Faculty
The faculty have diverse research interests. They may only serve as mentors or co-mentors to trainees in circumstances when a trainee's research project is related to the mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). NIDDK conducts and supports medical research on diabetes (including diabetes complications) and other endocrine and metabolic disorders, nutritional disorders, and obesity.
Scholtens, Denise M
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics) and Neurological Surgery
Bio
Dr. Denise Scholtens is interested in statistical problems arising from high-throughput omics data. She is Chief of the Division of Biostatistics and Associate Director for Biostatistics in the Robert... [more]
Spring, Bonnie J
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Behavioral Medicine), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Bio
My laboratory conducts research on behavioral risk factors (obesity, poor quality diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use). We also develop cutting-edge technologies that support self-regulation and he... [more]
Starren, Justin B
Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
Bio
Dr. Starren is founding Chief of the Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics, Deputy Director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) and Director o... [more]