Section Co-Chiefs

Aline Andres, Ph.D., RD
Section Chief, Developmental Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Email: andresaline@uams.edu
Faculty Members

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

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

Colin Kay, Ph.D.
Director of Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Precision Health Research, ACRI
Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Precision Health Research, ACRI
Email: ckay@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

Gabriella ten Have, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Email: GTenhave@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

Lisa T. Jansen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: LTJansen@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

Tiffany Miles, Ph.D.
Instructor
Email: TKMiles@uams.edu
Staff

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