Members
Below is a list of all members of the Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research (Chicago CDTR). View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Metzger, Boyd E
Professor Emeritus, Medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine)
Miller, Doriane
Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for Community Health and Vitality, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Description of Interests
Dr. Miller's research focuses on the intersection of health disparities and race. She has served as the project director for several studies designed to augment care by promoting collaboration among p... [more]
Miller, Gregory
Professor, Departments of Psychology and Medical Social Sciences, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University
Description of Interests
My research focuses on how stress affects health. In recent years I've become especially interested in stressors that occur during early life, and how they might get biologically embedded in people in... [more]
Mirmira, Raghavendra
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Description of Interests
Dr. Mirmira is an international leader in Type 1 diabetes research—specifically the biology of islet cells. His research is focused on the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and the biology of the isle... [more]
Mokhlesi, Babak
J. Bailey Carter, MD Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, RUSH Medical College, Co-Director, Rush Lung Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University
Description of Interests
Mokhlesi is an international authority in the field of sleep-disordered breathing and hypoventilation syndromes. His clinical research program is collaborative in nature and he works closely with sev... [more]
Naylor, Rochelle
Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Chicago
Description of Interests
Dr. Naylor has a clinical and research interest in monogenic forms of diabetes, with a particular interest in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). Ongoing projects include studies on cost-effe... [more]
O'Brien, Matthew J
Adjunct Lecturer, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Olopade, Funmi
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Professor of Human Genetics, Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Description of Interests
A leader in cancer genetics, Dr. Olopade studies familial forms of cancers, molecular mechanisms of tumor progression in high-risk individuals as well as genetic and non-genetic factors contributing t... [more]
Olopade, Sola
Professor of Medicine, Director of International Programs, University of Chicago
Description of Interests
Asthma management, global health research ethics
Ozik, Jonathan
Prinicipal Computational Scientist, , Argon National Laboratory
Description of Interests
Agent-based modeling, large-scale computation, Complex System Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Cancer, Infectious Diseases