Investigators
Treatment of Lead-Exposed Children Trial (TLC)
The Treatment of Lead-Exposed Children Trial is headed by principal investigator (PI) Walter Rogan, M.D., of the NIEHS Epidemiology Branch. Other collaborators include:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Walter Rogan, PI, Epidemiology Branch
- N. Beth Ragan, Epidemiology Branch, Project Officer
- Xianchen Liu, Epidemiology Branch, Visiting Fellow (currently: Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona)
- Aimin Chen, Epidemiology Branch, Visiting Fellow (currently: Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska)
- Yang Cao, Epidemiology Branch, Visiting Fellow
Clinical Centers (PIs and Staff)
University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Robert Bornschein, Clinical Center PI
- Omer Berger, Physician
- Kim Dietrich, Psychologist
- Sherry Wilkins, Study Coordinator
Kennedy-Krieger Institute (Baltimore, Maryland)
- J. Julian Chisolm Jr., Clinical Center PI (deceased)
- Martha Bridge Denckla, Psychologist
- Cecelia Davoli, Physician
- Mark Farfel, Environmental Investigator
- Merrill Brophy, Study Coordinator
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Don Schwarz, Clinical Center PI
- Carla Campbell, Physician
- Jerilynn Radcliffe, Psychologist
- Judith Guinn, Study Coordinator
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, New Jersey)
- Richard Wedeen, Clinical Center PI
- George Rhoads, Environmental Investigator
- Susan Adubato, Psychologist
- Mofida Elsafty, Physician
- Marian Heenehan, Study Coordinator
Data Coordinating Center
Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, Massachusetts)
- James Ware, Data Center PI
- Douglas Dockery, Epidemiologist
- Martha Fay, Data Manager
- Tania Kotlov, Programmer
- Misha Salganik, Programmer
Central Laboratory
Nutritional Biochemistry Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, Atlanta, Georgia)
- Robert Jones, Laboratory PI
Central Pharmacy
HHS Program Support Center, Supply Service Center (Perry Point, Maryland)
- Lorraine D'Angelo, Central Pharmacy PI
- Tom Shaffer, Pharmacist
TLC Steering Committee
- George Rhoads, Chairman
- Jim Ware
- Robert Jones
- J Julian Chisolm (deceased)
- Don Schwarz
- Robert Bornschein
- Richard Wedeen
- Walter Rogan
