Staff Directory
This directory includes all HDI staff.
Please note: To reach any staff member not listed here by phone you can call our automated attendant at 859-257-1714.
Please note: To reach any staff member not listed here by phone you can call our automated attendant at 859-257-1714.

Gregory Barnes MD, PhD
LEND Faculty
Executive Director, UL Autism Center and Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Louisville
Phone: 502-589-0802

Janine Schmedding-Bartley PhD, CCC-SLP
LEND Faculty
Assistant Professor University of Kentucky Communication Sciences and Disorders
Phone: 859.323.8249

Robyn Lewis Brown PhD
Affiliate Faculty
UK Department of Sociology
Phone: 859-257-6421

Myra Beth Bundy PhD
Professor
Dept of Psychology, EKU
Phone: 859-622-1003

Gilson Capilouto, PhD

Richard P. Covert, PhD

Anthony Faiola PhD
LEND Faculty
Professor, UK Department of Health & Clinical Sciences
Phone: 317-373-7630

Caroline Gooden, PhD
LEND and HDI Interim Training Director
Phone: (859) 257-2081

Jennifer Grisham, EdD

Ryan Hargrove, PhD

Debra A. Harley, PhD, CRC, LPC


Deborah J. Hendricks, EdD

Melinda Jones Ault PhD
LEND Faculty
Associate Professor UK Department of Early Childhood
Phone: 859.257.7689


Elise Kearns PT, PhD Candidate
LEND Faculty
College of Health Sciences Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: 859-323-8245

Harold Kleinert, EdD
STEPS
KYWorks; National Center for Prenatal and Postnatal Resources; University Center for Excellence (Core)
Phone: (859) 257-3045

Jane O’Regan Kleinert, PhD, CCC-SLP

Stephanie Meredith
Lettercase Medical Outreach Director
LEND faculty
Phone: (770) 310-3885

Judith L. Page, PhD, CCC-SLP, F-ASHA, F-NAP

Beth Rous, EdD
Principal Investigator/Professor
Kentucky Early Childhood Data System (KEDS); Early Childhood Research & Development
Phone: (859) 257-6389

Kathy Sheppard-Jones, PhD, CRC
Researcher, Associate Graduate Faculty
Phone: 859-257-8104


Marissa Toomey MD, FAAP
LEND Faculty
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Kentucky Children's Hospital
Phone: 859-257-8992

Paul Wehman, PhD
