Meet the Team

Leadership

Melissa M. Pearrow, PhD

Executive Director, BIRCh Center

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A smiling white woman with short salt-and-pepper hair and black reading glasses on top of her head
Sara Whitcomb, PhD

Co-Director of BIRCh Center; Associate Director of Research and Evaluation, Boston Children’s Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships

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A smiling white woman with wavy blonde hair and wearing a black dress stands with her arms folded in front of a gray background
Kathryn Doherty Kurtz, PhD, NCSP

Project Director, BIRCh Center

Kathryn Kurtz
Kathryn Kurtz
Brynn Cooper, LICSW

South Shore, Cape & Islands TA Center Director, BIRCh Center

Brynn Cooper
Brynn Cooper
Bethany Nichols, CAGS, NCSP

Western Massachusetts TA Center Director, BIRCh Center

Nichols
Nichols
Ashley Niggl-Aguiar, MEd, EdS

Central Massachusetts TA Center Director, BIRCh Center

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A white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and wearing a dark blue shirt smiles

Student Researchers

Rayaan Ali

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

Ray Ali
Ray Ali
Elisa Cabral

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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Audra Dankwardt

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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A white woman with dark brown, should-length hair and wearing a navy cable knit sweater smiles
Hannah Fung

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

Hannah Fung
Hannah Fung
Diana Laenen

BIRCh Center Research Assistant, School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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A white woman with dark hair and hoop earrings smiles broadly
Nikki Ling

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

Nikki Ling
Nikki Ling
Jacqueline Osborn

BIRCh Center Research Assistant, School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

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A brunette woman with sunglasses on top of her head smiles while standing in front of a bush of pink hydrangeas
Magdalena Romo

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

Magdalena Romo
Magdalena Romo
Rachel Stobbe

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

Rachel Stobbe
Rachel Stobbe
Julie Tanguay

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Amherst

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A white woman with short brown hair and wearing a black shirt and light brown sweater smiles
Matthew Zimon

BIRCh Center Research Assistant

School psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston

Matthew Zimon
Matthew Zimon

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the following individuals for their valuable contributions to the development and ongoing work of The BIRCh Center:

 

Ritushree Bagepalli Paige Pannozzo
Talia Berkman Amanda Priest
Kelsey Gordon Minelia Rodriguez
Alec Hall Kristina Ruggeri
Julia Kausel Kerstin Schnopp
Cleary McKenzie Bryce Scottron
Christopher Overtree   Myriam Stiven
  Whitney Walker

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