Faculty Experts

Emma Adam

School of Education and Social Policy

Professor of Human Development and Social Policy

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Childhood Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health Disparities, Mental Health, Poverty, Public Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Sleep, Stress

Norrina Allen

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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Departments of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics

Field: Aging, Cardiology, Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine, Public Health

Focus Areas: Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Health, Data Science, Electronic Health Records, Health Disparities, Hypertension, Lifestyle and Wellness, Medical Quality of Life, Obesity, Precision Medicine, Public Health Policy

Lindsay Allen

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant professor of emergency medicine, Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics

Field: Economics, Emergency Medicine, Public Health

Focus Areas: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Policy, Health Disparities, Health Insurance, Microeconomics, Opioid Abuse, Public Health Policy

Katherine R Amato

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Field: Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Gastroenterology, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Ecology, Health Disparities, Human Evolution, Infant Health, Life Sciences, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Physiology

Michelle Anne Birkett

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences and Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing

Field: Medical Social Sciences

Focus Areas: Data Bias, Discrimination, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Health, Network Science

Dr. Victoria Anne Brander

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Field: Global Health, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Focus Areas: Arthritis, Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Health Disparities, Pain Management, Regenerative Medicine

Mercedes Carnethon

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Vice Chair and Mary Harris Thompson Professor of Preventive Medicine

Field: Cardiology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine, Public Health

Focus Areas: Cardiovascular Health, Depression and Anxiety, Diabetes, Health Disparities, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Obesity, Sleep

David Cella

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor

Field: Cancer and Oncology, Medical Social Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Cancer Survivorship, Healthcare Policy, Health Disparities, Statistics and probability

Dr. Eve Feinberg

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Field: Aging, Fertility, Obstetrics/Gynecology

Focus Areas: Fertility Treatment and Preservation, Health Disparities, LGBT Health

Joe Feinglass

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Professor of Medicine

Field: Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Medical Social Sciences, Preventive Medicine, Public Health

Focus Areas: Amputations, Arthritis, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Health, Community Health, Depression and Anxiety, Diabetes, Healthcare Policy, Health Disparities, Health Insurance, Medical Quality of Life, Opioid Abuse, Postpartum Health, Public Health Policy, Vascular Disease

Dr. Carolyn Foster

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant professor of pediatrics

Field: Pediatrics

Focus Areas: Health Disparities, Pediatric Illness, Telemedicine

Dr. Ruchi Gupta

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of pediatrics and of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Field: Allergies, Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Public Health

Focus Areas: Asthma, Food Allergies, Health Disparities, Pediatric Illness

Nia Heard-Garris

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Field: Pediatrics

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Cardiovascular Health, Childhood Development, Child Psychology, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health Disparities, Pediatric Illness, Race and Ethnicity, Stress

Dr. Traci Kurtzer

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Medical Director Trauma Informed Care and Education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Field: Medical Education, Obstetrics/Gynecology

Focus Areas: Domestic Violence, Healthcare Policy, Health Disparities, Intersectionality, LGBT Health, Menopause, Mind-Body Medicine , Patient Care, Reproductive Health, Sexual Assault, Sexual Education, Sexual Health, Violence Prevention, Women's Health

Dr. Julia Mhlaba

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Field: Dermatology

Focus Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health Disparities, Skin Cancer, Skin Conditions

Brian Mustanski

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Field: Medical Social Sciences

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Abuse, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Health, Mental Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Dr. Erin Paquette

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and Law (by courtesy)

Field: Legal Ethics, Medical Education, Medical Ethics, Pediatrics, Public Health

Focus Areas: Community Health, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Healthcare Policy, Health Disparities, Inequality, Legal Advocacy, Pediatric Illness, Public Health Policy, Social Justice

Sylvia Perry

Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Psychology

Field: Psychology

Focus Areas: Childhood Development, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education Disparities, Gender Diversity and Equality, Health Disparities, Parenting , Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology

Dr. Vamshi Rao

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor in the Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics

Field: Neurology, Pediatrics

Focus Areas: Epilepsy, Genetic Medicine and Health, Health Disparities, Neurodegenerative Disease, Pediatric Illness, Spinal Medicine

Melissa Andrea Simon, MD, MPH

Center for Civic Engagement, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Field: Epidemiology, Medical Social Sciences, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Preventive Medicine, Public Health

Focus Areas: Birth Control and Contraception, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gender Diversity and Equality, Health Disparities, Lifestyle and Wellness, Public Health Policy, Reproductive Health, Sexual Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Women's Health

Linda Teplin

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Owen L. Coon Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Abuse, Healthcare Policy, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Incarceration, Mental Health, Psychiatric Disorders, Public Health Policy, Public Policy, Violent Crime

Dr. Alexis A. Thompson

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Pediatrics

Field: Global Health, Hematology, Pediatrics

Focus Areas: Genetic Medicine and Health, Health Disparities, Pediatric Illness, Sickle Cell Disease

Leah J. Welty

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine - Biostatistics

Field: Data Science, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Data Bias, Data Science, Data Visualization, Health Disparities, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Statistics and probability

Clyde W. Yancy, MD

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

Field: Cardiology

Focus Areas: Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Health, Healthcare Policy, Health Disparities, Hypertension