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 Burke County, Cumberland County, Durham County, Duplin County, and Rockingham 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
Margarita Mooney, Ph.D.
Site Principal Investigator, Cumberland County
919-966-0265
margarita7@unc.edu
Andrew Olshan, Ph.D.
Site Principal Investigator, Rockingham County
919-966-7424
andy_olshan@unc.edu
David Peden, M.D.
Co-investigator, Pediatrics
919-966-0768
david_peden@med.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
Merissa Gremminger, MSW
Assistant Project Manager, Duplin County
919-966-7016
Jill Fuller, Ph.D.
Project Manager, Burke County and Rockingham County
919-966-3796
jill_fuller@unc.edu
Joe Bell
Assistant Project Manager, Burke County and Rockingham County
919-966-9113
Sharon Loza, M.A., M.Ed.
Project Manager, Durham County
919-966-6749
loza@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
Jane Costello, Ph.D.
Site Principal Investigator, Burke County
919-687-4686, Ext. 230
jcostell@psych.duhs.duke.edu
Phillips Heine, M.D.
Co-investigator, Obstetrics and Gynecology
919-668-0843
heine010@mc.duke.edu
Lynne Messer, Ph.D.
Site Principal Investigator, Cumberland County
919-681-4442
lynne.messer@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
Allan Parnell, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, McMillan & Moss Research Subcontract
Site Principal Investigator, Rockingham County and Burke County
919-563-5899
mcmoss@mindspring.com
Ann Joyner, M.B.A.
Co-investigator
919-563-5899
ann@mcmoss.org