Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of Minnesota Medical School
Member of the University of Minnesota Graduate faculties for Nutrition and Epidemiology
Faculty member of the Masonic Institute of the Developing Brain at the University of Minnesota
Ph.D. in Human Nutrition and International Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Postdoctoral training with the International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention and Control Program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Conducts pediatric nutritional clinical trials with neurodevelopmental outcomes in the context of malaria and HIV
Current research is based in Uganda and focuses on safely optimizing iron status in children with malaria to ensure full neurobehavioral development