Health & Biomedical Informatics Faculty
Below is a list of Health Sciences Integrated PhD faculty working within the Health & Biomedical Informatics (HBMI) track. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
HBMI Track Faculty Leader: Theresa L. Walunas, PhD
Mehrotra, Sanjay
Professor of McCormick School of Engineering and Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)
Mohr, David C
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Behavioral Medicine), Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio
Dr. Mohr received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arizona. He was on the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco from 1994 to 2006, when he moved to join the Depa... [more]
Naidech, Andrew M
Professor of Neurology (Neurocritical Care), Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science), Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics), Anesthesiology, Neurological Surgery and Neurology (Stroke and Vascular Neurology)
Bio
I am committed to using data to improve patient care and patient outcomes, particularly using machine learning and electronic health records. I am board-certified in clinical informatics, neurology,... [more]
Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Bio
Dr. Rasmussen-Torvik is a genetic epidemiologist interested in the identification of genetic risk factors for chronic diseases and the implementation of genomics into clinical care. She is also inter... [more]
Rosenman, Marc B
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Sanchez-Pinto, Lazaro N
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
Bio
Dr. L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto is a pediatric critical care physician, biomedical informatics specialist, and clinical data scientist. He graduated from medical school at the Autonomous University of Bar... [more]
Soulakis, Nicholas Dean
Adjunct Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Bio
Nicholas Soulakis is a public health scientist whose research focus lies at the intersection of epidemiology and informatics with an emphasis on understanding the expanding, data-rich environment crea... [more]
Spring, Bonnie J
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Behavioral Medicine), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Bio
My laboratory conducts research on behavioral risk factors (obesity, poor quality diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use). We also develop cutting-edge technologies that support self-regulation and he... [more]
Starren, Justin B
Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
Bio
Dr. Starren is founding Chief of the Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics, Deputy Director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) and Director o... [more]
Walunas, Theresa L
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Medical Social Sciences, Microbiology-Immunology and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
Bio
I received my PhD in immunology from the University of Chicago where I discovered the function of CTLA-4, the first checkpoint inhibitor. Following my MS in computer science, I worked in microbial gen... [more]