NU Global Health Faculty - Growth and Development

Leslie Cordes, MD

Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine

Email: Leslie_Cordes@northwestern.edu

Phone: (847) 702-3274

Research Interest: Child Health, Community Health, Family Medicine, Growth and Development, Health Education, Maternal Health, Nutrition, Pediatrics, Public Health, Sustainability

Karen Susan Haverkamp, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrcis, Feinberg School of Medicine

Email: shaverkamp@eriefamilyhealth.org

Phone: (312) 232-1298

Regions/Countries of Work: El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Latin America and Caribbean, Mexico

Languages: Spanish

Geoff Hayes, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Feinberg School of Medicine

Email: ghayes@northwestern.edu

Phone: (312) 503-4141

Website: Northwestern University Center for Genetic Medicine

Research Interest: Biological Anthropology, Epidemiology, Genetics, Global Health, Growth and Development, Maternal Health, Neonatology, Public Health, Women's Health

Grants: ADA, NIH

Regions/Countries of Work: Asia Pacific Europe, Australia, Barbados, Canada, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East, Thailand, United Kingdom of Great Britain, United States and Canada

Chris Kuzawa, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

Email: kuzawa@northwestern.edu

Phone: (847) 467-4302

Website: Department of Anthropology, Chris Kuzawa

Research Interest: Cardiovascular, Evolutionary Theory, Fetal Origins of Developmental Plasticity, Growth and Development, Human Life History, Infectious Diseases

Regions/Countries of Work: Philippines, United States

William R. Leonard, PHD

Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director, Global Health Minor

Email: w-leonard1@northwestern.edu

Phone: (847) 491-4839

Research Interest: Biological Anthropology, Genetics, Growth and Development, Health Transition in Indigenous Populations, Nutrition, Public Health

Regions/Countries of Work: Bolivia, Latin America, Russia (Siberia)

Courses Taught: Introduction to International Public Health

Thomas McDade, MD

Professor, Department of Anthropology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Email: t-mcdade@northwestern.edu

Phone: (847) 467-4304

Website: Department of Antrhopology, Thomas McDade

Research Interest: Aging, Biological Anthropology, Cardiovascular, Child Health, Community Health, Epidemiology, Global Health, Growth and Development, Health Disparities, Infectious Diseases, Maternal Health, Medical Anthropology, Traditional Medicine

Grants: NIH, NSF

Regions/Countries of Work: Asia Pacific, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Latin America and Caribbean, Mexico, Philippines

Languages: Spanish

Courses Taught: Methods in Human Biology Research Human Growth and Development

Erin B. Waxenbaum, PhD

Lecturer, Department of Anthrpology

Email: e-waxenbaum@northwestern.edu

Phone: (847) 491-4818

Website: Department of Anthropology - Erin Waxenbaum

Research Interest: Biological Anthropology, forensics, Growth and Development, human variation, Physical anthropology

Regions/Countries of Work: North America

Courses Taught: Forensic Science: Real World CSI, Global Health in Human History, Histories Unfleshed: Forensic Anthropology, Human Growth and Development, Human Origins Evolution of Life