BIDIP - About Us

BIDIP is a professional organization founded in 1973. Approved by the Massachusetts Department of Education, it brings together a multi-disciplinary group of clinicians and researchers in the fields of infant-parent development. Its mission is to provide educational forums that develop a comprehensive understanding of the infant-parent relationship, focusing on the nature nurture interactions from a psychosocial, genetic perspective. The Board of Directors and Advisory Board has representation from every major teaching/hospital facility and program in the Boston area. These BIDIP Board professionals are active in research, clinical and academic programs within these Boston centers.
Arnold M. Kerzner, M.D. President Emeritus
Officers	Board of Directors	Advisory Board
Teresa Kohlenberg, M.D. Co-President M. Ann Easterbrooks, Ph.D. Co-President Kathleen Lamb, LICSW Treasurer Frayda Faigel, M.S., R.N. Secretary Frances V. Mervyn, Ph.D. Continuing Education Chair Gail Price, Ph.D. Newsletter Editor	Marjorie Beeghly, Ph.D. Sarah A. Birss, M.D. Barbara DiVitto, Ph.D. Marilyn Frazer, LICSW Karen Levine, Ph.D. Marcia Melanson, LICSW Barbara K. Popper, M.Ed. Sharon Ray, Sc.D.,OTR/L Peter Schuntermann, M.D. Nancy Terres, Ph.D., R.N.C. Martine Vanpee MSW, LICSW Elsie Vergara, Sc.D., OTR *Katherine Wasserman, M.Ed., LICSW Libby Zimmerman, Ph.D.	Heidelise Als, Ph.D. Margaret L. Bauman, M.D. Deborah Lisansky Beck, LICSW C.F. Zachariah Boukydis, Ph.D. T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. Susan Goldberg, Ph.D. Stanley D. Klein, Ph.D. Lewis P. Lipsitt, Ph.D. Sally A Mack, LICSW Gail M. Price, Ph.D. Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D. Gerald Stechler, Ph.D. Muriel Sugarman, M.D. Edward Z. Tronick, Ph.D. Yvette Yatchmink, M.D., Ph.D. Barry S. Zuckerman, M.D.
*Past Presidents