Faculty
Note: This listing contains information about faculty members who conduct research in a Children's Memorial Research Center facility or are part of the research center leadership team. For other research center members, please refer to the links below:
Research center members by research interest
Departmental research
Ahlgren, Sara
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
Ariza, Adolfo
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Associate Director, Pediatric Practice Research Group, Smith Child Health Research Program
Binns, Helen
Professor, Pediatrics & Preventive Medicine; Director, Pediatric Practice Research Group, Smith Child Health Research Program
Bohn, Martha
Medical Research Institute Council Professor, Northwestern University; Director, Neurobiology Program
Bonaldo, Maria
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program
Bu, Hengfu
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Cartland, Jenifer
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Child Health Data Lab, Smith Child Health Research Program
Chou, Pauline
Division Head, Anatomic Pathology, Children's Memorial Hospital; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Christoffel, Katherine Kaufer
Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Center on Obesity Management and Prevention, Smith Child Health Research Program
Chu, Fei
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program
DePlaen, Isabelle
Attending physician, Neonatology; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Dettman, Robert
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
DiDonato, Christine
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Human Molecular Genetics Program
Epstein, Leon
Division Head, Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital; Neurobiology Program
Galat, Vasil
Research Assistant Professor, Pathology; Director, Stem Cell Facility, Developmental Biology Program
Harris, Ann
Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Human Molecular Genetics Program
Hendrix, Mary J.C.
President & Scientific Director, Children's Memorial Research Center
Medical Research Institute Council Professor
William G. Swartchild, Jr. Distinguished Research Professor
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Member, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center -- Chicago, Illinois
Herzing, Laura
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Human Molecular Genetics Program
Hockberger, Philip
Associate Professor, Physiology; Developmental Biology Program
Iannaccone, Philip
Professor, Pediatrics & Pathology; Senior Vice President, Deputy Director for Research - Basic Science; Director, Developmental Biology Program
Khalkhali-Ellis, Zhila
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program
Kirschmann, Dawn
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program
Kletzel, Morris
Division Head, Hematology/Oncology/Transplantation, Children's Memorial Hospital; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Kluppel, Michael
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Human Molecular Genetics Program
Koh, Sookyong
Attending physician, Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital; Neurobiology Program
Kohtz, Jhumku
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
Lamm, Marilyn
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
Langman, Craig
Division Head, Kidney Diseases, Children's Memorial Hospital; Developmental Biology Program
Laurie, Nikia
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Liu, Xin
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Smith Child Health Research
Ma, Yong-Chao
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Physiology and Neurology; Developmental Biology Program
Madonna, Mary Beth
Attending surgeon, Pediatric Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics
Malchenko, Sergey
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Mason, Maryann
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Smith Child Health Research Program
Mayanil, Shekhar
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery; Developmental Biology Program
Pachman, Lauren
Attending physician, Rheumatology; Director, FOCIS Center of Excellence in Clinical Immunology
Payne, Christopher
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Human Molecular Genetics Program
Perlman, Elizabeth
Dept Head, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Rowley, Anne
Attending physician, Infectious Diseases, Children's Memorial Hospital; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Schnaper, William
Attending physician, Kidney Diseases, Children's Memorial Hospital; Clinical & Translational Research Program
Schroeder, Jr., James W.
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Schumacker, Paul
Professor, Pediatrics, Medicine, MED-Cell & Molecular Biology; Clinical & Translational Research Program
Seftor, Richard
Director, Program in Matrix Biology
Sharma, Arun
Research Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology Program
Sharma, Saraubh
Research Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery; Developmental Biology Program
Simon, Hans-Georg
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Developmental Biology Program
Soares, Marcelo
Professor, Pediatrics, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine; Rachelle and Mark Gordon Endowed Professor; Director, Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Sredni, Simone
Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine; FOCIS Center of Excellence in Clinical Immunology
Strizzi, Luigi
Research Assistant Professor, Lurie Cancer Center; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Superina, Riccardo
Director, Transplant Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital; Clinical & Translational Research Program
Tan, Xiao-Di
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Thompson, Alexis
Attending physician, Hematology/Oncology/Transplantation, Children's Memorial Hospital; Clinical & Translational Research Program
Tomita, Tadanori
Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Head, Division of Neurosurgery and Medical director, Falk Brain Tumor Center, Children's Memorial Hospital; Cancer Biology & Epigenomics Program
Topczewska, Jolanta
Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine; Developmental Biology Program
Topczewski, Jacek
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine; Developmental Biology Program
Tse, William
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Wainwright, Mark
Associate Professor, Division of Neurology and Critical Care Medicine; Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Pediatric Critical Illness and Injury (CIRPCII); Neurobiology Program
Walterhouse, David
Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Developmental Biology Program
Wang, Min
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Whitington, Peter
Attending physician, Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition, Children's Memorial Hospital; Co-director, Siragusa Transplantation Center; Clinical and Translational Research Program
Xie, Hehuang
Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program
Yogev, Ram
Attending physician/director, Special Infectious Diseases, Children's Memorial Hospital; Deputy Director for Research - Clinical Sciences and Director, Clinical and Translational Research Program
Yoon, Joon Won
Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University; Developmental Biology Program