Chicago Virtual Team
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The Chicago Families FILM team, working together virtually as we begin to make a slow return to the lab.
Including principal investigator Colleen Peyton DPT, Theresa Moulton PhD, Ryan Millman B.S, and undergraduate research assistants Denise Kao and Michelle Kee.
Support from Northwestern PALs
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The Pediatric Assessment Laboratories (PALs) is housed in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. The PALs team (with 12 of it’s many members featured above) provides support and developmental expertise to the Families FILM Study.
Meet Our Researchers
Chicago Team
![Colleen Peyton, DPT](https://sites.northwestern.edu/familiesfilm/files/2021/06/Colleen-Peyton-Website-Professional-Image-160x188.jpg)
Colleen Peyton, DPT
Principal Investigator for Families FILM and Assistant Professor at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Colleen specializes in early infant behaviors, especially spontaneous movement, and the relationship to developmental trajectories.
![Theresa Moulton Image](https://sites.northwestern.edu/familiesfilm/files/2021/06/Theresa-Moulton-Website-Image-160x188.jpeg)
Theresa Moulton, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences and Pediatrics at Northwestern Medicine’s Feinberg School of Medicine
![Kristin Krosschell, DPT](https://sites.northwestern.edu/familiesfilm/files/2021/08/kjk-head-2019-1-e1628017077786.jpg)
Kristin Krosschell, DPT
Professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences and Pediatrics at Northwestern Medicine’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
![Ryan Millman](https://sites.northwestern.edu/familiesfilm/files/2021/07/IMG_1351-e1626724805511.jpg)
Ryan Millman, BS
Research Assistant for the Pediatric Assessment Laboratories (PALs) at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
![Michelle Kee](https://sites.northwestern.edu/familiesfilm/files/2021/07/Kee_Michelle-e1626789149833-160x151.jpg)
Michelle Kee
Undergraduate Research Assistant for the Pediatric Assessment Laboratories (PALs) at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
![Denise Kao](https://sites.northwestern.edu/familiesfilm/files/2021/07/Kao_Denise-Headshot-e1626722218887-151x155.jpg)
Denise Kao
Undergraduate Research Assistant for the Pediatric Assessment Laboratories (PALs) at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
Australian Team
Alicia Spittle, MPhysio, PhD
Associate Professor and pediatrics lecturer at the University of Melbourne.
Cathy Morgan, PhD
Physiotherapist and Research Fellow at the Sydney School of Medicine and with the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute.
Cathryn Crowle, PhD
Senior Occupational Therapist and Clinical Senior Lecturer at The University of Sydney in Australia.
Italian Team
Andrea Guzzetta, MD, PhD
Child Neuropsychiatrist and Associate Professor of Child Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Pisa, Stella Maris Infant Lab for Early Intervention in Italy.
Olena Chorna, MM, CCRP
Research Support Manager at the University of Pisa, Stella Maris Infant Lab for Early Intervention in Italy.
Partner Sites
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