Alumni

The following Alumni were previously involved in training and research at the Center.   Although they have moved away from the Twin Cities region, they maintain ties to the Center.  


Patricia Bauer, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-chair
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University

Linda Black, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Emory University

Georgia Brier, M.A.
Former graduate student and Community Program Specialist in the department of Neuroscience

Jackie Bruce, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Oregon Social Learning Center

Carol Cheatham, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Kansas University Medical Center
Research Associate
Infant Cognition Laboratory
Kansas University

Lawrence Charnas, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Neurology
University of Minnesota

Jane Couperus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Hampshire College

Elysia Davis, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Institute of Child Development
University of Minnesota

Tracy DeBoer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
M.I.N.D. Institute
University of California, Davis

Raye-Ann deRegnier, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Neonatologist and PhD Chair in Neonatal Development
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Rolf Gruetter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Universtiy of Minnesota

Kathryn Hamilton, Ph.D.
Associate Lecturer
Department of Psychology
University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire

Angela Lukowski
Doctoral Student in Child Development
Duke University

David Marcus, Ph.D.
Former doctoral student in the Institute of Child Development

Charles Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor
Institute of Child Development
Department of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
Director of Research,
Developmental Medicine Center, Boston Children's Hospital

Susan Parker, Ph.D.
Former Research Associate for the Mac Arthur Early Experience and Brain Development Research Network Bucharest Early Intervention Project, Bucharest, RO

Jenny Richmond, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Developmental Medicine Center
Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience
Boston Children's Hospital

Adam Schmidt
Former pre-doctoral student in the Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research Program
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota

Michelle Stein, M.A.
Former graduate student in the Institute of Child Development

Nim Tottenham
Former doctoral student in the Institute of Child Development

Elise Townsend, Ph.D., M.P.T.
Assistant Professor
Graduate Programs in Physical Therapy
MGH Institute of Health Professions

Kay Ward, M.D.
Former post-doctoral member
Department of Neonatology
University of Minnesota

Heather Whitney Sesma, Ph.D.
Former doctoral student in the Institute of Child Development

Nicole Williams, M.D.
Former medical student with a focus in Pediatric Neurology

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