iCOO Research Team

University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

Todd Edwards, PhD (Co-PI)
Donald Patrick, PhD
Brian Leroux, PhD
Solange Mecham, BA

Seattle Children's Hospital (Seattle, WA)

Carrie Heike, MD, MS (Co-PI)
Laura Stueckle, MPH
Richard Hopper, MD
Cassandra Aspinall, MSW
Babette Saltzman, PhD

University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Kathleen Kapp-Simon, PhD (Site PI)
Janine Rosenberg, PhD
Suzel Bautista, BS

Shriners Hospitals for Children - Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Kathleen Kapp-Simon, PhD (Site PI)
Meredith Albert, PhD
Claudia Crilly Bellucci, MS

The iCOO Research Team is made up of a group with varying backgrounds, bringing specialized expertise and perspective to our research team:

• Parents and other Caregivers
• Advocacy Groups including Ameriface and Cleft Palate Foundation
• Researchers
• Clinicians
• Educators

Contact Us

Interested in learning more about the study? Please contact the iCOO Team!

• Email: icoo.study@seattlechildrens.org
• Call Laura Stueckle at 206-884-1254

Infants with Orofacial Clefts: Development and Validation of an Observer-Reported Outcomes Instrument (iCOO) is a 5-year project at the University of Washington, funded by a grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR, # R01DE024986, PI: Edwards and Heike).