COVID-19 experts available

COVID-19 clinical drug trial leader

Chief of infectious diseases at Feinberg and Northwestern Medicine

Taiwo can be reached by emailing Marla Paul.

Taiwo is the principal investigator of a clinical trial for the drug remdesivir. The anti-viral was developed to treat Ebola and has  been found to have antiviral activity against coronaviruses including MERS and now SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease.

Infectious disease and global health pandemic expert

Executive Director, Institute for Global Health
Director, Center for Global Communicable Diseases
John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases

• (312) 503-9000
• r-murphy@northwestern.edu
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Murphy is well versed in the ever-evolving facts surrounding COVID-19, including physical symptoms, how it spreads, updates on potential treatments and vaccines, and how public health officials are managing the disease’s spread. As a global health expert, Murphy can speak about this epidemic and how it compares to previous disease outbreaks.

Infectious disease and epidemiology expert

Vice Chair and Mary Harris Thompson Professor of Preventive Medicine

• (312) 503-4479
• carnethon@northwestern.edu

Carnethon studies the epidemiology of the disease and can speak to its broad effects across population subgroups.

Expert in infectious disease modeling

Assistant professor of epidemiology at Feinberg

Gerardin can be reached by emailing Marla Paul.

Gerardin is working on predictive models for the COVID-19 outbreak. Previously she served as the malaria lead at the Institute for Disease Modeling in Seattle, working on models to treat, prevent and eliminate malaria across diverse endemic settings. 

Studies COVID-19's impact on the nervous system

Chief of neuro-infectious disease and global neurology and the Archibald Church Professor of Neurology at Feinberg

Koralnik can be reached by emailing Marla Paul.

Koralnik conducted a study finding that COVID-19 poses a threat to the entire nervous system.

COVID-19 testing expert

Director, Center for Genetic Medicine
Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine, Cardiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

• (312) 503-5600
• elizabeth.mcnally@northwestern.edu

McNally can speak to the processes and issues surrounding developing a test for COVID-19.

COVID-19 testing expert

Director of the NUSeq Core Facility and research associate professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics

Wang can be reached by emailing Kristin Samuelson.

Wang can speak to the processes and issues surrounding COVID-19 testing.

Infectious diseases expert

Ison can speak about the clinical side of the virus, including symptoms and the promise of potential treatments. As one of Northwestern's go-to influenza experts, Ison is well versed at speaking to media about the flu and other respiratory viruses.

Epidemiologist

Assistant professor of medicine (cardiology) and preventive medicine (epidemiology)

Khan can be reached by emailing Kristin Samuelson.

Khan is available to discuss the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, including information about symptoms, treatments and how the disease spreads.

Epidemiologist

Professor of Emergency Medicine and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

• (847) 220-1998
• d-kyriacou@northwestern.edu

Kyriacou's research interests include injury prevention, global health, tropical medicine, clinical infectious diseases, oncologic emergencies and health services. He is a member of the Northwestern University Institute for Global Health and has extensive international experience having worked in Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya. He has served as senior editor and associate editor for the Journal of the American Medical Association since 2016.   

Pulmonologist

Assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine and of biochemistry and molecular genetics at Feinberg

• benjamin-singer@northwestern.edu

Singer can address general health-related COVID-19 questions, pulmonology questions, and questions about ventilator use.

Pulmonologist

Associate Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Neurology

• (312) 695-3674
• colemanjm@northwestern.edu

Coleman has spoken to media about the dos and don'ts of celebrating the holidays amid a pandemic, as well as what he has personally witnessed on the frontlines of the intensive care unit. He said over the course of the pandemic, he has "seen too many people end up on a ventilator from just casual contact with their loved ones."

Pulmonologist

Associate professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Feinberg and a Northwestern Medicine physician

• micprick@nm.org

Prickett has cared for hundreds of patients in the COVID intensive care unit since the start of the pandemic. She also serves as the medical director of Respiratory Care at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Pulmonologist

Associate Professor of Medicine (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care)

• (312) 926-2237
• marc.sala@northwestern.edu
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As a physician working in the intensive care unit, Sala can speak about what he is personally seeing regarding patients, as well as updates on the vaccine rollout and more. 

Cardiology expert

Vice chair of development and innovation in the department of medicine at Feinberg

Bonow can be reached by emailing Kristin Samuelson.

Bonow can address the impact of COVID-19 on the heart as well as claims that hydroxychloroquine, a common malaria treatment, can treat COVID-19 when combined with the antibiotic azithromycin. 

Primary care physician

Chief of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics in the Department of Medicine
Michael A. Gertz Professor of Medicine

• (312) 695-8630
• jlinder@northwestern.edu

Linder can speak about telemedicine, general patient-care questions and the use of antibiotics during the pandemic -- including drugs that are being touted to treat COVID-19 but have not been fully tested.

Expert on COVID-19 in children

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

• (312) 227-4688
• thsargent@luriechildrens.org

Heald-Sargent is an expert in pediatric infectious diseases as well as viral infections and vaccination. She led a study finding that children carry at least as much viral load in their upper respiratory tracts as adults, if not significantly more. 

Studies coronavirus in pregnant women

Professor of Preventive Medicine

• (312) 503-1040
• wei.zhang1@northwestern.edu

Zhang co-authored a study of nine pregnant women in Wuhan, China, that found no evidence that coronavirus can jump from mother to fetus in the womb. Based in Chicago,  Zhang provided epidemiology and data interpretation for this study and is continuing to work with scientists in China to research COVID-19.

Studies coronavirus in pregnant women

Director of perinatal pathology at Feinberg

Goldstein can be reached by emailing Kristin Samuelson.

Goldstein led a study that found abnormal blood flow between mothers and babies in-utero, showing evidence of injury to the placenta.

Hypertension expert

Earle, del Greco, Levin Professor of Medicine at Feinberg

• (312) 908-8342
• d-batlle@northwestern.edu

Batlle can discuss the impact of COVID-19 on heart health.

Cardiology and health disparities expert

Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Chief of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine
Magerstadt Professor of Medical Social Sciences
Associate Director, Northwestern Medicine’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

• (312) 695-0829
• cyancy@nm.org

Yancy can address the racial disparities around COVID-19 as well as the impact of the virus on the heart. 

Studies health disparities

Associate professor of preventive medicine (epidemiology)

Kershaw can be reached by emailing Marla Paul.

Kershaw, is a social epidemiologist who studies how the social environment impacts health. She can discuss the racial disparities around COVID-19. 

Studies impact to older adults

Professor of medicine at Feinberg

Wolf can be reached by emailing Marla Paul.

Wolf conducted a study that found that many individuals in the highest risk category for COVID-19 because of multiple chronic health conditions didn’t think the disease would affect them and reported not changing their behavior at the beginning of the outbreak. He can discuss the reasons for the behavior as well as differences in behavior across demographics.

Expert on healthcare-associated infections

Associate professor of preventive medicine and epidemiology at Feinberg

Tyon Evans can be reached by emailing Marla Paul.

Tyon Evans studies the epidemiology of infectious diseases, particularly healthcare-associated infections. She can discuss risks to healthcare workers and others working on the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19.

Studies role of vitamin D in COVID-19

Walter Dill Scott Professor of Environmental Engineering at McCormick

• v-backman@northwestern.edu

Backman led statistical analysis of data from hospitals around the world, finding that countries with the highest COVID-19 mortality rates also had lower levels of vitamin D.

Studies skin conditions caused by COVID-19

Walter J Hamlin Professor, Chair Department of Dermatology
Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics
Director, Northwestern University Skin Disease Research Center

• (312) 695-3721
• apaller@northwestern.edu
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Paller can discuss skin conditions related to COVID-19, including "COVID toes."

Kawasaki disease expert

Professor of pediatrics (infectious diseases) and microbiology-immunology at Northwestern University and an infectious diseases physician at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Rowley can be reached by emailing Kristin Samuelson.

Rowley is an expert on Kawasaki disease and can discuss symptoms of COVID-19 appearing especially in children.

Expert on the process and challenges of developing drugs to fight the virus

Anne Stewart Youmans Professor, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases

• (312) 503-2162
• k-satchell@northwestern.edu

Drug manufacturing expert

Jewett has developed a new platform that can produce antiviral drugs more than 10 times faster than current methods. He is working to produce new medications that can be quickly produced and distributed to COVID-19 patients. Jewett also is a co-principal investigator on research to develop a one-step COVID-19 diagnostic tool. 

Expert in drug development

Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Director of the Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine

• (847) 491-3002
• s-stupp@northwestern.edu
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Stupp is developing a new therapeutic to target and disable the coronavirus' so-called "spike proteins" that cause COVID-19.

Studies how the coronavirus bonds to host cells

Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

• m-olvera@northwestern.edu

Olvera de la Cruz's lab works on the development of models to describe the self-assembly of heterogeneous molecules including amphiphiles, copolymers, and synthetic and biological polyelectrolytes, as well as the segregation and interface adsorption in multicomponent complex fluids. She can talk about the study she lead that uncovered a vulnerability in the coronavirus' spike protein.

Expert in vaccine development

Professor of cell and developmental biology and obstetrics and gynecology at Feinberg and in biomedical engineering at McCormick

• thope@northwestern.edu

Hope's lab has been a pioneer the use of cell biology approaches to study HIV providing images and movies of HIV interacting with cells and tissues. Currently, Hope is doing COVID-19 vaccine research as a member of the U.S. government's Operation Warp Speed.

Rapid test development researcher

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Associate Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Member, Center for Synthetic Biology
Member, Center for Water Research
Member, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute

• (847) 467-2943
• jblucks@northwestern.edu
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Lucks is a co-principal investigator on research to develop a one-step COVID-19 diagnostic tool. Similar to a pregnancy test, the tool uses one sample to provide an easy-to-read negative or positive result on-site. The research is funded by an NSF RAPID grant.

Rapid test development researcher

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence

• (847) 491-7455
• j-leonard@northwestern.edu
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Leonard is a co-principal investigator on research to develop a one-step COVID-19 diagnostic tool. Similar to a pregnancy test, the tool uses one sample to provide an easy-to-read negative or positive result on-site. The research is funded by an NSF RAPID grant.

Antibody testing developer

Biological anthropologist at Weinberg

• (847) 467-4304
• t-mcdade@northwestern.edu

McDade led a team of researchers to develop a new method for testing for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) antibodies. The method requires only a single drop of blood collected from a simple finger prick. 

Waterborne disease expert

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director of Northwestern Center for Water Research

• (847) 491-9902
• a-packman@northwestern.edu

Packman is an expert on the dynamics of water systems and waterborne disease transmission. He can discuss how novel coronavirus-contaminated water can be disinfected.

Wastewater treatment expert

Assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at McCormick

• george.wells@northwestern.edu

Wells is an expert on wastewater treatment and environmental microbiology. He can discuss wastewater monitoring and the effectiveness of U.S. wastewater treatment systems against the novel coronavirus.

Developed sensor to detect early symptoms of COVID-19

Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery

• 847-467-2997
• jrogers@northwestern.edu
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Rogers led development of a wearable device and data algorithms tailored to catch early signs and symptoms associated with COVID-19 and to monitor patients as the illness progresses.

Health care economist

Professor of Strategy

• (847) 491-2509
• c-garthwaite@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Garthwaite is available to discuss pricing strategy and medical ethics around COVID-19 treatments. Garthwaite's research examines the business of health care with a focus on the interaction between private firms and public policies. His recent work has focused on private sector effects of the Affordable Care Act, economic effects of social insurance programs such as Medicaid and the responses of nonprofit hospitals to financial shocks.

Medical ethics and public health policy expert

Julia and David Uihlein Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Attending Physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

• (312) 227-4800
• k-michelson@northwestern.edu
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Michelson is  available to discuss the ethical questions surrounding patient care protocols at hospitals. 

Expert on stochastic optimization

Chair and David A. and Karen Richards Sachs Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at McCormick

• david.morton@northwestern.edu

Morton studies stochastic optimization and its application to energy, security and health systems. He can speak about the modeling framework he co-authored that helps policymakers determine which data to track and when to take action to protect their communities in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Expert in social policy and food insecurity

Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Human Development and Social Policy
Director, Institute for Policy Research

• (847) 491-3884
• dws@northwestern.edu

Schanzenbach can speak about the pandemic's impact on food insecurity and low-income populations.

Expert on humanitarian logistics

James N. and Margie M. Krebs Professor in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences

• ksmilowitz@northwestern.edu

Smilowitz studies how pressure on the food supply chain could impact those who need supplies the most, including public school students and those who rely on food banks.

Expert on global health and health disparities

Buehler Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Social Sciences
Director, Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics at the Institute for Public Health and Medicine

• (203) 980-7107
• lori.post@northwestern.edu

Post is an expert in global health and health disparities and can speak about potential disruptions to the food supply during the COVID-19 outbreak and if it’s safe to eat food handled by people who have tested positive for COVID-19. She also can discuss the increased risk for domestic abuse when people who have an existing violent person in the house are quarantined at home together.

Expert on interorganizational networks

Professor of communications studies in the School of Communication

• shumate@northwestern.edu

Shumate is a leading researcher on interorganizational networks who can speak to interagency collaboration and response. For 15 years, she has researched how organizations can work together to respond to social issues.

Global anthropology expert

Associate professor of anthropology

• (847) 491-2852
• adia.benton@northwestern.edu

Anthropology researcher Adia Benton can speak to issues surrounding the global response to the pandemic - how scientific and public health expertise is brought to bear in calibrating recommendations at various levels of governance and alternative ways of framing conversations about efforts to curb infection in communities.

Studies trust in institutions

Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and associate director of Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research

• druckman@northwestern.edu

Druckman studies public opinion about institutions' ability to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Expert on public opinion of COVID-19 impact and response

Assistant Professor of Sociology

• (847) 467-3985
• redbird@northwestern.edu

Redbird leads a daily national representative survey of U.S. public opinions, behaviors and attitudes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The “COVID-19 Social Change Survey” asks, for example, how isolated respondents feel, how they are preparing, whether they think the pandemic is a hoax and whether they think the crisis is fostering a sense of solidarity or community.  

Expert on pandemic health disparities and the impact on frontline workers

Clinical assistant professor of general internal medicine and geriatrics at Feinberg and a Northwestern Medicine physician

• kbell@nm.org

Bell is a clinical assistant professor of general internal medicine and geriatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine physician. As a physician who sees patients daily and answers questions and concerns about the virus, testing, when and how to visit family members and the secondary stress and anxiety related to remote learning and work, she can help reporters better understand what it is like to be on the frontlines of this pandemic. As an African-American, Bell is uniquely qualified to speak about the disproportionate effect the virus is having on the African-American population. 

Studies shutdowns' impact on domestic violence

Associate professor of law

• (312) 503-2979
• sanga@northwestern.edu

Sanga has studied how COVID-19 shutdowns have impacted domestic violence rates.

Can discuss hypochondria and concerns about the virus

Associate professor of medical education at Feinberg

• (312) 503-3215
• c-belling@northwestern.edu

Having written a book about the state of hypochondria in America,  Belling can discuss anxiety and how to decipher what might be hypochondria versus rational concern about the virus. Belling says the real issue with COVID-19 is the uncertainty surrounding the disease, which leads some people to panic while others underreact, become complacent and neglect to take the necessary precautions to be safe.

Expert on dealing with anxiety caused by the epidemic

Professor of psychology and behavioral sciences
Chief Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• (312) 503-659
• stew.shankman@northwestern.edu

Shankman can speak about coping mechanisms for anxiety related to the spread of a disease such as COVID-19, including deep breathing, exercise and not reading or researching too much about the epidemic. He said it’s important to strike a balance between being informed and catastrophizing.

Depression and anxiety expert

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

• (312) 695-6121
• j-gollan@northwestern.edu

Gollan is a mental health expert with a focus on psychotherapy for depression and anxiety. She can discuss the concept of "caution fatigue" and how constant worry and vigilance impacts overall mental health.

Psychiatry expert

Associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Feinberg; psychiatrist at Northwestern Medicinei

• i-burnett-zeigler@northwestern.edu

Burnett-Zeigler is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine psychiatrist. She can speak about how COVID-19 is taking a mental toll on many people, especially the African-American population, and how those challenges will only increase as temperatures drop this winter. She has spoken to media about the stress and anxiety people are feeling because of the pandemic, and how to channel that anger or frustration into action. 

Psychiatry expert

Instructor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Feinberg

• aderonke-bamgbose@northwestern.edu

Pederson can speak about the mental health challenges COVID-19 has presented, especially the African-American population. She has spoken to media about how to approach family and friends who disagree on how to safely handle the pandemic, especially around the holidays when many families want to gather.  

Expert on how light affects sleep and overall health

Chief of Sleep Medicine in Neurology
Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Professor of Neurology
Director, Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine

• 312-908-8549
• p-zee@northwestern.edu

Zee studies the impact of sleep and light on overall health. She can provide advice on how to use sun and artificial light to improve mood, physical health, and general well-being, which can be especially helpful during periods of self-isolation due to coronavirus social distancing. 

Studies impact of emotions on health

Professor of medical social sciences at Feinberg

• judith.moskowitz@northwestern.edu

Moskowitz studies how to increase positive emotion. She can discuss strategies to maintain positivity while in isolation.

Mobile/online health expert

Assistant professor of medical social sciences

• (312) 503-5266
• andrea.graham@northwestern.edu

Graham studies the use of online and mobile technologies for medical treatment. She can discuss strategies to maintain positive mental health while in isolation.

Expert on strategies to maintain positive mental health

Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Feinberg

Anzia can be reached by emailing Marla Paul.

Anzia can discuss the particular mental health challenges faces by doctors and nurses on the front-lines of COVID-19. 

Relationship expert

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology
Adjunct Faculty, School of Education and Social Policy
Staff Therapist, The Family Institute

• asolomon@northwestern.edu

Solomon teaches the course “Building Loving and Lasting Relationships: Marriage 101” and is the author of “Loving Bravely: Twenty Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want.” She can speak about the complications of working from home and being in constant contact with a spouse.

Relationship expert

Professor of psychology at Weinberg and professor of management and organizations at Kellogg

• finkel@northwestern.edu

Finkel, author of the bestselling book "The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work," is available to discuss how stay-at-home orders impact marriages, family dynamics and relationships with coworkers. 

Expert on emotions across the life span

Assistant professor of human development and social policy

• claudia.haase@northwestern.edu

Haase studies emotions in individuals and couples across the life span. She can discuss ways we can deal with our own and others’ emotions amidst COVID-19. A special focus is on emotion regulation in older adults and educators and what we can and cannot control. 

Expert on environmental, cultural, institutional and social influences on health

Associate professor of emergency medicine at Feinberg and lead violence and injury researcher at Feinberg’s Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics at the Institute for Public Health

Mason can be reached by emailing Kristin Samuelson.

Mason is available to speak on the dangers of firearm ownership when combined with social isolation and provide tips on how to minimize risk during this period of coronavirus-related social distancing.    

Engineering self-sanitizing face mask

Huang has received funding from the National Science Foundation to develop a self-sanitizing face mask. He can discuss that work, as well as the role engineers can play in fighting the pandemic.

Engineering "smart" mask

Hester received an NSF RAPID grant to develop smart face masks that use small, battery-powered sensors to assess proper fit and monitor health signals. 

Engineering reusable N95 mask

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)

• m-hersam@northwestern.edu

Hersam received an NSF RAPID grant to develop a new elastic material that could enable N95 medical face masks to be disinfected and reused dozens of times.

3D printing face shields

Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering

• (847) 467-7302
• chadnano@northwestern.edu

Mirkin is using a new 3D-printing technique called “high-area rapid printing” to make components for up to 1,000 face shields per day.

Engineered ventilator adapter

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

• (847) 491-4630
• peshkin@northwestern.edu

Peshkin helped design a device to retrofit a common commercial emergency ventilator into a device better suited for COVID-19 patients. 

Expert in medical supplies allocation

Professor of industrial engineering and management sciences at McCormick and director of the Center for Engineering Health

• mehrotra@iems.northwestern.edu

Mehrotra has developed a new model to help U.S. states allocate and share ventilators and other life-saving resources in the fight against COVID-19. His lab develops optimization models to better allocate health care resources in order to reduce geographic disparities and reduce waste in the health care system.

Uses artificial intelligence to allocate medical supplies

Bill and Cathy Osborn Professor of Computer Science
Director, Center for Advancing Safety for Machine Intelligence
Director, Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

• (847) 467-1012
• hammond@cs.northwestern.edu

Hammond is collaborating with Chicago tech startup Rheaply to launch the Emergency Resource Exchange (ERx), a new platform that connects organizations with personal protective equipment and other critical resources. 

Studies how microbial communities respond to human-made chemicals

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• (847) 467-4528
• erica.hartmann@northwestern.edu

Hartmann studies microbiomes inside built environments. She can discuss how best to disinfect homes and workplaces to kill viruses but without unintentionally causing bacteria to develop antimicrobial resistance.

Developed app for NICU families

Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences
Attending Physician, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

• (312) 503-5463
• c-garfield@northwestern.edu

Can address the economic impact on business and stock markets

Clinical professor of finance at Kellogg

• (847) 467-4563
• phillip-braun@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Braun specializes in emerging market economies and financial markets. He can discuss the impact of the epidemic on business, stock markets and the global economy.

Expert on economic policy, particularly relating to small businesses

Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship
Professor of Strategy

• (847) 491-3177
• bjones@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Jones is available to discuss the particular importance of small businesses to the larger economy as well as the complications of supporting them through federal policy.

Expert on virtual business communication

J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations at Kellogg and an adjunct professor of psychology

• leighthompson@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Thompson is available to speak on the common issues that come up with virtual communication between colleagues, peers, bosses and customers. 

Small business innovation expert

Larry Levy Executive Director of the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative,

• l-darragh@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Darragh is available to discuss the unique challenges the pandemic brings for small businesses, as well as the tools available to help them. Specifically, she can address ways in which small businesses will have to adapt their business models to meet the demands of a changing economic landscape. 

Family and small business expert

John L. Ward Clinical Professor of Family Enterprise and faculty director of the Center for Family Enterprises at Kellogg

• (847) 467-1082
• jennifer.pendergast@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Pendergast is available to discuss the long term impact of the pandemic on small and family businesses. She can also discuss best practices for small business owners.

Can discuss the impact on supply chain and distribution networks

IBM Distinguished Professor of Operations Management at Kellogg

• (847) 491-8169
• s-chopra@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Chopra is an expert in operations management, logistics and distribution networks and is able to discuss how coronavirus might impact the global supply chain.

Expert on the recession's impact on young workers

Assistant professor of human development and social policy and fellow at the Institute for Policy Research

• schwandt@northwestern.edu

Schwandt studies the impact of the pandemic and recession on young workers. He also is an expert in labor market entry, health inequality and life expectancy. 

Consumer behavior expert

Professor of integrated marketing communications at Medill

• (847) 491-5298
• mp-block@northwestern.edu

Block conducted survey analysis to determine how the pandemic will impact consumer behavior. He can discuss issues such as how the pandemic will influence online and mobile consumer behavior and how different demographics will react to the crisis.

Expert on values-driven leadership

Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations

• (847)-467-3468
• n-pearce@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Pearce studies leadership and is the author of "The Purpose Path: A Guide to Pursuing Your Authentic Life's Work." He can speak about how leaders should balance profits and values as they lead their companies through crisis.

Expert on business law

Clinical Professor of Business Law
Co-director, JDMBA program

• (847) 467-5150
• m-mccareins@kellogg.northwestern.edu

McCareins is available to speak with media on consumer contracts and care.   

Expert on organizational management

Associate professor of management and organizations at Kellogg and director of Northwestern’s Center for the Science of Science and Innovation

• dashun.wang@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Wang can speak about recent research on the disproportionate effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on scientists with young children.

Expert on remote teaching for theater and music performance

Academic advisory and music theater lecturer at the School of Communication

• j-haas@northwestern.edu

Haas is available to speak about moving to remote teaching and learning and how remote learning is a good fit for some of the arts. 

Expert on remote teaching for theater performance

Gold is available to speak on adjustments being made to theater classes now being taught remotely and how remote learning is a good fit for some classes.

Expert on child development

Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research

• (847) 467-6913
• Terri.sabol@northwestern.edu

Sabol's research focuses on the individual and environmental factors that lead to healthy child development, and she can speak about varying safety precaution needs for different age groups of students in the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Language development expert

Assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Director of the Child Language Lab

• adriana.weisleder@northwestern.edu

Weisleder's research investigates early language development and processing in young children from diverse linguistic and socioeconomic backgrounds, with a focus on dual language learners. She can speak about potential implications of mask-use for dual language learners.

General information

• (847) 491-5001
• media@northwestern.edu

Assistant Vice President of Communications

• (847) 491-4892
• jon.yates@northwestern.edu

Director of Media Relations

• (847) 491-4887
• h-anyaso@northwestern.edu