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Faculty

Faculty members of the Center will hold Ph.D.’s or M.D.’s and be employed at the University of Minnesota.  They collaborate with one or more of the Center’s core faculty members.  It is expected that faculty members will conduct research that is applicable to the aims of the Center, involving neuroscientific and behavioral approaches to an understanding of child development.

Fiona Anderson, Ph.D., L.P.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Neuroscience
Anderson Webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

Stephanie Carlson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute of Child Development
Carlson Webapge in the Department of Pediatrics

Mary Chesney, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Chesney Webpage in the School of Nursing

Dante Cicchetti, Ph.D.
McKnight Presidential Chair
Professor
Institute of Child Development, Department of Psychiatry
Cicchetti Webpage in the Institute of Child Development

Kathryn Cullen, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry

Bruce Cuthbert, Ph. D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Cuthbert Webpage in the Department of Psychology

Ellen Demerath, Ph.D.
School of Public Health
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Demerath Webpage in the School of Public Health

Judith Eckerle Kang, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
Kang Webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

William Engeland, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Engeland Webpage in the Department of Neuroscience

Tondi Harrison, Ph.D., RN, CNP
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Harrison Webpage in the School of Nursing

William Iacono, Ph.D.
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Department of Psychology
Iacono Webpage in the Department of Psychology

Bonnie Klimes-Dougan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Psychologist
Department of Psychiatry
Klimes-Dougan Webpage in the Department of Psychiatry

Maria Kroupina, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Kroupina Webpage in the International Adoption Clinic

Sanjiv Kumra, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Kumra Webpage in the Department of Psychiatry

Nicole Landi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Landi Webpage in the Department of Educational Psychology

Lorene Lanier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Lanier Webpage in the Department of Neuroscience

Paul Letourneau, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Letourneau Webpage in the Department of Neuroscience

Ann S. Maston, Ph.D.
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Institute of Child Development
Matson Webpage in the Institute of Child Development

Matthew McGue, Ph.D.
Regents Professor
Department of Psychology
McGue Webpage in the Department of Psychology

Yasushi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience and Stem Cell Institute
Nakagawa Webpage in the Department of Neuroscience

Michael Potegal, Ph.D., L.P.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience
Potegal Webpage in Clinical Neuroscience

Michael Reiff, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Autism Clinic
Department of Pediatrics - Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience Division
Reiff Webpage in Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience

Steven Rothman, M.D.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Neuroscience
Rothman Webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

Scott Selleck, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
Selleck Webpage in Genetics, Cell Biology & Development

Heather Whitney Sesma, Ph.D., L.P.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neuropsychology
Sesma Webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

Travis Thompson, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics

Jeffrey Wozniak, Ph.D., L.P.
Department of Psychiatry
Wozniak Webpage in the Department of Psychiatry

Albert Yonas, Ph.D.
Professor
Institute of Child Development
Yonas Webpage in the Institute of Child Development

Phil Zelazo , Ph.D.
Nancy M. and John E. Lindahl Professor
Institute of Child Development
Zelazo Webpage in the Institute of Child Development

Yang Zhang, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Zhang Webpage in the College of Liberal Arts