Faculty

Diana B. Cutts, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Hennepin County Medical Center

Interests:
Pediatric growth and nutrition; immigrant/refugee children and hunger

Michael Georgieff, MD
Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview

Interests:
Fetal/neonatal nutrition, specifically iron nutrition on brain development and neurocognitive function  

Margie Hogan, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Hennepin County Medical Center

Interests:
Global health education

Cindy Howard, MD, MPHTM
Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview

Interests:
Child health in equatorial Africa; evaluation of global health curriculum; international adoption

Chandy John, MD, MS
Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview

Interests:
Malaria immunology and epidemiology; cognitive sequelae in cerebral malaria; global health education

Dana Johnson, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview

Interests:
Effects of early institutionalization on growth and development; outcomes on internationally adopted children

Judith Eckerle Kang, M.D.
Center for Global Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Children¿s Hospital, Fairview
Minneapolis, MN
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota

Interests:
FAS in international adoptees; audiology and speech/language issues in international adoptees

Andrew Kiragu, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Hennepin County Medical Center

Interests:
Intensive care in resource poor areas of the world

Sabrina Kitaka, MBChB, MMed
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Mulago Hospital/Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota

Interests:
HIV infection in children and adolescents; global health education

Maria Kroupina, Ph.D.
Center for Global Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Children¿s Hospital, Fairlview

Interests:
Post-institutionalization issues in international adoptees

Ashish Kumar, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview

Interests:
Epidemiology and treatment of childhood leukemia in resource poor countries

Stacene Maroushek, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Hennepin County Medical Center

Interests:
Pediatric immigrant and refugee health; TB & HIV

David Menge, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Center for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Translational Research (CIDMTR), University of Minnesota

Interests:
Parasite-host interactions in P. falciparum infection and the blood-brain barrier function and activity in cerebral malaria.

Antoinette Moran, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology, University of Minnesota

Interests:
Type 1 diabetes prevention and cure; cystic fibrosis related diabetes; pediatric diabetes care in developing countries.

Teri Reid, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Hennepin County Medical Center

Interests:
Children with disabilities in resource poor countries; clinical care of children in Central and South America

Gerry Rosen, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Hennepin Medical Center

Interests:
General pediatrics; sleep disorders in children

Tina Slusher, M.D.
Center for Global Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Children¿s Hospital, Fairview
Minneapolis, MN

Interests:
Tropical infectious diseases; neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Steve Swanson, MD, DTM&H
Department of Pediatrics
Hennepin County Medical Center

Interests:
Global pediatric and refugee health; tropical infectious diseases; infectious disease epidemiology; medical education

David Thompson, MD, MPH
Department of Pediatrics
Hennepin County Medical Center

Interests:
Vaccine preventable diseases; health care in West Africa;, community owned health care systems; training of community health workers; immigrant health care; care of SEA children with disabilities; primary health care consulting in developing countries