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Steering and Governance Committee

The Institute is governed by a Steering and Governance Committee which reports to the University Provost, the highest academic officer of Northwestern University. The Steering and Governance Committee is comprised of key institutional leaders including the Deans of all participating Schools of the University and the Chief Executives of each of the affiliated clinical organizations of NUCATS.

SGC Member

Titles and Organizational and Institutional Affiliations

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD (Chair)

VP for Medical Affairs, Northwestern University; Dean, and Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Dean Harrison, MBA

President and CEO, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Dipak Jain, PhD

Dean and Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Kellogg School of Management

Lewis Landsberg, MD

Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine; Director, Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity; Dean Emeritus, Feinberg School of Medicine

Patrick Magoon, MS

President and CEO, Children’s Memorial Hospital

Jeffrey C. Miller, MGA

Vice Dean and Chief Operating Officer, Feinberg School of Medicine

Aldon D. Morris, PhD

Interim Dean, Leon Forrest Professor, and Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Barbara O'Keefe, PhDDean, and Professor of Communication Studies, School of Communication

Julio Ottino, PhD

Dean and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science

Penelope Peterson, PhD

Dean and Professor of Education, School of Education and Social Policy

Steven Rosen, MD

Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center; Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

James Schroeder, MD

President and CEO, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation; Associate Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Joanne Smith, MD

President and CEO, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Eugene Sunshine, MPA

Senior Vice President for Business and Finance, Northwestern University

Andrew Wachtel, PhD

Dean, the Graduate School and Professor of Humanities, Northwestern University

Joseph T. Walsh, Jr, PhDVice President for Research, Northwestern University; Professor Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science