The Clinical and Translational Research Council, an internal advisory committee, comprises key institutional faculty members from a range of research areas, representing all Schools and clinical affiliates of the NUCATS Institute.
Faculty (Alphabetical) | Role | Primary School or Clinical Site |
Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, PhD | Director of The Northwestern University Center on Social Disparities and Health (Cells to Society) | Professor of Developmental Psychology, School of Education and Social Policy (Evanston campus) |
| Kathleen Grady, APN, BSN, PhD | Associate Director, Center for Heart Failure, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Associate Professor of Surgery (FSM Campus); Professor in the College of Nursing, Rush University |
Mary C. Hendrix, PhD | President and Scientific Director for the Children's Memorial Research Center | Professor of Pediatrics (CMH campus) |
Jonathan P. Leis, PhD | Executive Associate Dean for Research, Feinberg School of Medicine | Professor of Microbiology-Immunology (FSM campus) |
M.-Marsel Mesulam, MD | Director, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine | Professor of Neurology (FSM campus) |
Chad A. Mirkin, PhD | Director, Northwestern University International Institute for Nanotechnology | George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry (Evanston campus) |
Jill C. Pelling-Starnes, PhD | Associate Director for Translational Research; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University | Professor of Pathology (FSM campus) |
William Zev Rymer, MD, PhD | Director of Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | Professor of Physiology, Physical Medicine, and Rehabilitation, and Biomedical Engineering (RIC campus) |
Lonnie Shea, PhD | Senior Faculty Member, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering (Evanston Campus) |
Richard Silverman, PhD | John Evans Professor of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences | Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (Evanston Campus) |
Scott Stern, PhD | Faculty Member, Health Industry Management and Biotechnology Programs, Kellogg School of Management | Associate Professor of Management and Strategy. Kellogg School of Management (Evanston campus) |
D. James Surmeier, PhD | Chair, Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine | Professor of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM campus) |
Fred Turek, PhD | Director of the Center for Circadian Biology & Medicine, Northwestern University | Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology (Evanston Campus) |
Linda J. Van Eldik, PhD | Co-Director, Center for Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology, Northwestern University; Associate Director, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine | Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM campus) |
Patrick Wong, PhD | Faculty Member, Audiologist, School of Communication | Assistant Professor of Communication, School of Communication (Evanston Campus) |
