Mentor | Research Interests | Location |
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Andrea Dunaif, MD
Charles F. Kettering Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism and Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
 | - Genetics of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), fetal origins of adult disease
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease risk factors
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
Joseph Bass, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine
| - Circadian gene regulation of sleep/wakefulness, feeding and metabolism
- Insulin receptor biology and the genetics of diabetes mellitus
- Molecular genetics of body weight regulation, feeding and metabolism
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine; Department of Neurobiology and Physiology; Center for Cell and Developmental Biology |
Serdar Bulun, MD
George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology; Chief, Division of Reproductive Biology Research | - Estrogen biosynthesis and metabolism
- Aromatase expression in hormone-dependent human diseases such as breast cancer, endometriosis and uterine fibroids
| Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Biology Research; Northwestern University Comprehensive Center on Obesity |
Debu Chakravarti, PhD
Associate Professor; Associate Director, Division of Reproductive Biology Research | - Mechanisms of steroid hormone and vitamin signaling
- Roles of the INHAT and novel THAP domain family proteins in gene regulation, cell growth and cancer
| Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Biology Research |
Richard Green, MD
Professor of Medicine and Chief, Devision of Heptology | - Liver disease, pathobiology, and transplant aftercare and evaluation
- Cirrhosis, HIV infection, Hepatitis B & C, Liver cancer, Liver/Hepatic disease
| Department of Medicine, Division of Heptology |
M. Geoffrey Hayes, PhD
Assistant Professor | - Genetics of diabetes
- Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine and the Department of Anthropology; Northwestern University Comprehensive Center on Obesity |
William Lowe, Jr., MD
Professor | - Islet cell transplantation
- Molecular genetics of type 2 and gestational diabetes, obesity, and birthweight
- Regulation of islet cell growth and apoptosis
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine; Northwestern University Comprehensive Center on Obesity |
Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, MD, PhD
Associate Professor | - Programming and regulation of energy homeostasis by estrogen/androgen receptors and implications for the development and treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes
- Novel extranuclear mechanisms of action for estrogen and androgen involved in energy homeostasis
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine; Northwestern University Comprehensive Center on Obesity |
Mark Molitch, MD
Professor | - Development of new treatments for pituitary tumors
- Pathogenesis of prolactin and growth hormone secreting pituitary tumors
- Prevention and treatment of the long-term complications of diabetes mellitus
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
William Schnaper, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics | - Pediatric nephrology
- Mechanisms of fibrosis that occur in chronic progressive kidney disease
| Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology Lab |
Margrit Urbanek, PhD
Associate Professor | - Genetics of complex diseases, endocrine genetics
- PCOS, Obesity, Metabolic syndrome, Diabetes
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
