Childhood Asthma Research Program

Meet the Team

It takes a great deal of help to get all of the work done at the Childhood Asthma Research Program. Thankfully, we have a team of dedicated, creative and friendly folks who work very hard to bring all of these opportunities to children and their families.

• Naira Arellano
  Research assistant, RIPRAC Childhood Asthma Study
  
  

• Miosotis Alsina
  Recruitment specialist
  
  

• Juliette Belliard
  Reasearch assistant, Project ACE
  
  

• Cindy Esteban, MPH
  RIPRAC clinician and research support staff, and nurse practitioner, asthma clinic
  
  

• Deborah Friedman, PhD
  Pediatric psychology intern
  
  

• Gregory Fritz, MD
  Principal investigator, RIPRAC Childhood Asthma Study
  Medical director, Bradley Hospital
  Director of child and family psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital
  Professor and director of child and adolescent psychiatry, Brown Medical School
  
  

• Edicta Grullon
  Research assistant, RIPRAC Childhood Asthma Study
  
  

• Emily Houlihan
  Research assistant, Project GAME and Project SAIL
  
  

• Karen Joseph, PhD
  Postdoctoral fellow in pediatric psychology
  
  

• Robert Klein, MD
  Collaborator, RIPRAC and symptom perception in critical care asthma
  Pediatric immunologist Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital
  Professor, Brown Medical School
  
  

• Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, PhD
  Primary investigator, Project R&R
  Primary investigator, Protective Factors in Urban Children with Asthma
  Project director and co-investigator, Project ACE
  RIPRAC Childhood Asthma Study collaborator
  Draw A Breath educator, Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital
  Director of recruitment for the Childhood Asthma Research Project
  Assistant professor (research) in child and family psychiatry, Brown Medical School
  
  

• Sheryl Kopel
  Project manager, RIPRAC Childhood Asthma Study and Project GAME
  Research assistant supervisor
  
  

• Debra Lobato, PhD
  Director of child psychology, Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital
  Collaborator, RIPRAC Childhood Asthma Study
  Primary investigator, siblings with asthma supplement to RIPRAC
  Associate professor (clinical), Brown Medical School
  
  

• Anthony Mansell, MD
  Pediatric pulmonologist, Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital
  Primary investigator, symptom perception in critical care asthma
  Professor, Brown Medical School
  
  

• Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD
  Pediatric psychologist, Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital
  Director, Draw-A-Breath asthma education program
  Primary investigator, Project GAME
  Co-investigator, RIPRAC Childhood Asthma Study
  Co-investigator, PAQS study
  Assistant professor, Brown Medical School
  
  

• Gail Mills
  Administrative assistant
  
  

• Jack Nassau, PhD
  Primary investigator, stress and asthma grant
  Collaborator, symptom perception in critical care asthma
  Staff pediatric psychologist, Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital
  Clinical assistant professor, Brown Medical School
  
  

• Ronald Seifer, PhD
  RIPRAC Childhood Asthma Study collaborator and director of data management team
  Biostatistician
  Primary investigator, collaborator or consultant on numerous grants within the department
  Director of research for department of psychiatry
  
  

• Marcia Selinger
  Research data analyst
  
  

• Yisella Soriano
  Research assistant, RIPRAC Childhood Asthma Study
  
  

• Nomi Weiss-Laxer
  Research assistant, Project ACE

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