Our Team

The NPCTU Team
NPCTU Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Division Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

NPCTU Junior Faculty Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology

NPCTU Co-Investigator
Professor/Director/Assistant Department Chair Physical Activity and Wellness Laboratory Kinesiology and Sport Sciences Department, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Assistant Professor, Division of Child Health Policy
Data Scientist, Division of Care Transformation, Pediatric Research Office


NPCTU Junior Faculty Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Senior Research Manager Pediatric Research Office, Child Health Research Institute

NPCTU Senior Faculty Development Co-Investigator
Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Research Nurse Coordinator, Pediatric Research Office

NPCTU Scientific Oversight Committee Members
Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD
Professor, Division of Neonatology
Interim Executive Director, Child Health Research Institute
Division Chief, Neonatology
Medical Director - Nebraska Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative
Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program Director
Medical Director, NICU Nebraska Medicine and Bellevue NICU
Medical Director, Nebraska Medicine and Bellevue Newborn Nursery
Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD
Dean, Chicago Medical School
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Chris Kratochvil, MD
Professor, UNMC Departments of Psychiatry & Pediatrics
Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research
Chief Medical Officer, UNeHealth
William Rizzo, MD
Professor, Division of Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Vice Chair, Pediatric Research
Kari Simonsen, MD
Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UNMC
Pediatrician-in-chief, Children's Hospital & Medical Center
UNMC Institutional Representative, American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Women in Medicine and Science