LCT-RN Leadership

We are a collaborative network of researchers, service providers, and thought leaders committed to improving health and reducing disease by advancing life course intervention research. We bring together diverse expertise and perspectives to examine the origins and development of health, and to inform meaningful and evidence-based changes in practice, systems, and policies affecting children and families. We are funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Research and Services Administration (HRSA).

National Coordinating Center at UCLA

Portrait of Neal Halfon, Center Director

Neal Halfon, MD MPH

Director, Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities

Shirley Russ, MB ChB (Hons) MPH MD

Senior Project Scientist

Chandler Beck, MPH

Program Manager

Steering Committee

The LCT-RN Steering Committee includes experts who oversee the development and function of the research nodes and provide key content expertise to the network’s research agenda.

Chad Abresch, PhD

University of Nebraska & CityMatCH

William Barbaresi, MD

Harvard University & Boston Children's Hospital

Elizabeth Barnert, MD MPH

Pediatrician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Matthew Biel, MD MSc

Georgetown University

Nathan Blum, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Rebecca Dudovitz, MD MSHS

Associate Professor in General Pediatrics and Vice-Chair of the Primary Care College

Mark Feinberg, PhD

Penn State University

Susan Hintz, MD, MS Epi

Stanford University

Iheoma Iruka, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Todd Jensen, PhD MSW

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jonathan Litt, Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital

Jonathan Litt, MD MPH

Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard University

Steph Lomangino, MSW

Family Voices, Inc.

Michael Msall, MD

University of Chicago

Emily Ozer, PhD

University of California, Berkeley

Marieka Schotland, PhD

i4Y - Innovations for Youth

Adam Schickedanz, MD PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Department of Health Policy & Management, UCLA

Caroline Stampfel, MPH

Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs

Allysa Ware, PhD

Family Voices, Inc.

Mitch Wong, MD PhD

Professor of Medicine; Vice Chair of Research Training in the Department of Medicine

Acknowledgement

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award U9DMC49250, the Life Course Translational Research Network. The information, content, and/or conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the US Government.