Faculty
Note: This listing contains information about faculty members who conduct research in a Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center facility or are part of the research center leadership team. For other research center members, please refer to the links below:
Research center members by research interest
Departmental research
Ariza, Adolfo
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Associate Director, Pediatric Practice Research Group, Smith Child Health Research Program
Becker, Adam
Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Executive Director, Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC); Interim Co-Director, Smith Child Health Research Program
Binns, Helen
Professor, Pediatrics & Preventive Medicine; Director, Pediatric Practice Research Group; Director, Center on Obesity Management and Prevention, Smith Child Health Research Program
Bohn, Martha C.
Medical Research Institute Council Professor; Director, Neurobiology Program
Bonaldo, Maria
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program
Bu, Hengfu
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Cartland, Jenifer
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine; Director, Child Health Data Lab, Smith Child Health Research Program
Chou, Pauline
Professor, Pathology; Division Head, Anatomic Pathology, Lurie Children's; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Chu, Fei
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program
Corey, Seth
Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Hematology/Oncology, Lurie Children's; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Crispino, John
Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
De Plaen, Isabelle
Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Neonatology, Lurie Children's; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Dettman, Robert
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
DiDonato, Christine
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Human Molecular Genetics Program
Galat, Vasil
Research Assistant Professor, Pathology; Director, Stem Cell Facility, Developmental Biology Program
Gong, Edward
Assistant Professor, Urology; Attending physician, Urology, Lurie Children's; Developmental Biology Program
Gosain, Arun
Professor and Division Head, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lurie Children's; Developmental Biology Program
Gupta, Ruchi
Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Academic General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Lurie Children's; Smith Child Health Research Program
Harris, Ann
Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Human Molecular Genetics Program
Hendrix, Mary J.C.
President & Scientific Director, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center
Children's Research Fund Professor
William G. Swartchild, Jr. Distinguished Research Professor
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Member, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center -- Chicago, Illinois
Herzing, Laura
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Human Molecular Genetics Program
Hockberger, Philip
Associate Professor, Physiology; Developmental Biology Program
Iannaccone, Philip
Professor, Pediatrics & Pathology; Senior Vice President, Deputy Director for Research - Basic Science; Director, Developmental Biology Program
Khalkhali-Ellis, Zhila
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program
Kletzel, Morris
Professor, Pediatrics; Division Head, Hematology/Oncology/Transplantation, Lurie Children's; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Kluppel, Michael
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Human Molecular Genetics Program
Koh, Sookyong
Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Neurology, Lurie Children's; Neurobiology Program
Kohtz, Jhumku
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
Kwon, Soyang
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Smith Child Health Research Program
Lamm, Marilyn
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
Langman, Craig
Professor, Pediatrics; Division Head, Kidney Diseases, Lurie Children's; Developmental Biology Program
Laurie, Nikia
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Lavigne, John
Professor, Psychiatry and Pediatrics; Chief Psychologist and Medical psychologist, Lurie Children's; Smith Child Health Research Program
Leir, Shih-Hsing
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Human Molecular Genetics
Liu, Xin
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, Smith Child Health Research Program
Ma, Yong-Chao
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Physiology and Neurology; Developmental Biology Program
Madonna, Mary Beth
Assistant Professor, Surgery; Attending surgeon, Pediatric Surgery, Lurie Children's; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics
Malchenko, Sergey
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Mason, Maryann
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine; Smith Child Health Research Program
Mayanil, Shekhar
Research Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery; Developmental Biology Program
Miller, Michael
Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Rheumatology, Lurie Children's; Interim Deputy Director for Research - Clinical Sciences; Interim Director, Clinical and Translational Research Program
Pachman, Lauren
Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Rheumatology; Director, FOCIS Center of Excellence in Clinical Immunology
Payne, Christopher
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Human Molecular Genetics Program
Perlman, Elizabeth
Professor, Pathology; Department Head, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lurie Children's; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Rowley, Anne
Professor, Pediatrics & Microbiology-Immunology; Attending physician, Infectious Diseases, Lurie Children's; Clinical & Translational Research Program
Rozenfeld, Ranna
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Critical Care; Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Lurie Children's; Clinical & Translational Research Program
Schnaper, William
Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Kidney Diseases, Lurie Children's; Clinical & Translational Research Program
Schroeder, James
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery; Attending Physician & Surgeon, Otolaryngology, Lurie Children’s; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Schumacker, Paul
Professor, Pediatrics, Medicine, MED-Cell & Molecular Biology; Clinical & Translational Research Program
Seftor, Richard
Research Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Program in Matrix Biology
Sharma, Arun
Research Assistant Professor, Urology; Developmental Biology Program
Sheehan, Karen
Professor, Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine; Attending physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Lurie Children's; Interim program director, Smith Child Health Research Program
Simon, Hans-Georg
Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
Soares, Marcelo
Professor, Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Rachelle and Mark Gordon Endowed Professor; Director, Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Sredni, Simone Treiger
Research Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery; Falk Brain Tumor Center, Lurie Children's; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Strizzi, Luigi
Research Assistant Professor, Lurie Cancer Center; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Tan, Xiao-Di
Research Professor, Pediatrics; Clinical and Translational Research Program; Director, Center for Intestinal and Liver Inflammation Research (CILIR)
Thompson, Alexis
Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Hematology/Oncology/Transplantation, Lurie Children's; Clinical & Translational Research Program
Tomita, Tadanori
Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neurological Surgery; Head, Division of Neurosurgery and Medical director, Falk Brain Tumor Center, Lurie Children's; Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program
Topczewska, Jolanta
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
Topczewski, Jacek
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
Tse, William
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant, Lurie Children's
Wainwright, Mark
Professor, Neurology and Critical Care; Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Pediatric Critical Illness and Injury (CIRPCII); Neurobiology Program
Walterhouse, David
Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician, Hematology/Oncology, Lurie Children's, Developmental Biology Program
Whitington, Peter
Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine; Attending physician, Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition, Lurie Children's; Co-director, Siragusa Transplantation Center; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Xu, Dong
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; FOCIS Center of Excellence in Clinical Immunology
Yogev, Ram
Professor, Pediatrics; Attending physician/Director, Special Infectious Diseases, Lurie Children's
Yoon, Joon Won
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program