Section Co-Chiefs

Aline Andres, Ph.D., RD
Associate Director of the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Email: andresaline@uams.edu

Elisabet Børsheim, Ph.D.
Associate Director of the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Professor of Pediatrics and Department of Geriatrics
Director of Research Faculty Development, Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
Professor of Pediatrics and Department of Geriatrics
Director of Research Faculty Development, Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
Email: eborsheim@uams.edu
Faculty Members

Brian D. Piccolo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: BDPiccolo@uams.edu

Craig Porter, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Email: CPorter@uams.edu

Eva C. Diaz Fuentes, M.D., MMsc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: ecdiazfuentes@uams.edu

Jin-Ran Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Email: chenjinran@uams.edu

Keshari M. Thakali, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: KMThakali@uams.edu

Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Biomedical Informatics
Director of the ACNC Budding Brain Lab
Director of the ACNC Budding Brain Lab
Email: LJLarsonprior@uams.edu

Renny Lan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: SLan@uams.edu

Sree V. Chintapalli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: svchintapalli@uams.edu

Taren M. Swindle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine
Assistant Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine
Email: tswindle@uams.edu

Umesh Wankhade, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: udwankhade@uams.edu
Staff

Julie Shlisky, Ph.D.
Principal Staff Scientist
Email: JDShlisky@uams.edu