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Elizabeth Schumacher

Assoc Professor Term

School of Medicine

Orcid identifier0009-0009-4288-1268
  • Assoc Professor Term
    School of Medicine
  • (502) 852 - 8470 (Work)
  • University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal Medicine, 571 South Floyd Street Suite 342, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, USA

BIO

Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Schumacher completed her doctoral training at the University of Iowa, psychology residency at the University of Minnesota, and pediatric psychology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center.   In 1995, she moved to Louisville to take a position in the division of Neonatal Medicine.  In 2002, she was named Associate Director of the UofL Neonatal Follow Up Program.  She took the position of Co-Director of the UofL Neonatal Follow Up Program in 2009.  Her primary areas of interest are high-risk infant development, neonatal abstinence syndrome, extremely low birthweight developmental sequelea, and early intervention programming.  

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal Medicine, Louisville, United States1995 - 2001
  • Associate Professor
    University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal Medicine, Louisville, USA2001
  • Associate Director, Neonatal Follow Up Program
    University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal Medicine, Louisville, USA2002 - 2009
  • Co-Director, Neonatal Follow Up Program
    University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal Medicine, Louisville, USA2009

DEGREES

  • BA, Psychology
    Grinnell College, Grinnell, United StatesAug 1983 - May 1987
  • MA, Clinical/Developmental Psychology
    University of Iowa, Iowa City, United StatesAug 1987 - Aug 1989
  • PhD, Clinical/Developmental Psychology
    University of Iowa, Iowa City, United StatesAug 1989 - Aug 1993

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Internship
    University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics, Department of Pediatrics, Minneapolis, USASep 1992 - Aug 1993
    Clinical Child/Pediatric PsychologyInternship
  • Fellowship
    Duke University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Durham, United StatesSep 1993 - Jul 1995
    Pediatric PsychologyPostdoctoral Fellowship