Core Faculty

The core faculty members of the Center comprise its governing body.  Core faculty will be Ph.D.’s or M.D.’s employed at the University of Minnesota.  The Core Faculty members from the Departments of Pediatrics, Psychology, Psychiatry and Radiology, the Medical School, the Institute of Child Development, and the School of Nursing.  

Michael Georgieff, M.D., Director
Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Child Development
Georgieff Lab Website

Jonathan Gewirtz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Gewirtz Webpage in the Department of Psychology

Megan Gunnar, Ph.D., Associate Director
Professor
Institute of Child Development
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Gunnar Lab Website

Dana Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Director of the International Adoption Clinic
Director of the Division of Neonatology

Cathy Jordan, Ph.D., L.P.
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Director of Children, Youth and Family Consortium

Kelvin O. Lim, M.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Drs. T.J. and Ella M. Arneson Endowed Chair
Lim Webpage in the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research

Linda Lindeke, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.P.
Associate Professor
Department of Nursing
Lindeke Webpage in the Department of Nursing

Monica Luciana, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Luciana Webpage in the Department of Psychology

Teresa Nick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Nick Lab Website

Raghu Rao, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Rao Lab Website

Elsa Shapiro, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Neurology
Director of the Pediatric Neuropsychology unit of the Division of Pediatric Neurology
Adjunct appointments in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Child Development
Shapiro Webpage in Clinical Neuroscience

Frank Symons, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Symons Webpage in Educational Psychology

Kathleen Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institute of Child Development
Director of the Cognitive Developmental Neuroimaging Laboratory

Tonya White, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
White Webpage in the Department of Psychiatry