General and Community Pediatrics
Meet the Team

Meet the Pediatrics Team

Director

Faculty

Chidiogo U. Anyigbo, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Relational health; safe stable nurturing relationships; mitigating adverse childhood experiences; population health; cross-sector collaborations in...

Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Social determinants of health; disparities; population health; quality improvement; geography

Mary Carol Burkhardt, MD, MHA

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Breann Butts, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; social determinants of health

Kristen A. Copeland, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Health of children in child care; child care illness exclusions; physical activity and obesity prevention in child care settings

Alexandra M.S. Corley, MD, MPH, FAAP

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Health disparities; social determinants of health; population health; epidemiology; health equity for Black populations

Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Early literacy and reading; medical education
Research Interests
Breastfeeding; breast milk pumping; human milk banking; multiple births

Mary V. Greiner, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Foster care health

John S. Hutton, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Emergent literacy; shared and dialogic reading; early brain development; screening measures development and validation; health effects of...

Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Parental health as a mediator of poverty's effects on children; social and economic disparities in children's health; interaction of genes and...

Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; screening for unmet social needs

Michelle L. McGowan, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics and genomics; ethical and social implications of reproductive technologies

Nicholas Newman, DO, MS, FAAP

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Environmental health; asthma; ADHD; environmental justice; community engagement

Christopher B. Peltier, MD, FAAP

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; advocacy

Zeina Samaan, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Gregory A. Szumlas, MD, FAAP

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Primary care clinical research; curriculum development; primary care of asthma

Julie Ware, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Kimberly Yolton, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Infant and child development and behavior; environmental exposures