Child Center Faculty and Staff

CHILD Center Director	Title	Contact
Marian E. Williams, PhD	Director, CHILD Center at USC UCEDD	mwilliams@chla.usc.edu
Name	Title	Contact
Sonia Aller, PhD, CCC-S	Communication Disorders	saller@chla.usc.edu
Marion Taylor Baer, PhD,	LEND Director / Nutrition Director	mbaer@chla.usc.edu
Irit Bar-Netzer, PhD	Director, Head Start	ibar@chla.usc.edu
Yolanda Casillas	Administrative Support	ycasillas@chla.usc.edu
Kelly Charboneau, MPH, RD	Nutritionist	kcharboneau@chla.usc.edu
Winy Chen, MS, RD, CNSD	Nutritionist	chenwiny@yahoo.com
Noreen Clarke, RN, MSN	Project Coordinator, Child Health-Works	nclarke@chla.usc.edu
Liz Dennon	Administrative Support	ldennon@chla.usc.edu
Karen Finello, PhD	Project Director, Project ABC	kfinello@chla.usc.edu
Cary Kreutzer, MPH, RD	Director, Community Education	ckreutzer@chla.usc.edu
Aura Kuperberg, PhD	Director, Social Work	akeperberg@chla.usc.edu
Maureen Maki	Project Coordinator	mmaki@chla.usc.edu
Mary McLennan	Psychologist, Child Health-Works	mmclennan@chla.usc.edu
Stacey Mizokawa, PhD	Director, Learning/Growing Together	smizokawa@chla.usc.edu
Constance Nicholson	Administrative Assistant II, USC UCEDD	cnicholson@chla.usc.edu
Marie Kanne Poulsen, PhD	Director, Psychology	mpoulsen@chla.usc.edu
Kathryn Smith, MN, RN	Nursing Administration Associate Director	kasmith@chla.usc.edu
L. Hope Wills, MA, RD, CSP	Director, Dietetic Internship	hwills@chla.usc.edu
Larry Yin, MD, MSPH	Pediatrician, Child Health-Works	lyin@chla.usc.edu

LEND Faculty and Staff

LEND Administration	Title	Contact
Marion Taylor Baer, PhD, RD	LEND Director	mbaer@chla.usc.edu
Patrice Yasuda, PhD	LEND Training Director	pyasuda@chla.usc.edu
Cary Kreutzer, MPH, RD	LEND CE Director	ckreutzer@chla.usc.edu
Andrea Schlaerth	LEND Training Coordinator	aschlaerth@chla.usc.edu
Discipline	Director	Contact
Audiology	Alison Grimes, AUD	agrimes@mednet.ucla.edu
Communication Disorders	Sonia Aller, PhD, CCC-S	saller@chla.usc.edu
Pediatric Dentistry	Abraham Yaari, DMD	yaari@usc.edu
Genetic Counseling	Aida Metzenberg, PhD	aida.metzenberg@csun.edu
Family Resource	Fran Goldfarb, MA, CHES	fgoldfarb@chla.usc.edu
Health Administration	LaVonna Blair Lewis, PhD, MPH	lblair@usc.edu
Health Education	Deborah Glik, ScD	dglik@ucla.edu
Nursing	Cecily Betz, PhD, RN, FAAN	cbetz@chla.usc.edu
Nutrition	Hope Wills,  MA, RD	hwills@chla.usc.edu
Occupational Therapy	Alice Kibele, PhD, OTR/L	akibele@chla.usc.edu
Oral Health	David Good, DMD	dgood@sbcglobal.net
Pediatrics	Karen Imagawa, MD	kimagawa@chla.usc.edu
Physical Therapy	TBA	mbaer@chla.usc.edu
Psychology	Marie Kanne Poulsen, PhD	mpoulsen@chla.usc.edu
Social Work	Aura Kuperberg, PhD, LCSW	akuperberg@chla.usc.edu
Special Education	Barbara Wheeler, PhD	bwheeler@chla.usc.edu