ACNC Team

ACNC Leadership

Colin Kay, Ph.D., Director of ACNC
Director of Precision Health Research at Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Section Chief, Developmental Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Elisabet Børsheim, Ph.D., Associate Director of ACNC
Director for Research Faculty Development at Arkansas Children's Research Institute
Professor of Pediatrics and Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Craig Porter, Ph.D., Associate Director of ACNC
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Core Leadership

Maternal and Early Nutrition to Optimize Development (MEND) Core  

• Aline Andres, Ph.D., R.D., Core Director
• Lisa Jansen, Ph.D., Associate Core Director
• Audrey Martinez, Ph.D., M.S., R.D., L.D., Core Manager

Physical Activity and Metabolism Core

• Elisabet Børsheim, Ph.D., Director
• Eva Diaz Fuentes, M.D., MMsc, Associate Core Director
• Matt Cotter, M.S., Core Manager

Budding Brains Lab

• Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D., Director

Metabolomics and Analytical Chemistry Core

• Colin Kay, Ph.D., Scientific Director
• Renny Lan, Ph.D., Director of Operations

Preclinical Metabolic and Behavioral Phenotyping Core

• Craig Porter, Ph.D., Core Director
• Jim Sikes, Core Manager

Histology and Bioimaging Core

• Renee Fox, Core Manager

Biostatistics and Data Innovation Core

• D. Keith Williams, Ph.D., MPH, Core Director

• Brian D. Piccolo, Ph.D., Associate Core Director

Bioinformatics Core

• Colin Kay, Ph.D., Scientific Director

• Sree V. Chintapalli, Ph.D., Associate Core Director