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.
Vasilopoulos, Athanasios
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Bio
One of the fundamental observations in oncology is that increasing age is the strongest statistic variable that predicts for carcinogenesis. A fact that has emerged over the last several years is that... [more]
Vassar, Robert J
Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology) and Cell and Developmental Biology
Bio
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 Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Bio
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)
Bio
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)
Bio
Gonadal Development, Pituitary, Gonadotropins, Activin, LH, FSH
Wicklund, Catherine A
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Clinical Genetics)
Bio
Reproductive genetics; graduate training and education, finance and reimbursement, genetic service delivery models, psychosocial issues and decision making in genetic counseling.
Winter, Deborah
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Bio
I was one of the first students to obtain an undergraduate degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at University of Toronto. Then, I trained as a computational biologist at Duke University ... [more]
Woloschak, Gayle E
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Radiology
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My research is focused on two general areas: radiobiology and bionanotechnology. Work in radiobiology includes studies of the molecular biology of radiation responses, particularly radiation toxicitie... [more]
Woodruff, Teresa K
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Science in Medicine), Medical Social Sciences and Medicine (Endocrinology)
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Teresa K. Woodruff Ph.D. is the Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Vice Chair of Research (OB/GYN), the Chief of the Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine, Feinberg Sch... [more]
Wu, Jane Y
Professor of Neurology (Neuromuscular Disease)
Bio
My primary research interests are in molecular mechanisms of gene regulation, particularly those involved in neural development and neural degeneration. My lab is focusing on two areas, RNA regulation... [more]