Core Faculty
The core faculty members of the Center comprise its governing body. Core faculty will hold Ph.D.’s and/or M.D.’s and are employed at the University of Minnesota. The core faculty members are from the Departments of Pediatrics, Neuroscience, Psychology, Psychiatry, Radiology, the Medical School, the Institute of Child Development, and the School of Nursing.
Michael K. Georgieff, M.D., Director
Professor of Pediatrics and Child Psychology
Martin Lenz Harrison Land-Grant Chair in Pediatrics
Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Development
Head, Section of Neonatology
Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Jonathan Gewirtz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Gewirtz Webpage in
the Department of Psychology
Megan R. Gunnar, Ph.D., Associate Director
Regents Professor
Director,
Institute of Child Development
Gunnar Lab Website
Dana Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Neonatology and Global Pediatrics
Director of the International Adoption
Clinic
Director of the
Division of Neonatology
Cathy Jordan, Ph.D., L.P.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Director of the Children, Youth and Family
Consortium
Kelvin O. Lim, M.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Drs. T.J. and Ella M. Arneson Land-Grant Chair in Human Behavior
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry
Lim Webpage
in the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
Linda L. Lindeke, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.P.,
F.A.A.N.
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Department of Pediatrics
Director of Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Lindeke Webpage in the Department of Nursing
Monica Luciana, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Luciana Webpage
in the Department of Psychology
Teresa Nick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Nick Lab Website
Raghavendra Rao, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Rao Lab Website
Elsa Shapiro, Ph.D., L.P.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Neurology
Director of the Pediatric Neuropsychology unit of the Division of Pediatric
Neurology
Shapiro Webpage in Clinical Neuroscience
Frank Symons, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Symons
Webpage in Educational Psychology
Kathleen Thomas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute of Child Development
Director of the Cognitive
Developmental Neuroimaging Laboratory