New Faculty 2023

New faculty join a long tradition of inquiry

Like the scholarship they produce, University of Chicago faculty are diverse, provocative, and dynamic. We proudly welcome these newest members of our community. The following members joined the University of Chicago faculty in calendar year 2023 (through January 1, 2024).

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Message from the Provost

Please join me in offering a warm welcome to our newest faculty colleagues. They have already made impressive contributions, and our academic environment will be enriched by their diverse perspectives and commitment to our shared traditions of rigorous inquiry and free expression. They join a community of scholars making outsized contributions to their fields and providing transformational educational experiences for our students. 

The University is committed to supporting our faculty’s work by connecting them to a wide array of resources on campus, in Chicago, at our global centers, and beyond.

 It is exciting that these outstanding scholars have joined our academic community at this critical time, when their insights, advancements, and contributions are needed more than ever.

Katherine Baicker
Provost
The University of Chicago

 

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Sara Abdelaziz

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Sarah Ackroyd

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Muhammad Fayyaz Ahmed

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Fatima Ajmal

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Kurt Alberson

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Manik Amin

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Megan Applewhite

Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

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Mohammad Atiq

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Melissa Baese-Berk

Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics and the College

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Carolyn Barnes

Associate Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

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Robin Bartram

Assistant Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

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Elizabeth Bell

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Lestella Bivens

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Clayton Brinster

Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

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Christina Brown

Assistant Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College

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Colin Brown

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

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Kate Burrows

Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences and the College

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Katherine Buse

Assistant Professor
Department of Cinema and Media Studies and the College

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Martin Castillo Quintana

Assistant Professor
Harris School of Public Policy

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Janet Chin

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Satish Chitneni

Associate Professor
Department of Radiology

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Hyung Sun Choi

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Bradford Chong

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Bow (Ben) Chung

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Sarah Collins

Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Beatrice Concepcion

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine

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Rebekah Israel Cross

Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences and the College

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Han Cun

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Samuel Fury Childs Daly

Associate Professor
Department of History and the College

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Martina Damo

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
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Dayle Davenport

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine

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Nabarun Deb

Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth

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Luca Delacrétaz

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, and the College

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Vivian Doan

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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Yuting Dong

Assistant Professor
Department of History and the College

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Phillip Dowzicky

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

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Kurt Drury

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Theresa Dunham

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Abraham Eastman

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

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Mari Eastman

Assistant Professor
Department of Visual Arts and the College

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Yvonne El Kassis

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Lydia Emery

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology and the College

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Betty Fan

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

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Tracey H. Fan

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

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Joseph Franses

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Gabrielle Frisenda

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Alex Gall

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Philip M. Garboden

Associate Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

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Margaret (Maggie) Geoga

Assistant Professor
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; and the College

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Erin Green

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Department of Medicine, and the College

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Catherine Groden

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Stephanie Groman

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
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Margarita Guarin

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Ahmed Hamimi

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

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Timothy Harrison

Professor
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; and the College
Director, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa

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Pedram Hassanzadeh

Associate Professor
Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College

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Andrew Higginbotham

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, and the College

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Grant Ho

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College

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William Hoza

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College

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Jacobé Huet

Assistant Professor
Department of Art History and the College

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Nikolaos Ignatiadis

Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and the College

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Lilly Cheng Immergluck

Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Joshua Conrad Jackson

Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth

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Amber Johnson

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Bora Kalaycioglu

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

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Lisa Kang

Associate Professor
Department of Radiology

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Mohammed Kaplan

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and the College

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Ibrahim Karademir

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

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Rohan Katipally

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology

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Harley Katz

Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College

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David Keith

Professor
Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College

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Amelia Kellar

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Mikayla Kelley

Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy and the College

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Aimee Kennedy

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

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Derek Kennet

Howard E. Hallengren Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf States Archaeology
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; and the College

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Kimberly Kenton

Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Mahmoud Khalil

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

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Anila Khan

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Brian Kim

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine

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So Lim Kim

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Erin King

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Andrew Klein

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Frederic Koehler

Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and the College

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Cameron Kofler

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

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Andreas Kraft

Assistant Professor
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Noa Krugliak Cleveland

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Michael Kurz

Professor
Department of Medicine

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Jamie Law-Smith

Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College

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Mary Lee

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

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Heather Leeper

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Christopher Lehmann

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Bradford (Lynch) Levy

Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth

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Christina Lewicky-Gaupp

Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Bo Li

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College

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Xinran Li

Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and the College

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Stephan Kigensan Licha

Assistant Professor
Divinity School and the College

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Jessica Long

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Phillip LoSavio

Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

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Stephen Marcoux

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

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Adam Martersteck

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

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Maylyn Martinez

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Nadya Mason

Dean and Professor
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

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Anna McCormick

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Ryan Merkow

Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

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Edward Michals

Associate Professor
Department of Radiology

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Mecker G. Möller

Professor
Department of Surgery

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Perry Morocco

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Margaret G. (Maggie) Mueller

Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Pavitra Muralidhar

Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolution and the College

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Mary Nevin

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Ramon Nogueira Manas

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
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Ronan O’Malley

Assistant Professor
Department of Human Genetics and the College

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Leziga T. Obiyo

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Iclal Ocak

Associate Professor
Department of Radiology

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Cecilia Ong

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

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Simon Parzen-Johnson

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Kristin Pascoe

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Insiyyah Patanwala

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Kishan H. Patel

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Shiragi Patel

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Thomas Pendlebury

Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy and the College

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Jessica A. Peterson

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Timothy Plackett

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

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Diana Powell

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College

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Shubadra Priyadarshini

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

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Mohammed A. Rafey

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Eric Richert

Assistant Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College

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Emily Rogalski

Professor
Department of Neurology

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Kristin Rosseau

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

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William Roth

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

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Kamala Russell

Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology and the College

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Bhuvaneswari Sandeep Ram

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

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Caner Saygin

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Robyn Schiff

Professor
Department of English Language and Literature and the College

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Theiju Sebastian

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Baddr Shakhsheer

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

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Gorav Sharma

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Prateek Sharma

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Lin Shen

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Maggie Shi

Assistant Professor
Harris School of Public Policy

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Abhinav Sidana

Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

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James E. Siegler III

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

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Lauren Singer

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

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Yuval Simons

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
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Lalitha Sitaraman

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Jooyoung (James) Sohn

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology

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Marcos Sotomayor

Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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AE Stevenson

Assistant Professor
Department of Cinema and Media Studies and the College

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Alanna Stinson

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Ashley Suah

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

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Narayan Sundaram

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

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Stanley Swat

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Anna Symmes

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Jennifer Szafran

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Rajat Thawani

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Margaret M. C. Thomas

Assistant Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

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Eric Thompson

Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery and Department of Pediatrics

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Jonathan Trujillo

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Zewdi Tsegai

Assistant Professor
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and the College

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Lesley J. Turner

Associate Professor
Harris School of Public Policy

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Jignesh Unadkat

Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

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Carl Veller

Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolution and the College

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Jingxin Wang

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
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Ming-Te Wang

Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

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Mingyi Wang

Assistant Professor
Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College

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Alexis Warren

Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

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Anthony Welsch

Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth

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Angela Whittington

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

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Joseph Wilson

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

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En-Ling Wu

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Zoe Yan

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, and the College

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Da Yang

Assistant Professor
Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College

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Sho Yano

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Sudha Yarlagadda

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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Srinath Yeshwant

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

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David Zhang

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Zhuzhu Zhang

Assistant Professor
Department of Human Genetics and the College
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Bin Zhou

Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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Jie Zhou

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology and the College