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