Stephen Hooper
Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Associate Dean of the School of Medicine
Chair for the Department of Allied Health Sciences
Meet the Team
Current Team Members
Lara-Jeane Costa
Ph.D.
Project Director
Research Specialist for the Department of Allied Health Sciences
Edmund Fernandez
M.A.
Data Systems and Assessment Specialist
Research Associate
Melissa Green
B.S.
Research Associate
Curriculum Development and Implementation Specialist
Stephanie Catlett
B.A., Master's Leadership, Policy and Advocacy in Early Childhood
Research Assistant
Alex Barker
B.S. Early Childhood Education
Research Assistant
Courtney Valdes
Research Assistant
Richard Faldowski
Research Methodologist
Associate Professor
Chelsea Carter
B.A., Master's Student in Speech-Language Pathology
Graduate Student
Research Assistant
Elizabeth Gunn
B.S in Public Health
Rebecca Jordan
Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate Assistant
Donna Yerby
Ph.D.
M.Ed.
Learning Specialist
Leila Zefri
Undergraduate Student
Research Assistant
Bi-Annual WSDP Team Gathering Celebration
Twice a year the WSDP team gathers to celebrate the accomplishment of the project goals, whether this be recruitment numbers or successfully administered assessments. At the gathering in the photo, the team was celebrating the completion of the first year of intervention sessions.
June 9, 2018, from left to right: Richard, Lara, Alex, Melissa, Steve, Donna, Stephanie, Edmund