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Our team

Chicago Virtual Team

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

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

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

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

Kristin Krosschell, DPT

Professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences and Pediatrics at Northwestern Medicine’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Ryan Millman

Ryan Millman, BS

Research Assistant for the Pediatric Assessment Laboratories (PALs) at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine

Michelle Kee

Michelle Kee

Undergraduate Research Assistant for the Pediatric Assessment Laboratories (PALs) at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine

Denise Kao

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.

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