Faculty available to mentor Grad Students
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Tiffany N. Willis, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor
Department(s) of Pediatrics
Section: Developmental/Behavioral Sciences
Children's Mercy Hospital
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Dustin P. Wallace, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department(s) of Pediatrics
Section: Developmental/Behavioral Sciences
Children's Mercy Hospital
Specialties and Research/Medical Interests
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Shayla A. Sullivant, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department(s) of Pediatrics
Section: Developmental/Behavioral Sciences
Children's Mercy Hospital
Specialties and Research/Medical Interests
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Carol Stanford, M.D.
Associate Professor, Years 3-6 Docent
Department(s) of Internal Medicine
UMKC School of Medicine, Truman Medical Center - UMKC Health Sciences District

Specialties and Research/Medical Interests
Internal Medicine, Women's health, Intimate partner violence, Dermatology case report, Domestic Violence, Physician burnout, Ethics, Humanities, Reflective writing, Creative video projects, Empathy, Humanism, Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, Patient Quality of Life
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Tarak Srivastava, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department(s) of Pediatrics
Section: Nephrology
Children's Mercy Hospital
Specialties and Research/Medical Interests
Cell Biology, Basic science research on Podocyte cell biology, Bone and mineral disorders, Kidney stones, Nephrotic syndrome, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Osteoporosis
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Steve Simon, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Department(s) of Biomedical and Health Informatics
UMKC School of Medicine
Specialties and Research/Medical Interests
Biomedical Informatics, Health Informatics, Accrual problems in clinical trials, Information theory, Monitoring adverse events in clinical trials, Research ethics, Risk adjustment models
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Steven M. Shapiro, M.D., M.S.H.A.
Professor, Director - Child Neurology, Director - Kernicterus Center of Excellence
Department(s) of Pediatrics
Section: Neurology
Children's Mercy Hospital
Specialties and Research/Medical Interests
Child Neurology, Bilirubin neurotoxicity, Kernicterus, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Auditory neurology, Movement disorders, Clinical Neurophysiology, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Pediatric Genetics
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Venkatesh Sampath, M.B.B.S.
Professor, Medical Director - Donald Thibeault Lung and Immunology Laboratories
Department(s) of Pediatrics
Section: Neonatology
Children's Mercy Hospital
Specialties and Research/Medical Interests
Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Pediatric Genetics, Pediatric perinatal
Brenda J. Salley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department(s) of Pediatrics
Section: Developmental/Behavioral Sciences
Children's Mercy Hospital