Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center

Meet Our Researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center

Our team of researchers investigate the causes of children’s mental health conditions, and seek the best treatments to improve the well-being of children and their families. Researchers collaborate on projects that aim to improve diagnostics, testing and evaluation, patient care, therapies and interventions. They are committed to applying their findings to evidence-based clinical practice.

Sara Becker, PhD

Staff Psychologist, Rhode Island Hospital

John R Boekamp, PhD

Clinical Director, Pediatric Partial Program

Julie Boergers, PhD

Co-Director, Pediatric Sleep Disorders Clinic

Larry K. Brown, MD

Director of Research, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Mary A. Carskadon, PhD

Director, Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory and the COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Jennifer B. Freeman, PhD

Director of Research and Training, Pediatric Anxiety Research Clinic, Bradley Hospital

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Rachel Herman, PhD

Staff Psychologist

Christopher Houck, PhD

Jeffrey I. Hunt, MD

Director of Inpatient and Intensive Services, Bradley Hospital

Barbara Jandasek, PhD

Staff Psychologist

Elissa Jelalian, PhD

Senior Research Scientist

Beth Jerskey PhD, PhD

Research Coordinator for the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART)

Brian Coyne Kavanaugh, PsyD

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Kathleen A. Kemp, PhD

Staff Psychologist, Rhode Island Hospital Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center

Valerie Knopik, PhD

Director of the Division of Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital

Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Christine M. Low, PhD

Chief Psychologist, Bradley Hospital

Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD

Wade C. Myers III, MD

Jack Nassau, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Rebecca Newland Kilch, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Nicole R. Nugent, PhD

Stephanie Parade, PhD

Director of Early Childhood Research, Bradley/Hasbro Children’s Research Center; Staff Psychologist, Bradley Hospital

Wendy A. Plante, PhD

Christine Rizzo, PhD

Staff Psychologist at Rhode Island Hospital and the Rhode Island Family Court Mental Health Clinic

Ronald Seifer, PhD

Rebecca B. Silver, PhD

Anthony Spirito, PhD

Director, Division of Clinical Psychology

Rebecca Swenson, PhD

Stephanie A. Shepard Umaschi, PhD

Staff Psychologist

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Sarah A. Thomas, PhD

Jennifer Wolff, PhD

Staff Psychologist