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PIN Research Team

The PIN Study is managed at the UNC-CH, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and involves researchers from several different centers and departments, including the UNC-CH Carolina Population Center, School of Public Health Department of Nutrition, Department of Maternal and Child Health, and Department of Biostatistics, and the UNC-CH School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Investigators

David A. Savitz, PhD
Principal Investigator, PIN1, PIN 2, and PIN3 Projects
Professor of Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Public Health-Epidemiology
Brown University
email: david_savitz@brown.edu
Julie Daniels, PhD
Principal Investigator, PIN Kids Project
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
UNC-CH School of Public Health
email: julie_daniels@unc.edu
Nancy Dole, PhD
Co-Investigator
Deputy Director,
UNC-CH Carolina Population Center
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
email: nancy_dole@unc.edu
Kelly Evenson, PhD
Principal Investigator, Postpartum Physical Activity Project
Research Professor
Department of Epidemiology
UNC-CH School of Public Health
email: kelly_evenson@unc.edu
Amy Herring, ScD
Co-Investigator
Professor of Statistical Science
Sara and Charles Ayres Professor
Co-Director, Duke Forge
email: amy.herring@duke.edu
Stephanie Engel, PhD
Co-Investigator
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
UNC-CH School of Public Health
email: Stephanie.Engel@unc.edu
Barbara Laraia, PhD
Co-Investigator
Associate Professor,
Community Health and Human Development
Director, Public Health Nutrition
University of California, Berkeley
email: blaraia@berkeley.edu
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, RD
Principal Investigator, Postpartum Project
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Research
Jeanette Lancaster Alumni Professor of Nursing
UVA School of Nursing
email: Siegariz@virginia.edu
John M. Thorp, Jr., MD
Principal Investigator, PIN3plus Project
McAllister Distinguished Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
UNC-CH School of Medicine
Fellow, UNC-CH Carolina Population Center
email: john_thorp@med.unc.edu

 

Other Researchers/Collaborators

Carolyn Salafia, MD 
Placental Pathologist
email: salafiacm@aol.com