Staff

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

 

Debbie Pierson
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

Denise Ford
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

Kelsey Van Brocklin
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

Sally Guyer
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

Sarai Villalobos
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