Staff

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Alex Lewis

Alex is a programmer for the Early Growth and Development Study (EGDS). Prior to joining EGDS, Alex coordinated COVID-19 testing sites for LatinX communities within Southern Oregon under Dr. Leve's 'Oregon Saludable: Juntos Podemos,' research project. In his EGDS programmer position, he develops and maintains software that is used to collect, manage, and analyze data collected under EGDS projects. In his free time he enjoys bouldering, gymnastics, and inventing cool things like consumption tracking water dispensers.

alexlew@uoregon.edu

Brian Carper
Brian Carper, BS

Brian has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been lead computer programmer for the EGDS team since 2007. Brian programs the computerized interviews for the project and manages the study databases. He currently resides in Canada, where he works remotely for the University of Oregon.

carper@uoregon.edu

 

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Debbie Pierson, BA

Debbie received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Oregon. She has worked with Dr. Leve since 2008 and prior to that time worked on a number of other research projects conducted at the Oregon Social Learning Center in Eugene, OR. Currently, she is an interviewer and recruiter and primarily works on the Early Growth and Development Study (EGDS). She enjoys traveling and misses being able to travel and visit participants in person due to pandemic restrictions, however, she is happy that she can continue connecting with participants virtually, via Zoom!

debbiep@uoregon.edu

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Denise Ford, BA

Denise earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Oregon. She spent 18 years at the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) interviewing, recruiting, coding, and coordinating home, school, and laboratory assessments. She conducted more than 2000 interviews and observations during her time at OSLC. Denise began working on EGDS in 2002 at the University of California, Davis. Outside of work, she spends her time on cat rescue, sewing, and gardening.

denisef@uoregon.edu

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Kasie Josi, MSW

Kasie is a Project Coordinator for the Leve Lab. After graduating from Indiana University with a Master’s degree in Social Work, Kasie moved to Oregon and started working in research in 2013. Formerly a Project Coordinator at CODA Inc., and Oregon Research Institute, Kasie has coordinated research grants focused on substance use treatment and eating disorder prevention and treatment. In her free time, Kasie enjoys getting lost in a good book, exploring the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and spending quality time with her daughter and partner.

kjosi@uoregon.edu

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Kelsey Van Brocklin, BS

Kelsey joined the Prevention Science Institute in June 2014. She is currently the Project Coordinator for the Leve Lab. Kelsey has worked on multiple research projects since 2009 and her focus has been primarily on children and families and promoting early success in school. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in anthropology from the University of Oregon. When she's not working, she's spending time with her children and fur babies, and watching football. Go Ducks!

kelseyvb@uoregon.edu

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Sally Guyer, BA

Sally joined the Early Growth and Development Study in December 2007. Sally has worked extensively with the EGDS data sets including cleaning, scaling, organizing, and distributing files for the investigators. She also maintains the project data documentation and oversees the school and teacher data collection. She works with the cross-site data management team to ensure consistency in the distributed data sets. Sally has worked on numerous research projects since 2000 and has experience in multiple roles of data collection.

sguyer@uoregon.edu

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Sarai Villalobos, BS

Sarai Villalobos is a recent college graduate from Oregon State University. She received her Bachelor of Science, with a major in Biology. She is currently working with the RADx-UP team as a Field Coordinator.

svillalo@uoregon.edu

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Sven Halvorson, MS

Sven is a data science specialist working on data collection, harmonization, and storage for the Leve Research Lab. His professional interests include R/python programming, data visualization, statistics, and teaching. He earned a MS in biostatistics from Oregon Health & Science University in 2015. Prior to joining PSI, he worked as an analyst in public education and clinical anesthesia research.

shalvor@uoregon.edu