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Faculty Bios

Mary Beth Bruder, Ph.D. - Director

Ph.D. Developmental Disabilities -- Early Childhood, University of Oregon, 1983
M.S. Developmental Disabilities -- Early Childhood, University of Oregon, 1981
B.A. Psychology -- Special Education, Trinity College, 1976

Dr. Bruder has worked in early intervention for the past 27 years. She has been involved in the design, provision, and evaluation of early intervention services within a number of states and across a variety of agencies, including early intervention, special education, child care, and Head Start. Dr. Bruder has held faculty appointments at Virginia Commonwealth University and New York Medical College, and since 1986 at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine where she is currently a professor of pediatrics and educational psychology. She also serves on the boards of a number of journals. Dr. Bruder has special interest in the inclusion of children with special needs in early childhood and school settings.

bruder@nso1.uchc.edu || 860.679.1505

Molly Cole - Associate Director, Community Outreach

Molly Cole is Associate Director for the Center.  She has over thirty years of experience in the field of disabilities.  Mrs. Cole is a founding member of Family Voices and has been the state coordinator for that organization since 1992.  She has directed numerous family support initiatives including the Family Center at CCMC and FAVOR, Inc, a statewide organization for children’s behavioral health, the Family Support Council and several medical home initiatives.    She has collaborated with many organizations in the development of programs and policies affecting children with special health care needs and currently co-chairs the Medical Home Advisory Council for the Department of Public Health.  She is the parent of a child with complex medical needs and disabilities. 

mcole@uchc.edu || 860.679.1595

Mark A. Greenstein, M.D.

Fellowships: Genetics and Child Development, University of Connecticut Health Center, 1984-86
Residency: Pediatrics, Upstate Medical Center, 1980-82
Internship: Pediatrics, Upstate Medical Center, 1979-80
M.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1979
B.A. Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, Dartmouth College, 1975

Mark A. Greenstein, M.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics in both the Divisions of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and Human Genetics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.  Dr. Greenstein is a staff physician at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford and the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain, The Coordinator of Residency Education in Child Development and a Medical Consultant to the A.J. Pappanikou Center, and a teaching physician in general pediatrics, genetics, and child development in the Pediatric Primary Care Center at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center.  He is also a member of the State of Connecticut's Interagency Coordinating Council (Birth to Three) and serves on a variety of committees at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.  Dr. Greenstein received his A.B. in Psychology at Dartmouth College and went on to medical training at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  His Pediatric residency was at the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, and he continued his training in a double fellowship in Genetics and Child Development at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.  He has a long-standing interest in both genetics and child development and the relationship between the two.  More specifically, Dr. Greenstein is interested in craniofacial conditions, disorders of communication, mental retardation, and autism.

mgreenstein@uchc.edu || 860.679.1544

Cristina Mogro-Wilson, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Social Welfare, University at Albany SUNY, 2007
M.S.W. Clinical Social Work, University of Michigan, 2003
B.A. Psychology, Fairfield University, 2001

Cristina is Project Coordinator for the Center to Inform Personnel Preparation Policy and Practice in Early Intervention and Preschool Education. In addition she oversees a variety of research projects at the center including:  The Development of Friendships of Children with Disabilities; Service Provision for Children with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome; and Parents’ perceptions of their children’s developmental needs and the use of early intervention services for internationally adopted young children

Cristina has worked on a variety of research projects including the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project, involving integration of computer technology in Head Start classrooms, and the Mother’s Well-Being Study, investigating the mental health of mothers on welfare. She spent a few years at the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan on the Child Development Supplement, a longitudinal research project focusing on children and caregiver’s education, health, and cognitive and behavioral development. At the University at Albany SUNY, she worked for the Child Welfare, Drug Abuse and Intergenerational Risk Research Center where she was involved in projects including: agency collaboration in substance use and child welfare agencies, and substance use intervention research with Latino adults. She received her PhD in Social Welfare from the University at Albany SUNY on substance use in adolescence with a particular focus on Latino family mechanisms.  Cristina has received a NIDA Pre-doctoral fellowship to be part of the National Hispanic Science Network.

cmwilson@uchc.edu || 860.679.1529