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LEAP Team

LEAP Team

The LEAP Collaborative is executed through a highly integrated, multidisciplinary approach rooted in team science. LEAP is led by four Multiple Principal Investigators (MPIs):

Carrie Heike, MD, MS

Seattle Children’s Hospital

Christy McKinney, PhD, MPH

Seattle Children’s Hospital

The MPIs work in partnership with key co-Investigators and the Data Coordinating Center DCC) team:

Jim Phuong, PhD

University of Washington

Daksha Ranade, MPH, MBA

Seattle Children’s Research Institute

Partners & Collaborators

Canice Crerand, PhD

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Anna Marie Jolley, MHL, CCRP

Seattle Children’s Research Institute

Thomas Sitzman, MD, MPH

Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Alice Liu, MPH

Seattle Children’s Research Institute

The LEAP Collaborative is comprised of:

  • Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH, USA)

  • Phoenix Children’s Hospital (Phoenix, AZ, USA)

  • University of Washington (Seattle, WA, USA)

  • Seattle Children’s Hospital (Seattle, WA, USA)

  • Washington University (St. Louis, MO, USA)

  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

  • Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic (Lancaster, PA, USA)

  • PennState Health (Hershey, PA, USA)

  • American Cleft Palate – Craniofacial Association