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.
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]
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]
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
Owen, Andrew L
Research Assistant Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
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
Pannain, Silvana
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Description of Interests
Obesity, the metabolic syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea and diabetes
Patel-Syed, Zabin
Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science)
Peek, Monica
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Description of Interests
Dr. Peek's broad research interests include health disparities, particularly as related to chronic disease management and preventive health care. She has focused her research on diabetes and breast ca... [more]