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Faculty Research Interests

July 2005

First

Last

Dept/

UPCC

Interests

E-mail

Phone

(815)

George

Beranek

Medicine

Medical education; Continuing medical education; Outcomes research, Emergency preparedness and response

gberanek@uic.edu

971-7080

Mary E.
Brown Medicine Disease Management in general and in particular, Heart Failure & Arthuritis, Health Literacy, Minority Health Assess, Physician Patient Communication

brownma@uic.edu

 

520-4142

Paul

Burkholder

Medicine

Chronic disease management related

pburkhol@uic.edu

395-5727

Jack

Caldwell

BioMed

Behavioral neuroendocrinology; Oxytocin, steroids and sex hormone binding globulin in reproductive behaviors http://www.rockford.uic.edu/jc/index/htm

 

jackc@uic.edu

395-5689

Aoshuang

Chen

BioMed

Regulation of T cell-mediated immunity and development of immunotherapy for cancers

Aoshuang@uic.edu

395-5692

Joel

Cowen

Health Systems Research

Multiple Sclerosis; Community epidemiology; Community needs assessment; Program evaluation; Social indicators

joelc@uic.edu

395-5762

Andrea

Doughty

Research Support Services

Childhood immunizations education & monitoring; Adult caregiver strain; Domestic violence training; Cervical cancer screening

andread@uic.edu

395-5756

Timothy

Durkee

OB/GYN

Reproductive biology; Placental Physiology, Phase three clinical trials

tjdurkee@aol.com

969-7000

B. Clair

Eliason

Family & Comm Med

Herbal medicine; Dietary supplements; Medicinal plants

bceliaso@uic.edu

395-5665

Raquel

Empedrad

Medicine

Immuniology of pregnancy; Asthma-basic & clinical trials

raquele@uic.edu

395-5560

Sherry A.

Falsetti

Family & Comm Med

Trauma; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Anxiety; Depression; The interface of psychological and physical health

falsetti@uic.edu

972-1040

Debbie

Gortowski

Pediatrics

Obesity; Hyperlipidemia

deborahg@uic.edu

637-0027

Rick

Hampton

Admin & Fiscal Affairs

Provider network development; Financing and delivery of health care to working uninsured

rhampton@uic.edu

395-5640

Eric

Henley

Family & Comm Med

Preventive medicine; Medical education; School-based health; Health policy

ehenley@uic.edu

395-5805

John

Johanson

Medicine

Anorectal disorders-fecal incontinence & hemorrhoids; IBS; GERD; Outcomes research

 

397-7340

Ramaswamy

K.

BioMed

Microbiology; Immunology; Allergy; Translational research; Vaccine development; Dermatology; Biotechnology; Tropical diseases

ramswamy@uic.edu

395-5696

Steve

Kouris

Psychiatry

Developmental disabilities; Pediatric neuropsychiatry; Environmental health; Chronic disease epidemiology; Health economics and policy; Health systems management; Childhood autism; Population health in the developmentally disabled population

skouris@uic.edu

395-5870

Martin
Lipsky Office of the Dean Health policy, Medical Evaluation, Primary Care mlipsky@uic.edu
395-5600
Deborah

Lischwe

Health Systems Research

Community health status; Demographic analyses; Vital statistics; Health community studies; Needs assessment

dlischwe@uic.edu

395-5765

May Nawal

Lutfiyya

Family & Comm Med

Epidemiologist interested in working with large public health databases (e.g., NHANES, NHIS, BRFSS) to examine issues related to disease prevention and health risk behaviors

lutfiyya@uic.edu

395-5783

Karen

Lytwyn

Health Systems Research

Violence/crime; demographic/social indicators; Census data; Community assessment; Community epidemiology

karenl@uic.edu

395-5761

Martin

MacDowell

CRHP

Community assessment; Health services research; Public health issues; Epidemiology related research; Health program evaluation; Health manpower issues research; Health promotion/wellness issues

mmacd@uic.edu

395-5579

Geoff

Magnus

Psychiatry

Asperger's Syndrome; Attachment disorders

gmagnus@uic.edu

395-5870

Cynthia

McGrath

Family & Comm Med

Health communications, Motivational interviewing; End of life issues; Adherence

cmcgra1@uic.edu

395-8842

Neil

Nusbaum

Medicine

Public policy; Ethics; Geriatrics; Rehabilitation; Hematology/oncology

nnusbaum@uic.edu

395-5835

Joseph

Orthoefer

BioMed

Public Health; Laboratory animals

josepho@uic.edu

877-0777

Karen

Peters

CRHP

Program evaluation; Dissemination; Health disparities; Gerontology; Chronic disease; Evidence-based public health; Interdisciplinary health professions education; Rural health

kpeters@uic.edu

395-5906

Karen

Phelan

Pediatrics

Medical education; Outpatient clinical trials

karenp@uic.edu

637-0000

P.E.
Reith Family & Comm Med Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes, including collaboration on case reports pereith@uic.edu
547-5461

Gary

Rifkin

Medicine

Endocarditis-case reviews; C. Difficile colitis-infection course and physiology

grifkin@uic.edu

395-5638

Kelly

Rosenberger

OB/GYN

Postpartum depression; Female sexuality-measuring and treating low libido

kellyr@uic.edu

637-0010

Buz

Salafsky

BioMed

Tropical parasitic disease; Vector attractants to skin; Disparities in rural healthcare providers, Health systems research

buzs@uic.edu

395-5697

Eduardo

Scholcoff

Family & Comm Med

Clinical; Women's health

Scholcof@uic.edu

972-1077

Barbara

Sjostrom

Health Systems Research

Multiple Sclerosis

barbasjos@uic.edu

395-5662

Pat

Taylor

Family & Comm Med

Health Care access for pediatric patients

ptaylor@uic.edu

734-6061

Mian-Ying

Wang

Pathology

Chemical & Hormonal carcinogenesis; Cancer prevention at initiation stage with Noni Juice & other natural products; Bio-activity study of Morinda Citrifolia (Noni) and Methylsulfonymethane (MSM); Aging-related degenerative disease prevention; Anticancer pharmacology; Alternative medicine; Nutritional supplements; Pharmacokinetics;

mianwang@uic.edu

395-5674

Paul

Wedel

Family & Comm Med

Integrative medicine; Complementary and alternative medicine in medical practice; Impact of managed care and its emphasis on productivity on overall patient care and utilization of resources

paulw@uic.edu

972-1005

Jeanne

Wegner

Medicine

Service learning curriculum; Community-University partnership impact & outcomes

jeannew@uic.edu

395-5648

Vicki

Weidenbacher-Hoper

Family & Comm Med

Public Health issues; Physical activity; Maternal and child health

Vweide1@uic.edu

395-5854

Loyd

Wollstadt

Family & Comm Med

Appropriate use of hospital transfers for nursing home patients; Evaluation of patient safety devices in nursing homes; Ethical treatment of nursing home residents

loydw@uic.edu

734-6061

Fu-Li

Yu

BioMed

Mechanism of breast cancer initiation and prevention; Chemical carcinogenesis in general

fuliyu@uic.edu

395-5685

Julia

Zaiser

Family & Comm Med

Adolescent obesity; Prenatal management and postnatal breastfeeding (especially Hispanic patients); Female adolescent health

jzaiser@uic.edu

395-8843

Howard

Zeitz

Allergy

Continuing education for health care professionals; Chronic disease management; Healthcare disparities

hzeitz@uic.edu

395-5560

Guoxing

Zheng

BioMed

Autoimmunity; Immune mechanisms and manipulation; Autoimmune disease; Cancer

guoxingz@uic.edu

395-5691

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