Decoding Mental Health Center
Meet the Team

Meet Our Team

Our international team of experts represent the continuum of knowledge, and includes more than 25 leading scientists from across Cincinnati Children’s as well as collaborators from the University of Cincinnati, the University of Colorado, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Principal Investigators
A photo of Tracy Glauser.

Tracy A. Glauser, MD

Associate Director, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation
A photo of John P. Pestian.

John P. Pestian, PhD, MBA

Director, Computational Medicine Center
Core Team
A photo of Robert Ammerman.

Robert T. Ammerman, PhD, ABPP

Staff Psychologist, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
A photo of Cole Brokamp.

Cole Brokamp, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Michael Sorter.

Michael T. Sorter, MD

Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
A photo of Jeffrey Strawn.

Jeffrey R. Strawn, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Subject Matter Experts
A photo of Bruce Aronow.

Bruce J. Aronow, PhD

Co-director, Computational Medicine Center
A photo of Drew Barzman.

Drew H. Barzman, MD

Director, Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry Service
A photo of Sarah Beal.

Sarah J. Beal, PhD

Developmental Psychologist, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
A photo of Andrew Beck.

Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of General & Community Pediatrics
A photo of Lee Ann Conard.

Lee Ann E. Conard, RPh, DO, MPH

Director, Transgender Health Clinic
A photo of Kevin Dufendach.

Kevin R. Dufendach, MD, MS

Attending Neonatologist, Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology
A photo of Craig Erickson.

Craig A. Erickson, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
A photo of Christopher King.

Christopher D. King, PhD

Member, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
A photo of Jessica McClure.

Jessica M. McClure, PsyD

Staff Psychologist IV, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
A photo of Jareen Meinzen-Derr.

Jareen K. Meinzen-Derr, PhD, MPH, FACE

Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science & Training
A photo of Tesfaye Mersha.

Tesfaye B. Mersha, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Monica Mitchell.

Monica Mitchell, PhD

Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
A photo of Avani Modi.

Avani C. Modi, PhD

Pediatric Psychologist, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
A photo of Ernest Pedapati.

Ernest Pedapati, MD, MS, FAAP

Assistant Professor, N/A
A photo of Scott Powers.

Scott W. Powers, PhD, ABPP, FAHS

Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
A photo of Mayur Sarangdhar.

Mayur Sarangdhar, PhD

Member, Division of Oncology
A photo of Robert Shapiro.

Robert A. Shapiro, MD

Director, Child Abuse Team / Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children
A photo of S. Andrew Spooner.

S. Andrew Spooner, MD, MS, FAAP

Chief Medical Information Officer, Biomedical Informatics
A photo of Rhonda Szczesniak.

Rhonda D. Szczesniak, PhD

Member, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Strategic Partners

In addition to our faculty investigators, core team members include Cincinnati Children's biostatisticians and project managers, as well as scientists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Colorado.

A photo of Greeshma Agasthya, PhD.

Greeshma Agasthya, PhD

ORNL
A photo of Katherine Evans, PhD.

Katherine Evans, PhD

ORNL
A photo of Heidi Hanson, PhD.

Heidi Hanson, PhD

ORNL
An image of Daniel A. Jacobson, PhD.

Daniel A. Jacobson, PhD

ORNL
A photo of Anuj Kapadia, PhD.

Anuj Kapadia, PhD

ORNL
A photo of Mayanka Chandra Shekar, PhD.

Mayanka Chandra Shekar, PhD

ORNL
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