The study is a tightly knit collaborative effort of several groups from various departments at the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine. The study involves neonatologists (pediatricians specializing in taking care of newborns), neurologists, physicists, psychologists, radiologists, research nurses, statisticians, study assistants, and technicians. The research team is lead by the principal investigator, Dr. A. James Barkovich, Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Neurology and Neurosurgery, and is funded by a US government grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Below we profile those members of the research team whom you and your child are likely to meet at the time of enrollment or when you come back for a follow-up visit.

Neuroradiologist:

• A. James Barkovich, M.D. - Principal Investigator
• Orit Glenn, M.D.
• A. Pratik Mukherjee, M.D, Ph.D.

MR Scientists:

• Daniel Vigneron, Ph.D.- Co- Investigator

Child Neurologists:

• Donna M. Ferriero, M.D. - Co-Principal Investigator
• Terry Hutchison, M.D.
• Hannah Glass, M.D.
• Kyle Steinman, M.D.

Neonatologists:

• J. Colin Partridge, M.D., M.P.H.- neonatology attending
• Sonia Bonifacio, M.D. - fellow

Clinical Research Fellow:

• Agnes I. Bartha, M.D.

Developmental psychologist:

• Rita Jeremy, Ph.D.

Research nurses:

• Nancy Newton, R.N.
• Jill Imamura-Ching, R.N.
• Cassy Williams, BSN, RNC

Study Coordinator:

• Marta Perez

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