Sharon Hunter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4304
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Sharon.Hunter@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6201
Fax: 303-724-6207
Research Interests:
Dr. Hunter has a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of South
Carolina with an emphasis in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Her
professional interests are in early brain development and how it is related to later
developmental and psychiatric outcomes. She has been employed in this lab since
2001 when I began as a post-doctoral fellow.
Curriculum Vitae:
Publications:
Jonathan Kusumi, M.D.
Second Year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4324
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Jonathan.Kusumi@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6288
Fax: 303-724-6207
Dr. Kusumi received his M.D. from the University of Colorado School of Medicine
and also graduated with his B.A. in Biology from Pomona College in Claremont,
California. His professional interests are in parental mental health and its impact on
the schizophrenic child. He also researches the functional assessments on children
with child onset schizophrenia. He has worked with Dr. Ross since 2004.
Kimberly D'Anna, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4325E
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Kimberly.D’Anna@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6237
Fax: 303-724-6207
Dr. D’Anna received her Ph.D. in Zoology and Behavioral Neuroendocrinology from
the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She also earned her B.S. in Zoology and
Animal Behavior/Neuroscience with a specialization in Chicano/Latino Studies from
Michigan State University. Dr. D’Anna is interested in the biological markers of
maternal depression and how stress/anxiety affects these markers and maternal
depression in different communities. She has been a postdoctoral research fellow in
the lab since September of 2008.
Jordan Schneider
Medical Student IV, Department of Psychiatry
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4324
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Jordan.Schneider@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6228
Fax: 303-724-6207
Jordan is an M.D. candidate with expected graduation in the year 2010 from the
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. She has earned her B.A. in
biochemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder and completed the
Psychiatry Scholars Plus Program in the summer of 2007. Her professional interested
include investigating the effects of prenatal depression on infant auditory sensory
gating.
Amanda Hutchison
Medical Student IV, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4324
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Amanda.Hutchison@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6228
Fax: 303-724-6207
Amanda is an M.D. candidate with expected graduation in the year 2010 from the
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and completed the Psychiatry
Scholars Plus Program. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of
Colorado at Boulder with her B.A. in Psychology. Her professional interests include
working with Dr. Beresford in conjunction with the Preschool Mood Disorders
Study. Amanda has worked in this lab since 2004.
Tierney Sparks
Medical Student IV, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4324
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Tierney.Sparks@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6228
Fax: 303-724-6207
Tierney is an MD Candidate with expected graduation in the year 2010 from the
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and has completed the
Psychiatry Scholars Program. She has earned her BS Molecular and Cellular Biology
from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Her professional interests include
investigating mastery motivation in infants of mothers with and without depressive
symptoms. She also researches the relationship between maternal depression and
maternal perceptions of mastery motivation.
Alison Herndon
Medical Student III, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4324
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Alison.Herndon@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6228
Fax: 303-724-6207
Alison is an M.D. candidate with expected graduation in the year 2011 from the
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. She has also earned her
Master’s in Public Health in 2007 and completed the Psychiatry Scholars Plus
Program during the summer of 2008. She has her B.A. in Psychology from the
College of Wooster in Ohio. Her professional interests include investigating the
effects of maternal mental health problems and prenatal nicotine and drug use on
infant auditory sensory gating.
Erik Frost
Medical Student III, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4324
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Erik.Frost@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6228
Fax: 303-724-6207
Erik is a M.D. candidate with expected graduation in the year 2011 from the
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. His professional interests
include investigating the emotional and social impact on parents when their child is
diagnosed with child onset schizophrenia.
Sabreena Gillow
Medical Student II, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4324
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Sabreena.Gillow@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6228
Fax: 303-724-6207
Sabreena is a M.D. candidate with expected graduation in the year 2012 from the
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. Her professional interests
include investigating P50 auditory and sensory gating on preschoolers.
Kate Hanna, M.S.W.
Professional Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4326B
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Kate.Hanna@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6202
Fax: 303-724-6207
Kate earned her Masters of Social Work from Boston College in 2001 and completed
her M.S.W. Internship at The Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Pediatrics
in 2002. She completed her post-M.S.W. Fellowship in Outpatient Psychiatry, The
Children’s Hospital Boston and worked as a Clinical Social Worker from 2002 to
2005 at The Children’s Hospital Heart Institute and The Children’s Hospital Denver.
Her professional interests include motivational interviewing and investigating
research diagnoses of psychosis in children and adults. Kate conducts structured
clinical interviews with children and adults and works with referred clients who may
have child onset schizophrenia. She has worked in this lab since 2005.
Kim Muhlhauser, M.A.
Professional Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4326C
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Kimberly.Muhlhauser@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6200
Fax: 303-724-6207
Kim has earned her M.A. in Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University
in New Haven, Connecticut. She has completed the DC-03R diagnostic training and
Trauma Focused Therapy training for preschoolers. She earned her B.A. in
Psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004 and has also worked
as a Lead Infant/Toddler teacher at the Goddard School in Orange, Connecticut. Her
professional interests lie in the field of infant mental health and in diagnosing and
treating early childhood disorders. She conducts developmental assessments,
psychological testing, EEG recordings on infants and toddlers and neuropsychiatric
testing on children with possible child onset schizophrenia. She also conducts
cognitive assessments including the WPPSI-III on preschool age children. She has
been employed in this lab since 2007.
Julie Beuler, RN
Professional Research Assistant/Clinical Research Nurse, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4333
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Julie.Beuler@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6205
Fax: 303-724-6207
Julie earned her Associates in Nursing in 2006 from the Denver School of Nursing.
She also has earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Montana. Her
interests lie in investigating the effects of choline supplementation during pregnancy
on fetal brain development. Julie continues to counsel pregnant women who smoke
and encourage cessation, and she recruits and manages study subjects through
Denver Health Medical Center, Department of OB/GYN. She has worked in this lab
since 2005.
Jill Price, RN
Professional Research Assistant/Clinical Research Nurse, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4333
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Jill.Price@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6238
Fax: 303-724-6207
Jill earned her Bachelor’s in Nursing in 2003 from Regis University and her B.A. in
Psychology and Pre-Nursing from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2001.
She worked as a labor and delivery nurse at Denver Health for six years and has
lived in Madrid, Spain for a year. Jill’s professional interests include women’s health
and she helps recruit for and manage study subjects for the choline study. She has
worked in this lab since December of 2009.
Shauna Goldberg, B.A.
Professional Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry
Developmental Psychiatry Research Group
University of Colorado Denver
Mail Stop F546
13001 East 17th Place, Room 4326C
Aurora, CO 80045
Email: Shauna.Goldberg@ucdenver.edu
Office: 303-724-6206
Fax: 303-724-6207
Shauna is working on her Master’s in Public Health through the University of
Colorado Denver. Shauna earned her B.A. in Psychology from Boston University in
2004 with a minor in Spanish. Shauna spent two and a half years in Peru with the
Peace Corps which has prepared her for a career working with families from all
different backgrounds. Shauna is fluent in Spanish and is responsible for subject
recruitment, scheduling, and conducting EEG testing, developmental and cognitive
assessments on infants, toddlers and preschoolers. She is also responsible for
recruiting and scheduling Spanish speaking only families. She has worked in this lab
since 2008.