A-Z Faculty
Below is a list of all Center for Genetic Medicine members. View individual profiles of our members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Simon, Hans-Georg
Associate Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Bio
After my PhD studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and postdoctoral training at Harvard I gained research experiences in academic and industrial settings. As a developmental biologist, at No... [more]
Smith, Maureen E
Associate Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Cardiology)
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I am interested in ethical issues associated with conducting large-scale genetic research including consenting, data sharing, privacy, return of results, recontact and education of research participan... [more]
Stern, Paula H
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology
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My primary research relates to the signaling pathways involved in hormone action on osteoblasts and osteoclasts, and its implications for osteoporosis, cancer metastases to bone and women's health. Mo... [more]
Stranger, Barbara E
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Turek, Fred
Professor of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio
Research in the Turek laboratory is focused on the study of sleep and circadian rhythms, with special interest in identifying genes that regulate sleep and circadian rhythms. Ongoing work on sleep and... [more]
Urbanek, Margrit
Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Bio
Genetics of complex diseases, PCOS, Obesity, Metabolic syndrome, diabetes
Vassar, Robert J
Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology) and Cell and Developmental Biology
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Our research focuses on molecular and cellular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. In particular, we investigate the beta-secretase enzyme BACE1, which initiates the production of the beta-amyloid pept... [more]
Wang, Xinkun
Research Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
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Dr. Wang is an expert in latest genomics technologies, including next-gen sequencing, and application of these technologies to the study of brain aging. He directs the NUSeq Core while conducts resear... [more]
Weese-Mayer, Debra
Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care)
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Debra E. Weese-Mayer, M.D. is the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor in Pediatric Autonomic Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Chief of the first Center for Autonomic M... [more]
Weiss, Jeffrey
Research Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
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Gonadal Development, Pituitary, Gonadotropins, Activin, LH, FSH