  • Professor, Department of Applied Behavioral Science

Rene Jamison
  • Investigator, Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training
  • Clinical Associate Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center - Pediatrics
  • Director, Kansas Leadership Education in Neurodevelopment and related Disabilities Program

Christina Knott
  • Christina Knott, Communications Specialist
  • Utah State University, Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • Evangel University, Bachelor of Arts in Journalism

Lyndsie Koon
  • Associate Director, Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
  • Assistant Research Professor, Research and Training Center on Independent Living

Adrianne Kunkel, PhD
  • Senior Scientist, Cofrin Logan Addiction Center for Addiction Research and Treatment
  • Professor, Department of Communication Studies
  • Professor, Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)

Jennifer Kurth
  • Investigator, Beach Center on Disability and Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
  • Associate Professor, Department of Special Education

Bruce Liese
  • Clinical Director, Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment
  • Professor, Family Medicine and Psychiatry

David Lindeman
  • Director, Life Span Institute at Parsons
  • Senior Scientist, Life Span Institute at Parsons
  • Site Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities

Eric Lundquist
  • Investigator, Child Language Doctoral Program
  • Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Kansas Office of Research
  • Professor, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics - Molecular Biosciences, Bioinformatics

Laura Martin
  • Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
  • Director, Structure and Function Unit at Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, KUMC
  • Investigator, Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment

Austen McGuire
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Preschoolers' Adjustment and Intergenerational Risk
  • Graduate Student, Clinical Child Psychology Program

Matt Mosconi
  • Director, Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training
  • Interim Associate Director and Senior Scientist, Life Span Institute
  • Professor, Clinical Child Psychology Program

Dot Nary
  • Assistant Research Professor, Research and Training Center on Independent Living
  • Investigator, Center for Community Health and Development
  • Switzer Fellow

Hannah Park
  • Investigator, Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment
  • Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Design

Sheida Raley
  • Assistant Research Professor, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education

Derek Reed
  • Investigator, Cofrin Logan Center for Addition Research and Treatment
  • Professor, Department of Applied Behavioral Science
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Applied Behavioral Science

Mabel Rice
  • Director, Child Language Doctoral Program
  • Director, Merrill Advanced Studies Center
  • Fed and Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies

Jerry Schultz
  • Co-Director, Center for Community Health and Development
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Department of Applied Behavioral Science

Karrie Shogren
  • Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
  • Associate Director, Beach Center on Disability
  • Senior Scientist, Life Span Institute
  • Professor, Department of Special Education

Trina D. Spencer
  • Director, Juniper Gardens Children's Project
  • Senior scientist, KU Life Span Institute
  • Professor, KU Department of Applied Behavioral Science

Debra Sullivan
  • Investigator, Life Span Institute
  • Chair, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
  • Midwest Dairy Council Professor in Clinical Nutrition, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition

Sean Swindler
  • Director of Community Program Development and Evaluation, Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training
  • Project Manager, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities

Steven Warren
  • Investigator, Life Span Institute
  • University Distinguished Professor, Department of Speech Language Hearing: Sciences & Disorders
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Speech Language Hearing: Sciences & Disorders
  • PhD Program Coordinator, Department of Speech Language Hearing: Sciences & Disorders

Jomella Watson Thompson
  • Associate Director for Community Participation and Research, Center for Community Health and Development
  • Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Applied Behavioral Science