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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.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Neuroscience
Anderson Webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

Gerald August, Ph. D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Director, Center for Prevention and Children's Mental Health
Clinical Director of the Clinic for Attention-Deficit and Learning Disorders
August Webpage in the Department of Psychiatry

Andrew Barnes, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Academic General Pediatrics
Barnes webpage in the Amplatz Children's Hospital

Alessandro Bartolomucci, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Bartolomucci Webpage in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology

Christopher Boys, Ph.D., L.P.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Co-Director, U of MN Fetal Substance Exposure Program
Director, U of MN Pediatric Psychology Program

Boys webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

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

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

Kathryn Cullen, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Cullen webpage in the Amplatz Children's Hospital

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

Judith Eckerle, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Global Pediatrics
Kang Webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

Amy Esler, Ph.D., L.P.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Esler webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

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

Kelly E. King, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience
King Webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

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

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

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

Lorene Lanier, Ph.D.
Associate 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. Masten, Ph.D.
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Institute of Child Development
Masten Webpage in the Institute of Child Development

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

Bradley Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology
Miller Webpage in the Department of Pediatrics

Yasushi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Nakagawa Webpage in the Department of Neuroscience

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

Sara Ramel, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Ramel webpage in the Amplatz Children's Hospital

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

Lisa Schimmenti, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Metabolism
Department of Ophthalmology  
Schimmenti Webpage in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Metabolism

Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, Ph.D.
Professor
Pediatric Neuropsychology
Semrud-Clikeman webpage in Department of Pediatrics

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

Phu Tran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology

Jeffrey Wozniak, Ph.D., L.P.
Assistant Professor
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