Investigators & Staff

Principal Investigators

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Lifespan Family Research lab members 2023

From left to right; top row: Murray Brilliant, Renee Makuch, and Emily Hickey. Middle row: Leann DaWalt, Arezoo Movaghar and Kate Szidon. Bottom row: Marsha Mailick, Robbie Dembo, and Jinkuk Hong. 2023

Alumni of the Lifespan Family Research Program
  • Jan S. Greenberg, PhD, Lifespan Family Research Lab Co-Founder Professor Emeritus, Social Work
  • Arezoo Movaghar, 2015-2023 Assistant Professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine Honorary Fellow of the Waisman Center
  • Robbie Dembo, 2021-2023 Senior Research Associate, National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago Honorary Fellow of the Waisman Center
  • Nell Maltman, 2019-2021 Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona
  • Lauren Bishop, 2015-2017 Associate Professor, School of Social Work and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Wai Chan, 2014-2016 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Daniel Laxman, 2014-2016 Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Utah
  • Ashley Woodman, 2012-2014 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Eun Ha Namkung, 2011-2017 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Senior Research Associate, Lurie Institute, Heller School, Brandeis University
  • Matthew Maenner, 2011-2013 Branch Chief, Child Development and Disability Branch, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Jen Wong, 2010-2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Human Sciences, Ohio State University
  • Jason Baker, 2009-2011      Associate Professor, Department of Child and Family Studies, California State University, Fullerton
  • Erin Barker, 2008-2011 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal Canada
  • Sigan Hartley, 2008-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Somer Bishop, 2007-2009 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
  • Jung-Hwa Ha, 2006-2008 Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Seoul National University
  • Leann Smith DaWalt, 2006-2008 Director, University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison Senior Scientist, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Subharati (Shubha) Ghosh, 2004-2010 Senior Program Manager for Population Health and Safety, SEIU 775 Benefits Group, Seattle Washington
  • Anna Esbensen, 2004-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  • Julie Lounds Taylor, 2003-2005 Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University
  • Kelly Aschbrenner, 2002-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and the Dartmouth Institute, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • Matthew Smith, 2002-2006 Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
  • Susan Parish, 2001-2003 Dean, College of Health Professions, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Paul Shattuck, 2001-2005 Associate Professor of Public Health, Center for Autism, Drexel University
  • Rita Chou, 2000-2002 Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of South Carolina
  • Sandra Magana, 1998-2000 Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
  • Gael Orsmond, 1997-2000 Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston University
  • Lydia Li, 1996-2000 Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
  • Liza Conyers, 1996-1998 Professor, School of Education, Pennsylvania State University
  • Elizabeth Essex, 1994-1998 Emeritus Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Governor’s State University, University Park, Illinois
  • Hea-Won Kim, 1992-1998 Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Indiana University