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The North Carolina Study Center for the National Children's Study is composed of a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with Duke University, Battelle Memorial Institute, and McMillan & Moss Research.
The Study is centrally coordinated at the Carolina Population Center at UNC—Chapel Hill. This team has been funded to conduct the study in Durham County and Duplin County.
Carolina Population Center/UNC
Barbara Entwisle, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Vanguard Site Principal Investigator, Duplin County
919-966-1710
entwisle@unc.edu
Nancy Dole, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Vanguard Site Principal Investigator, Duplin County
919-966-2821
nancy_dole@unc.edu
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Ph.D., R.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Site Principal Investigator, Durham County
919-962-8410
am_siegariz@unc.edu
Alice Ammerman, Dr.P.H.
Co-investigator, Community Outreach
919-966-6082
alice_ammerman@unc.edu
Amy Herring, Sc.D.
Co-investigator, Statistics and Reports
919-843-6368
amy_herring@unc.edu
John Thorp, Jr., M.D.
Co-investigator, Obstetrics and Gynecology
919-843-7850
thorp@med.unc.edu
Erica Brody, MPH
Project Manager, Duplin County
919-962-6892
ebrody@unc.edu
Merissa Gremminger, MSW
Assistant Project Manager, Duplin County
919-966-7016
gremminger@unc.edu
Sharon Loza, M.A., M.Ed.
Project Manager, Durham County
919-966-6749
loza@unc.edu
Camille Brown
Assistant Project Manager, Durham County
919-966-2829
cbrown@unc.edu
Duke University
Emmanuel (Chip) Walter, M.D., M.P.H.
Principal Investigator, Duke Subcontract, Pediatrics
Site Principal Investigator, Durham County
919-620-5374
walte002@mc.duke.edu
Phillips Heine, M.D.
Co-investigator, Obstetrics and Gynecology
919-668-0843
heine010@mc.duke.edu
Amy Murtha, M.D.
Co-investigator, Obstetrics and Gynecology
919-681-5220
murth002@mc.duke.edu
Geeta Swamy, M.D.
Co-investigator, Obstetrics and Gynecology
919-681-5220
swamy002@mc.duke.edu
Battelle Memorial Institute
Charles Knott, M.P.A.
Principal Investigator, Battelle Subcontract
Project Director, Field Operations
919-544-3717, Ext. 105
knott@battelle.org
McMillan & Moss Research
Ann Joyner, M.B.A.
Co-investigator
919-563-5899
ann@mcmoss.org