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Affiliated Faculty


Elmer Abbo, MD, JD
Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine
Research Interests: Health Care Law and Regulation

eabbo@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Andrew Abbot, PhD
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Sociology, Sociology of the Professions

aabbott@uchicago.edu

 

Caleb Alexander, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Physician Behavior, Insurance Incentives

calexand@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Kathryn Elizabeth Angell, PhD
School of Social Service Administration
Research Interests: Mental Health Services Research

kangell@uchicago.edu

 

Vineet Arora, MD, MA
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Quality of Care, Medical Education, Public Policy

varora@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Nicole Artz, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine
Research Interests: Outcome Based Quality Improvement

nartz@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Anirban Basu, PhD
Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine
Research Interests: Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Econometrics

abasu@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Gary S. Becker, PhD
Booth School of Business, Department of Economics, Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Economics, Mortality, Fertility, Health Capital

gbecker@uchicago.edu

 

Daniel Bennett, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy
Research Interests: Economic development, health economics, applied microeconomics

dmbennett@uchicago.edu

 

Deborah L. Burnet, MD, MA

Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Diabetes & Obesity, Community Outreach, Public Policy

dburnet@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Ron Burt, PhD
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Sociology, Social Capital, Social Networks

ron.burt@ChicagoBooth.edu

 

John T. Cacioppo, PhD
Department of Psychology
Research Interests: Psychology, Neurosphysiology of Social Interactions

cacioppo@uchicago.edu

 

Kathleen A. Cagney, PhD
Department of Health Studies
Research Interests: Health Services Research, Race, Aging, Neighborhood Effects on Health

kcagney@health.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Marshall Chin, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Diabetes, Quality of Care, Disparities

mchin@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Cathy Cohen, PhD
Department of Politcal Science
Research Interests: Political Science, Health Disparities

cjcohen@uchicago.edu

 

Jean Comaroff, PhD
Department of Anthropology
Research Interests: Ethnography, Healing, Bodily Practices

jcomaro@uchicago.edu

 

Farr Curlin, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Spirituality in Health Care

fcurlin@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

William Dale, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics
Research Interests: Public Policy, Preventive Health Behavior

wdale@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Christopher K. Daugherty, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Ethics in Oncology

cdaugher@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Melinda Drum, PhD
Department of Health Studies
Research Interests: Statistics, Diabetes: Treatments & Outcomes, Epidemiology

mdrum@health.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Catherine DuBeau, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics
Research Interests: Urinary Incontinence

cdubeau@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Malitta Engstrom, PhD
School of Social Service Administration
Research Interests: Substance Abuse

mve@uchicago.edu

 

Richard A. Epstein, LLB
Law School
Research Interests: Health Care Regulation

r-epstein@uchicago.edu

 

James Evans, PhD
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Economic Sociology, Organizations and Work, Sociology of Science and Technology

jevans@uchicago.edu

 

Bernard G. Ewigman, MD, MSPH
Department of Family Medicine
Research Interests: Epidemiology, Primary Care

bewigman@uchicago.edu

 

Judith B. Farquhar, PhD
Department of Anthropology
Research Interests: Medical Anthropology

farquhar@uchicago.edu

 

Robert W. Fogel, PhD
Booth School of Business, Department of Economics
Research Interests: Economics, Physiological Capital, Long-term Health Patterns

frfogel@ChicagoGSB.edu

 

Jeremy Fox, PhD
Department of Economics
Research Interests: Economics, Labor & Product Markets, Personnel Economics

fox@uchicago.edu

 

Joe “Skip” Garcia, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Research Interests: Prevention & Treatment of Pulmonary Edema

jgarcia@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Daniel S. Gaylin, MPA
NORC
Research Interests: Health Policy

gaylin-dan@norc.uchicago.edu

 

Godfrey S. Getz, MD, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Public Policy, Atherogenesis

getz@bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Colleen M. Grogan, PhD
School of Social Service Administration
Research Interests: Health Services Research, Policy, Medicaid

cgrogan@uchicago.edu

 

James J. Heckman, PhD
Department of Economics
Research Interests: Economics, Economic Policy Evaluation

jheckman@uchicago.edu

 

Elbert Huang, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Diabetes, Cost-effectiveness

ehuang@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Ariel Kalil, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Interests: Developmental Psychology, Welfare, Children's Mental Health

akalil@uchicago.edu

 

Theodore Karrison, PhD
Department of Health Studies
Research Interests: Biostatistics

tkarrison@health.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Andrea King, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Research Interests: Substance Abuse

aking@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Michael Koetting, PhD
Department of Health Studies
Research Interests: Sociology, Health Care Outcomes & Organization

koetting@uchicago.edu

 

R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD
Department of Health Studies
Research Interests: Health Policy and Administration, Health Economics, Long Term Care, Quality

tkonetzka@health.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Jerry Krishnan, MD, PhD
Department of Health Studies
Research Interests: COPD

jkrishna@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Robert J. Lalonde, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Interests: Economics, Welfare and Training Program Analysis

r-lalonde@uchicago.edu

 

Diane S. Lauderdale, PhD
Department of Health Studies
Research Interests: Epidemiology, Aging & Ethnicity

dlauderd@uchicago.edu

 

Edward Laumann, PhD
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Sociology, Sexuality & Social Networks

e-laumann@uchicago.edu

 

Michelle M. Le Beau, PhD
Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Chromosomal Abnormalities in Cancer

mlebeau@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Stacie Levine, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics
Research Interests: Pain Management

slevine@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Steven Levitt, PhD
Department of Economics
Research Interests: Economics, Crime, Automobile Safety, Narcotics

slevitt@uchicago.edu

 

Stacy Lindau, MD, AM
Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics
Research Interests: Sexuality and Aging, Public Policy

slindau@babies.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Marcy A. List, PhD
Cancer Research Center
Research Interests: Cancer Clinical Trials

mlist@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Dario Maestripieri, PhD
Department of Comparative Muman Development, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, and Committee on Neurobiology
Research Interests: Biology of social behavior from a comparative perspective

dario@uchicago.edu

 

Anup  Malani, JD
Law School
Research Interests: Health Law, Medical Mal Practice

amalani@uchicago.edu

 

Willard Manning, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Interests: Economics, Health Econometrics, Cost and Use, Mental Health

w-manning@uchicago.edu

 

Christopher Masi, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Social isolation and Cancer, Social Service Administration

cmasi@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Jill M. Mateo
Department of Comparative Human Development
Research Interests: Developmental and biological mechanisms of adaptive behaviors, reciprocal interactions among social, hormonal, and genetic processes

jmateo@uchicago.edu

 

Martha K. McClintock, PhD
Section of Comparative Human Development
Research Interests: Psychology, Neurosphysiology of Social Interactions

mkm1@uchicago.edu

 

Bruce D. Meyer, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Interests: Immigration

bdmeyer@uchicago.edu

 

Robert T. Michael, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Interests: Economics, Demography, Sexuality

r-michael@uchicago.edu

 

Kevin Murphy, PhD
Department of Economics
Research Interests: Economics, Valuing Medical Research, Inequality

murphy@ChicagoBooth.edu

 

Howard Nusbaum, PhD
Department of Psychology
Research Interests: Spoken language use, attention, learning, memory consolidation and sleep, working memory, affect, cortical mechanisms of language use and cognitive processing, cognitive neuropharmocology

h-nusbaum@uchicago.edu

 

Olufunmilayo (Funmi) I. Olopade, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Genetic & Epigenetic Alterations

folopade@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Emily Oster
Booth School of Business
Research Interests: Health economics; economics of disease in developing countries

emily.oster@chicagobooth.edu

 

Colm O'Muircheartaigh, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Interests: Statistics, Statistical Methods for Survey Research

colm@uchicago.edu

 

Sam Peltzman, PhD
Booth School of Business
Research Interests: Economics, Behavioral Responses to Regulation

sam.peltzman@chicagoGSB.edu

 

Tomas Philipson, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Interests: Economics, Economic Epidemiology, Obesity

t-philipson@uchicago.edu

 

Harold A. Pollack, PhD
School of Social Service Administration
Research Interests: Public Policy, Substance Abuse Treatment, Managed Care

haroldp@uchicago.edu

 

Brian Prendergast, PhD
Department of Psychology, Committee on Neurobiology
Research Interests: Biological rhythms; neuroendocrine bases of seasonal and stress-induced changes in immune function, chronic disease and brain function

prendergast@uchicago.edu

 

Michael Quinn, PhD
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Public Policy, Diabetes, Community Health

mquinn@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Mark J. Ratain, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Pharmacogenetics of Anticancer Agents

mratain@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Paul Rathouz, MD, PhD
Department of Health Studies
Research Interests: Philosophy, Pediatric Medical Ethics

prathouz@uchicago.edu

 

Robert J. Richards, PhD
Department of Psychology
Research Interests: Biostatistics, Statistical Methods, Adolescent Mental Health

r-richards@uchicago.edu

 

Lainie Friedman Ross, PhD
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: History of Science, History & Philosophy of Biology and Psychology

lross@uchicago.edu

 

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Interests: Children in Poverty, Food Stamps, Education

schanzenbach@uchicago.edu

 

Richard L. Schilsky, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Clinical Trials of Novel Cancer Therapeutics

rschilsk@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Kristen Schilt
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Gender, sexualities, culture, and ethnographic research methods

kschilt@uchicago.edu

 

Olaf Schneewind, MD, PhD
Department of Microbiology
Research Interests: Microbiology, Bioterrorism, Infectious Disease

oschnee@bsd.uchicago.edu

 

John Schneider, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases
Research Interests: International Health, HIV Disease

jschnei1@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Mark Siegler, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Ethics

msiegler@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Johnathan C. Silverstein, MD, MS
Department of Surgery
Research Interests: Virtual Reality, Biomedical Informatics, Epidemiology

jcs@uchicago.edu

 

Steven L. Small, PhD, MD
Department of Neurology and Psychology
Research Interests: Neurobiology of language and hand motor systems, effects of stroke on these systems, and mechanisms of recovery

small@uchicago.edu

 

Hugo F. Sonnenschein, PhD
Department of Economics
Research Interests: Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Value of Research

h-sonnenschein@uchicago.edu

 

Nancy L. Stein, PhD
Department of Psychology
Research Interests: Cognitive Development

n-stein@uchicago.edu

 

Ross M. Stolzenberg, PhD
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Sociology, Work & Fertility

r-stolzenberg@uchicago.edu

 

Cass R. Sunstein, JD, PhD
University of Chicago Law School
Research Interests: Public Policy, Decision Theory, Value of Health

csunstei@uchicago.edu

 

Ronald A. Thisted, PhD
Department of Health Studies
Research Interests: Statistics, Statistical Methods

thisted@health.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Robert Topel, PhD
Booth School of Business
Research Interests: Economics, Value of Medical Research, Inequality

robert.topel@ChicagoBooth.edu

 

Avery Tung, MD
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Research Interests: Decision Psychology, Physician Behavior, Valuing Medical Research

ATung@airway2.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Benjamin Van Voorhees, MD
Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Effectiveness of Depression Screening

bvanvoor@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

Dexter R. Voisin, PhD
School of Social Service Administration
Research Interests: HIV/AIDS, Sexual Risk Behavior

dvoisin@uchicago.edu

 

Linda J. Waite, PhD
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Sociology, Work, Family, Fertility, Aging

l-waite@uchicago.edu

 

Stephen G. Weber, MD, MS
Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases
Research Interests: Public Health, Healthcare Associated Infections

sgweber@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

 

William Wimsatt, PhD
Department of Philosophy
Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, Evolutionary Biology and Philosophy

wwim@uchicago.edu

 

Alison Winter, PhD
Department of History
Research Interests: History, Philosophy of Science, History of Science and Medicine

awinter@uchicago.edu

 

Bernd Wittenbrink, PhD
Booth School of Business
Research Interests: Social Stereotypes

bernd.wittenbrink@ChicagoGSB.edu

 

Yang Yang, PhD
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Sociology, Demographic Methods, Life Course Analysis

yangy@uchicago.edu

 

Wesley Yin, PhD
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Research Interests: Economics, Innovation in Pharmaceuticals

wyin@uchicago.edu

 

Supporting Divisions and Schools

Biological Sciences Division

Dean James Madara, MD

 

Social Sciences Division

Dean John Mark Hansen, PhD

 

School of Social Service Administration

Dean Jeanne Marsh, PhD, MSW

 

Law School

Dean Saul Levmore, PhD, JD

 

Harris School of Public Policy

Dean Susan Mayer, PhD

 

Booth School of Business

Dean Ted Snyder, PhD, MA

 

University of Chicago Provost

Provost Thomas Rosenbaum, PhD

 

 

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