Alphabetical Listing of Members
Below is a list of all Institute for Public Health and Medicine members. View individual profiles of our members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Webster, Jr., James R
Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Bio
Patientsafety/medical error, Iatrogenesis
Wechsler, Joshua B
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) and Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)
Bio
As a physician-scientist, my long-term objective is to define immunologic mechanisms of gastrointestinal inflammation that drive clinical phenotype/outcome. This is key to identifying novel therapeuti... [more]
Weese-Mayer, Debra
Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care)
Bio
Debra E. Weese-Mayer, M.D. is the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor in Pediatric Autonomic Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Chief of the first Center for Autonomic M... [more]
Weissberg-Benchell, Jill A
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child Psychology)
Bio
I am both a clinician and a researcher as well as an educator. I am interested in studying the impact of chronic illness on the adaptation and coping of children, adolescents and their families. I am ... [more]
Welch, Sarah
Director of Evaluation Research, Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics
Description of Interests
Sarah Welch is the Director of Evaluation Research in the Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics. Sarah and her team provide high quality, state of the art evaluation services to Northwestern ... [more]
Welty, Leah J
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio
Dr. Welty's research interests include the application of biostatistics to psychiatry and environmental research and the development of software tools for reproducible research. She leads the developm... [more]
Wershil, Barry K
Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
Bio
I completed my fellowship at the Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Harvard Medical School. I then join the faculty at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School and continue... [more]
Wicklund, Catherine A
Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Clinical Genetics)
Bio
Reproductive genetics; graduate training and education, finance and reimbursement, genetic service delivery models, psychosocial issues and decision making in genetic counseling.
Wilkins, John T
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)/Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Bio
John T. Wilkins, MD, is a cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine and an assistant professor of Medicine-Cardiology and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. As par... [more]
Winter, Deborah
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Bio
I was one of the first students to obtain an undergraduate degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at University of Toronto. Then, I trained as a computational biologist at Duke University ... [more]