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