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About Me

Dr. Amy Elliott is the Chief Clinical Research Officer at Avera Research Institute. She leads the research teams in Sioux Falls, Pine Ridge, Pierre and Rapid City, SD. Her primary focus is improving child health and development through community-based research.

She is also a professor in the Department of Pediatrics with secondary appointments in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.

Scientific Research Expertise

Dr. Elliott is the principal investigator on several National Institutes of Health (NIH) research projects including the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) cohort study, examining environmental influences on child health outcomes, and the IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trial Network (ISPCTN), a pediatric clinical trial research network. Elliott is also the principal investigator for an NIH-funded maternal health center of excellence.

Areas of Interest

  • Child development
  • Developmental origins of disease
  • Public health
  • Health disparities

Current Studies

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Experience

Education

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Internships

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, Behavioral Pediatrics & Genetics

Certifications

  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist

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This directory contains information about the provider members of Independent Health Care Associates, Avera Health and all Avera entities, members of the Avera Medical Group, and employed select providers with Avera McKennan, Sioux Falls, SD and Avera Marshall, Marshall, MN and physicians with hospital privileges at Avera St. Luke's, Aberdeen, SD; Avera Sacred Heart, Yankton, SD; Avera Queen of Peace, Mitchell, SD; Avera St. Mary's, Pierre, SD.

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