Advisory Board, Staff, Mission and Goals Advisory Board Members Brian Felch Advisory Board Chair Parent Angela Burden Baltimore Healthcare Access George Carroll CCI Printing & Graphic Solutions Chuck Dohrman FNMC Mortgage, Past Chair Karen Evanosky Parent David Fowler, M.D. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Sherry Goldman, M.D. Parent Ronald Gutberlet, M.D. Department of Pediatrics Mercy Medical Center Ling Li, M.D. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Tonya Logan Parent Jonathan Melnick Melnick Auctioneers Karin Mottus Stifel Nicolaus Robert & Rosemarie Palmer Parents Staff A. LaToya Bates, MSSA, LCSW-C Director Jean Edwards, BS Program Coordinator Jocelyn Slowey, MS Events Coordinator Mary LeSueur, BS Bereavement Counselor Mission:Center for Infant & Child Loss is committed to assuring Maryland families facing the sudden unexpected loss of their infant or child have access to bereavement interventions, counseling, and information based on best practices and current research. The Center is dedicated to the education and training of persons working in health and child care, emergency response, law enforcement, and community services to promote awareness and knowledge of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), other sudden infant/child deaths, and practices to reduce the risk of these deaths. Goals Provide bereaved families access to intervention, counseling and information Facilitate parent support groups and peer outreach programs Collect, analyze, and distribute timely and accurate SIDS data Educate health providers, public safety officials and other public-at-large about SIDS, infant and child deaths, risk reduction, grief, and compassionate intervention Facilitate research on SIDS and related issues Assure funding for expanded activities, i.e. research, family events, risk reduction outreach, and SIDS awareness

The Center for Infant & Child Loss, UMBF, is a non-profit, 501-3C organization. Tax ID: 31.1678.679

© 2004 and Last Modified January 2004
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics Division of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics
Is funded, in part, by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Contact us at: caring@infantandchildloss.org | http://medschool.umaryland.edu

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