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Annabelle de St. Maurice, MD, MPH
Co-chief Infection Prevention Officer
UCLA Health

Nava Yeganeh, MD, MPH
Pediatric infectious disease specialist
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

Shangxin Yang, PhD
Pathologist
UCLA Health

Shilpa Baweja, LCSW, PhD
Developmental psychologist
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

Cynthia Whitham, LCSW
Developmental psychologist
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

Matthew Flesock
Executive Director
UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind

Melissa Brymer, PhD
Director of Terrorism and Disaster Programs
UCLA–Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress

Catherine Lord, Ph.D.
George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
UCLA’s Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior

Laura McMullin, PhD
Clinical Curriculum Developer
DMH-UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence
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