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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

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

Andrew Barnes, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Academic General Pediatrics

Alessandro Bartolomucci, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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

Stephanie Carlson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute of Child Development

Dante Cicchetti, Ph.D.
William Harris Professor
McKnight Presidential Chair of Child Development and Psychiatry
Institute of Child Development

Kathryn Cullen, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry

Sarah Cusick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Globall Pediatrics

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

Judith K. Eckerle, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Global Pediatrics

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

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

Suma Jacob, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry

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

Bonnie Klimes-Dougan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology

Maria Kroupina, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Global Pediatrics

Sanjiv Kumra, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry

Lorene Lanier, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience

Paul Letourneau, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neuroscience

Ann S. Masten, Ph.D.
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Institute of Child Development

Matthew McGue, Ph.D.
Regents Professor
Department of Psychology

Bradley Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology

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

Igor Nestrasil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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

Sara Ramel, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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

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

Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, Ph.D.
Professor
Pediatric Neuropsychology

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

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

Jeffrey Wozniak, Ph.D., L.P.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry

Albert Yonas, Ph.D.
Professor
Institute of Child Development

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

Yang Zhang, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences