Steering Committee

Marisa Alegre

Professor, Department of Medicine
Section of Rheumatology
Committees on Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, Cancer Research Center
The University of Chicago

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Dionysios Antonopoulos

Division Director, Biosciences Argonne National Labs
Argonne National Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Core Faculty, Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology
The University of Chicago

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Eugene Chang

Martin Boyer Professor, Department of Medicine
Associate Section Chief for Research, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
The University of Chicago

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Erika Claud

Professor, Pediatrics
Section of Neonatology
The University of Chicago

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Thomas Gajewski

Professor, Department of Pathology
The Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, UCCCC
Committees on Cancer Biology, Immunology, and Molecular Medicine
University of Chicago
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Mitch Sogin

Distinguished Senior Scientist
Marine Biological Laboratory

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Members

John Alverdy

John Alverdy

Professor, Department of Medicine
Section of Rheumatology
Committees on Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, Cancer Research Center
The University of Chicago

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Gyorgy Babnigg

Bioinformatician/Molecular Biologist
Argonne National Laboratory
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Lev Becker

Associate Professor
Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
Committee on Cancer Biology
University of Chicago
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Marc Bissonnette

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology
Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
Cancer Research Center
University of Chicago

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Arlene Chapman

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
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Christopher Chapman

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopy
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
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Alexander Chervonsky

Professor Department of Pathology
Committee on Molecular Medicine/MPMM
Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
Chair Committee on Immunology
University of Chicago
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Bryan Dickinson

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Chicago
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A. Murat Eren

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Committee on Microbiology
University of Chicago
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Yoav Gilad

Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics
Chief, Section of Genetic Medicine
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Dean for Biomedical and Health Informatics
University of Chicago
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Tatyana Golovkina

Professor Department of Microbiology
Committee on Immunology
Committee on Microbiology
University of Chicago
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Fotini Gounari

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Section of Rheumatology
Committees on Immunology, Cancer Biology, Cancer Research Center
The University of Chicago
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Erin Hanlon

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
University of Chicago
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Hatim Hassan

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Nephrology
University of Chicago
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Chuan He

Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Committee on Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
University of Chicago

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Christopher Henry

Computational Biologist
Argonne National Laboratory
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Jun Huang

Assistant Professor
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Committee on Cancer Biology
Committee on Immunology
University of Chicago
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Bana Jabri

Professor Department of Medicine
Cancer Research Center
Committee on Immunology
Committee on Molecular Metabolism & Nutrition
University of Chicago
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Bobby Kasthuri

Neuroscience Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory
Assistant Professor in Neurobiology (Part-Time)
The University of Chicago
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Yamuna Krishnan

Professor of Chemistry
University of Chicago
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James Liao

Harold H. Hines J Professor Department of Medicine
Chief Section of Cardiology
Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
Director Physician Scientist Development Program
University of Chicago
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Sam Light

Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Committee on Microbiology
Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
University of Chicago
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Maria Lucia Madariaga

Associate Professor, Thoracic Surgery
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
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Mark Mimee

Assistant Professor of Microbiology
University of Chicago
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Jessica Mark Welch

Associate Scientist
Marine Biological Laboratory
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David Meltzer

Professor of Medicine
Section of Hospital Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
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Hilary Morrison

Senior Scientist
Marine Biological Laboratory
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Cathryn Nagler 

Bunning Food Allergy Professor
Professor of Pathology, Medicine, Pediatrics and The College
Professor in Molecular Engineering
Committees on Immunology and Molecular Metabolism & Nutrition
University of Chicago
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Dan Nicolae

Chair, Department of Statistics
Professor, Departments of Statistics, Human Genetics and Medicine
Section of Genetic Medicine
Senior Fellow: Computation Institute
University of Chicago
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Carole Ober

Blum-Riese Professor and Chair
Department of Human Genetics
The University of Chicago
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Eric Pamer

Director, Duchossois Family Institute
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
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Tao Pan

Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Committee on Microbiology
Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology
University of Chicago
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Jennifer Pisano

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
University of Chicago
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David Pitrak

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
University of Chicago
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Sebastian Pott

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Human Genetics
University of Chicago
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Nanduri Prabhakar

Harold Hines Jr. Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Systems Biology & Oxygen Sensing
Section of Emergency Medicine
University of Chicago
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Brian Prendergast

Professor of Psychology
Institute for Mind and Biology
University of Chicago
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Glenn Randall

Professor Department of Microbiology
Committee on Immunology
Committee on Microbiology
University Of Chicago
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Marsha Rosner

Charles B. Huggins Professor Ben May Department for Cancer Research
Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology
Committee on Cancer Biology
Committee on Developmental Biology
University of Chicago
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David T. Rubin

Joseph B. Kirsner Professor of Medicine
Section Chief, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Co-Director, Digestive Diseases Center
University of Chicago
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John Schneider

Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
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Howard Shuman

Professor Department of Microbiology
Committee on Microbiology
The University of Chicago
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Sangram S. Sisodia

Thomas Reynolds Sr. Family Professor of Neurosciences
Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Neurology
Director, Center for Molecular Neurobiology
The University of Chicago
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Dimitra Skondra

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, J. Terry Ernest Ocular Imaging Center
Vitreoretinal Service
The University of Chicago
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Julian Solway

Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Committee on Molecular Medicine
Committee on Molecular Medicine
Committee on Clinical and Translational Science Dean for Translational Research
University of Chicago
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Rick Stevens

Professor of Computer Science
The University of Chicago
Associate Laboratory Director, CELS
Senior Fellow, CI
Executive Advisory Committee Member and Senior Fellow, IGSB
Argonne National Laboratory
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Joseph Vallino

Senior Scientist
Marine Biological Laboratory
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Eve Van Cauter

Professor Emeritus Department of Medicine
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Committee on Molecular Metabolism
Committee of Clinical and Translational Science
University of Chicago
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Everett Vokes

John E. Ultmann Professor of Medicine and Radiation Oncology
Physician-in-Chief, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences
Chair, Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
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Steven White

Professor, Department of Medicine
Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care
University of Chicago
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Michael Yu

Research Assistant Professor,
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC)
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Chun-Su Yuan

Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care
Director, Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research
Cyrus Tang Professor
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Olga Zaborina

Research Professor
Department of Surgery
Laboratory for Surgical Infection Research
University of Chicago
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