Our Team
Principal Investigators
Jannine Cody, PhD
Director, Chromosome 18 Clinical Research Center
Director, Pediatric Clinical Research
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Daniel E. Hale, MD
Medical Director, Chromosome 18
Clinical Research Center
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Penn Health State Medical Group
Jonathan Gelfond, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Chromosome 18
Clinical Research Center
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences
Division Chief of Biostatistics
Clinical Research Staff

Catherine McCarthy, MS
Participant Coordinator

Brittany Antopia, MPH
Program Data Manager
Aamuktha Pentala, MPH
Research Associate
Collaborators
Brian Perry, MD
Otolaryngologist
Martha Schatz, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmologist
Catherine Larson, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Peter Fox, MD
NeuroRadiologist
John Li, MD
NeuroRadiologist
Edward Brooks, MD
Pediatric Immunologist
Ann Hamilton Newstead, PhD
Physical Therapist
Louise O’Donnell, PhD
Psychologist
Fang Ling Lu, PhD, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathology
Andrew D. Meyer, MD
Platelet Function
Jun Hee Kim, PhD
Mouse Neurophysiology
Donna Lehman, PhD
Cellular Modeling
Karen Hentschel-Franks, MD
Sleep Medicine
Georgianna G. Gould, PhD
Mouse Behavior
Noboru Hiroi, PhD
Mouse Neurobiology
Office Staff

Gloria Matthews
Business Administrator

Linda Ancira
Administrative Assistant