Mentors

Faraz S Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Cardiology), Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Specialty Areas: Heart Failure; Cardiomyopathy; Amyloidosis; Heart Transplantation; Ventricular Assist Devices; Medical Informatics; Electronic Health Records; Epidemiology; Clinical Trial Methodology; Healthcare Quality; Patient-Centered Care; Patient-Reported Outcomes

Ivan Alekseichuk
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Norrina Bai Allen
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Pediatrics
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Specialty Areas: Atherosclerosis; Healthcare Quality; Cardiovascular Diseases; Stroke; Epidemiology; Health Disparities

Nabil I Alshurafa
Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine (Behavioral Medicine)
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Specialty Areas: Obesity; Nutrition / Dietetics; Big Data; Physical activity; Diet and Behavioral Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases; Preventive Medicine; Public Health

Adin-Cristian Andrei
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Specialty Areas: Biostatistics; Cardiovascular Diseases; Surgery; Anesthesiology; Oncology; Atrial Fibrillation Surgery; Clinical Trial Methodology; Outcome Measures

Ulas Bagci
Associate Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)
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Stacy Cooper Bailey
Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Medicine (Geriatrics)
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Salva Balbale
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science), Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science), Surgery
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Lauren B Beach
Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science), Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
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Sara J Becker
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry), Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science)
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Rinad S Beidas
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science)
Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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Andrew B L Berry
Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science)
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Lucy A Bilaver
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
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Specialty Areas: Autism Spectrum Disorders; Child Abuse and Neglect; Food Allergy; Health Services Research; Pediatrics; Public Health; Public Policy

Michelle A Birkett
Associate Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
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Specialty Areas: Health Disparities; Network Science; Systems Science; Big Data; Public Health; Adolescent Health; Social Science; AIDS; HIV Infection; Psychology; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Healthcare

Rex L Chisholm
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, Surgery
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Specialty Areas: Cytoskeleton; Cell Biology; Genetics; Biotechnology; Genomics; Bioinformatics

Shahin Davoudpour
Research Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)
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Scott M Dresden
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
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Specialty Areas: Emergency Medicine; Health Services Research; Geriatrics

Parambir S Dulai
Associate Professor, Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
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Juan C Espinoza Salomon
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine), Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Charlesnika Tyon Evans
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
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Specialty Areas: Epidemiology; Infectious Diseases; Spinal Cord Injury; Health Services Research; HIV Infection; Implementation Science; Immunization
Dustin D French
Professor, Ophthalmology, Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health)
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Catherine A Gao
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
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Richard C Gershon
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)
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Specialty Areas: Medical Informatics; Epidemiology; Quality of Life; Outcome Measures; Psychology; Psychometrics; Qualitative Research Methods; Psychological Issues of Patients Dealing with Medical Illness
Eileen Graham
Associate Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health)
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Ruchi S Gupta
Professor, Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Preventive Medicine (Behavioral Medicine), Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)
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Specialty Areas: Food Allergy; Asthma; Pediatrics; Allergies; Health Services Research; Health Policy; Public Health; Clinical Research

Carol Haywood
Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health)
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Nia J Heard-Garris
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care), Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science)
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Specialty Areas: Pediatrics; Cardiovascular Diseases; Social Science; Health Disparities; Mental Health; Health Services Research; Sociology of Medicine; Health Policy; Public Policy; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Allen W Heinemann
Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science), Emergency Medicine
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Specialty Areas: Health Services Research; Rehabilitation/Therapy; Psychology; Aging

Lisa R Hirschhorn
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Specialty Areas: Global Health; Healthcare Quality; Quality Improvement; Program Evaluation; AIDS; Mixed Methods

Bing Ho
Associate Professor, Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension), Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
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Kristi Holmes
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics), Medical Education
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Specialty Areas: Translational Research; Evaluation; Research Impact; Bioinformatics; Open Science; Semantic Web; Collaboration; Big Data

Lifang Hou
Professor, Preventive Medicine, Pediatrics
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Specialty Areas: Epidemiology; Environmental Health; Digestive Cancer (esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum); Prostate Cancer; Cardiovascular Diseases

Kelly Jarvis
Assistant Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)
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Neil Jordan
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Preventive Medicine (Behavioral Medicine)
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Specialty Areas: Health Services Research; Mental Health; Psychiatry; Health Policy; Health Economics
Aaron Kaat
Associate Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)
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Specialty Areas: Psychometrics; Psychology; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Developmental Psychopathology; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Quality of Life

Kiarri N Kershaw
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
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Specialty Areas: Health Disparities; Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases

Abel N Kho
Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Specialty Areas: Medical Informatics; Infectious Diseases; Genomics

Dong-Hyun Kim
Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)
Professor, McCormick School of Engineering
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Specialty Areas: Nanotechnology; Biomaterials; Liver Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer; Interventional Oncology; Radiology; Oncology; Translational Research

Kwang-Youn A Kim
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Specialty Areas: Biostatistics; Genetics; Genomics; Health Literacy; Infectious Diseases; Cardiovascular Imaging; Asthma; Health Policy

Masha Kocherginsky
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics), Obstetrics and Gynecology (Gynecologic Oncology)
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Specialty Areas: Biostatistics; Clinical Trial Methodology; Bioinformatics; Clinical Research; Interdisciplinary Research; Breast Cancer; Cancer: Female Reproductive System (ovary, cervix, uterus)

Daniela P Ladner
Professor, Surgery (Organ Transplantation), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health)
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Specialty Areas: Transplantation; Surgery; Public Health; Liver Cancer; Epidemiology; Patient Safety; Pediatrics
Jin-Shei Lai
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science), Pediatrics
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Specialty Areas: Psychometrics; Quality of Life; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Outcome Measures; Brain and Nervous System; Patient-Centered Care; Physical activity; Rehabilitation/Therapy

Amber M Leaver
Research Associate Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)
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Specialty Areas: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Neuroscience; Depression; Hearing; Structural and Functional Neuroimaging; Mood Disorders

Jeesoo Lee
Research Assistant Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)
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Marquita Lewis
Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health)
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David M Liebovitz
Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Specialty Areas: Internal Medicine / General Medicine; Medical Informatics; Patient Safety; Medical Education; Healthcare Quality

Yaping Liu
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Neurology (MS/Neuroimmunology)
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Chengsheng Mao
Research Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Michael Markl
Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)
Professor, McCormick School of Engineering
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Specialty Areas: Cardiovascular Imaging; Cardiovascular Diseases; Radiology; Bioengineering

Megan Colleen McHugh
Professor, Emergency Medicine
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Specialty Areas: Public Policy; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Quality Improvement; Healthcare Quality; Evaluation; Qualitative Research Methods; Mixed Methods

Sanjay Mehrotra
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)
Professor, McCormick School of Engineering
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Kelly N Michelson
Professor, Pediatrics (Critical Care)
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Specialty Areas: Critical Care; Pediatrics; Palliative Care and Hospice; Qualitative Research Methods; Patient Communications; Pediatric Critical Care
Judith T Moskowitz
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science)
Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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Specialty Areas: Psychology; AIDS; Cancer Survivorship; Diabetes

Daniel K Mroczek
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health)
Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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Specialty Areas: Psychology; Psychometrics; Aging; Outcome Measures

Andrew M Naidech
Professor, Neurology (Neurocritical Care), Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science), Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics), Anesthesiology, Neurological Surgery, Neurology (Stroke and Vascular Neurology)
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Specialty Areas: Neurology; Critical Care; Critical Care Outcomes; Biostatistics; Brain Aneurysm; Ethics of Research with Human Subjects; Stroke; Information Systems
Michael E Newcomb
Associate Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science)
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Specialty Areas: HIV Infection; Drug Abuse; Preventive Medicine; Health Disparities; Adolescent Health; Mental Health

Hongyan Ning
Research Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Stephen D Persell
Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
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Specialty Areas: Quality Improvement; Cardiovascular Diseases; Primary Care; Hypertension; Preventive Medicine; Diabetes; Medical Informatics

Gregory Phillips, II
Associate Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
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Specialty Areas: Epidemiology; AIDS; Biostatistics; Big Data; Drug Abuse; HIV Infection; Public Health; Network Science; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Healthcare; Evaluation; Alcohol / Alcoholism

Siobhan M Phillips
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Behavioral Medicine)
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Specialty Areas: Physical activity; Cancer Survivorship; Aging; Behavioral Medicine; Psychology; Preventive Medicine; Public Health; Clinical Trial Methodology

Daniele Procissi
Research Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)
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Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
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Specialty Areas: Epidemiology; Genetics; Diabetes; Cardiovascular Diseases; Pharmacology; Genetic Testing/Counseling; Electronic Health Records

Adovich S Rivera
Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
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Marc B Rosenman
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
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Specialty Areas: Pediatrics; Health Services Research; Medical Informatics

Elliot J Roth
Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Specialty Areas: Stroke; Neuroscience; Spinal Cord Injury; Health Services Research; Patient Safety; Aging, Geriatrics, Eldercare; Rehabilitation/Therapy

Lazaro N Sanchez-Pinto
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Critical Care), Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Jacob M Schauer
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Jessica L Schleider
Associate Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science), Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science), Pediatrics
Associate Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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Denise M Scholtens
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics), Neurological Surgery
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Specialty Areas: Biostatistics; Bioinformatics; Computational Biology

Seema K Shah
Professor, Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care)
Professor, School of Law
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Juned Siddique
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Specialty Areas: Biostatistics; Behavioral Medicine; Health Services Research; Psychiatry; Preventive Medicine; Public Health; Physical activity; Nutrition / Dietetics

Abigail R Smith
Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Xiaodan Tang
Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science), Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science)
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Caroline P Thirukumaran
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)
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David E Victorson
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science), Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science)
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Specialty Areas: Psychological Issues of Patients Dealing with Medical Illness; Quality of Life; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Medical Informatics; Behavioral Medicine; Oncology; Psychometrics; Integrative Medicine; Urology; Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Health Disparities; Outcome Measures

Amisha Wallia
Associate Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine), Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science), Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
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Specialty Areas: Diabetes, Endocrinology, Metabolism; Quality Improvement; Osteoporosis; Transplantation

Theresa L Walunas
Associate Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Medical Social Sciences, Microbiology-Immunology, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Specialty Areas: Immunology; Medical Informatics; Autoimmune Diseases; Big Data; Bioinformatics; Genomic Medicine/Personalized Medicine; Healthcare Quality; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Implementation Science

Deborah Winter
Associate Professor, Medicine (Rheumatology)
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Specialty Areas: Computational Biology; Immunology; Genomics; Rheumatology; Bioinformatics; Gene Regulation; Chromatin; Epigenetics; Systems Biology; Big Data; Arthritis - Rheumatoid; Scleroderma

Michael S Wolf
Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)
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Specialty Areas: Health Services Research; Medication Adherence Research; Health Literacy; Patient Safety; Health Communications; Electronic Health Records; Health Disparities; Aging
Alex Wong
Research Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science)
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Lirong Yan
Associate Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)
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Betina R Yanez
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science)
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Specialty Areas: Cancer Survivorship; Psychological Issues of Patients Dealing with Medical Illness; Behavioral Medicine; Quality of Life; Health Disparities; Patient-Reported Outcomes

Hui Zhang
Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Lihui Zhao
Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics and Informatics)
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Specialty Areas: Aging; Biostatistics; Cardiovascular Diseases; Clinical Trial Methodology; Peripheral Vascular Disease; Public Health; Transplantation

Yinan Zheng
Adjunct Lecturer, Preventive Medicine
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Specialty Areas: Epigenetics; Bioinformatics; Systems Biology; Aging; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cancer Biology

Bo Zhou
Research Assistant Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)


