Our team

Video Interaction Project Team

Director and Principal Investigator

Dr. Alan Mendelsohn, MD

VIP Founder, director, &
principal investigator

Bio

VIP Center of Excellence

Center of Excellence Directors

Caitlin Ford Canfield, PhD

VIP Director of research

Bio

Anne Seery, PhD

VIP Director of Operations

Bio

Center of Excellence Team

Aida Custode, MA

Associate director of implementation

Bio

Maya Matalon, MPH

Associate director of training & supervision

Bio

Yuliya Gurevich

VIp administrative project assistant

Bio

Jessica Nunez

Sites coordinator

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Nicole Kesoglides, MA

Project coordinator

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Center of Excellence Investigators

Dr. Benard Dreyer, MD, FAAP

VIP co-founder &
co-investigator

2016 President, American Academy of Pediatrics

Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine

Director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine

Director of Pediatrics at NYC H+H/Bellevue

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Carolyn Brockmeyer Cates, PhD

VIP Co-creator &
co-investigator

Assistant Professor of Psychology, SUNY Purchase

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Samantha Berkule Johnson, PhD

VIP CO-CREATOR &
CO-INVESTIGATOR

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Marymount Manhattan College

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