Infant Care Project Research Team
The Infant Care Project, based at the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), brings together an interdisciplinary team of experts in nutrition, anthropology, epidemiology, developmental psychology, pediatrics, and biostatistics from several institutions.
Principal Investigator
Margaret E. Bentley, Ph.D., Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, UNC-CH
Co-Investigators
Linda S. Adair, Ph.D., Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, UNC-CH
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Ph.D., Department of Maternal and Child Health and Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, UNC-CH
Barbara Davis Goldman, Ph.D., Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, UNC-CH
Lorraine C. Taylor, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, UNC-CH
Jean C. Hamilton, Ph.D., Carolina Population Center, UNC-CH
Consultants
Leann L. Birch, Ph.D., Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Jennifer O. Fisher, Ph.D., USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center
Maureen Black, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Chirayath Suchindran, Ph.D., Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, UNC-CH
Barbara Laraia, Ph.D., Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, UNC-CH
Mary Crowson, Ph.D., Center for Developmental Science, UNC-CH
Michelle Mendez, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lisa Sacco, Ph.D.
Project Manager
Judith B. Borja, Ph.D.
Project Staff
Field Research Supervisor / Lead Ethnographer: Kenitra Carby-Shields
Anthropometry / Dietary Supervisor: Sonali Rege
Interviewers:
Kathy Borron
Chiquila Hargrove
Jennifer Hodgkinson
Marva Woodward
Research Staff:
DeZyre Dennis
Karah Fazekas
Deborah Pringle
Heather Morrow-Almeida
Recruiter: Vanessa Copeland
Graduate Research Assistant: Monal Shroff
Programmers
Karin Gleiter, Ph.D.
Mary Jane Hill
