Section Chief
Mario Ferruzzi, Ph.D.
Chief of Developmental Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Email: mferruzzi@uams.edu
Website: Department Profile
Faculty Members
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 Professor of Pediatrics and Department of Geriatrics
Director of Research Faculty Development, Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
Professor Professor of Pediatrics and Department of Geriatrics
Director of Research Faculty Development, Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
Email: eborsheim@uams.edu
Jin-Ran Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Email: chenjinran@uams.edu
Sree V. Chintapalli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: svchintapalli@uams.edu
Eva C. Diaz Fuentes, M.D., Ph.D., MMsc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: ecdiazfuentes@uams.edu
Renny Lan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: SLan@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
Brian D. Piccolo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: BDPiccolo@uams.edu
Craig Porter, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Email: CPorter@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
Keshari M. Thakali, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Email: KMThakali@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
Michèle M. Perry
Director of Operations
Email: perrymichelem@uams.edu