Iron Deficiency: Impacts on Neurodevelopment

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Sarah Cusick & Maria Kroupina, Pediatrics, UMN

Dr. Sarah Cusick is an Assistant Professor in Global Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on international maternal and child nutrition, the interaction between nutritional deficiencies and infectious disease, and the effect of these interactions on child health and long-term cognitive development.

Dr. Maria Kroupina is an Assistant Professor in Global Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on nutrition and recently arrived international adoptees as well as neurobehavioral correlates of early deprivation and stress in young children.

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