About Us
The VIGOR Study is an NIH-funded endeavor. It is based at Boston Children's Hospital and collaborates with chosen NICUs in community settings. We are comprised of Neonatologists, Geneticists, Genetic Counselors, Nurses, Bioinformaticians and Researchers who all have a common goal of providing state of the art genomic medicine and interpretation.
Principal Investigators
Boston Children's Study Staff
Jessica Douglas
MS, CGC
(pronouns: she/her) Senior Genetic Counselor Virtual GenOme CenteR (VIGOR) Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN)
Vanessa Young
MS, BA, RN, CRN-BC
Research Program Manager, Regulatory Oversight
(Newborn Medicine)
Sonia Hills
BS
Research Assisstant
Alissa D'Gama
MD, PhD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow, Research Fellow
Casie Culici
MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Klaus Schmitz-Abe
PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (University of Miami and Jackson Health)
Amy Kritzer
MD
Clinical and Medical Biochemical Geneticist
Catherine Brownstein
MPH, PhD
Geneticist
Qifei Li
PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (University of Miami and Jackson Health System)
Aubrie Soucy
ALM
Bioinformatician
Monica H Wojcik
MD, MPH
Medical Geneticist and Neonatologist, Co-Investigator
Boston Medical Center
BayState Medical Center
Cooper University
UMass Memorial
DHR Renaissance Health
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University of Miami - Jackson Health
The Hospitals of Providence
