The REACH Mentoring Academy was established to raise the profile
of mentoring at UIC and to focus appropriate resources and effort
on effective mentoring. Members are eager to provide research and
career guidance and advice to trainees and researchers. The table
below outlines member research interests and includes contact information.
Name / College |
Contact Information
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Research Interests
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William T. Beck, PhD
College of Pharmacy
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312/996-0888
wtbeck@uic.edu
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Tumor cell resistance to drugs/splicing ; Biomarkers as predictors
of rx response
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Suzann K. Campbell, PhD, PT
College of Applied Health Sciences
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312/996-1502
skc@uic.edu
|
Intervention for high risk infants; Measuring motor outcomes,
health disparities
|
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David Carley, PhD
College of Nursing and College of Medicine
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312/996-3827
dwcarley@uic.edu
|
Sleep-related breathing disorders
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Daniel Corcos, PhD
College of Applied Health Sciences
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312/355-1708
dcorcos@uic.edu
|
Basal ganglia dysfunction Parkinson’s disease movement
dysfunction; Strength training in Parkinsons disease; Treatment
efficacy
|
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David Crowe, DDS, PhD
College of Dentistry
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312/996-9488
dlcrowe@uic.edu
|
Gene regulation in breast epithelial cells
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Barbara Dancy, PhD
College of Nursing
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312/996-9168
bdancy@uic.edu
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Vulnerable populations risk reduction
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Luisa A. DiPietro, DDS, PhD
College of Dentistry
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312/355-0432
ldipiet@uic.edu
|
Tissue repair processes/scar formation
|
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Carol Ferrans, PhD, RN, FAAN
College of Nursing
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312/996-8445
cferrans@uic.edu
|
Measurement of quality of life in cancer; Cancer survivors
and disparities
|
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Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD
College of Medicine
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312/996-0146
mlf@uic.edu
|
Weight loss interventions
|
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Gary Kielhofner, DrPH
College of Applied Health Sciences
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312/996-4973
kielhfnr@uic.edu
|
Measurement of occupational performance; Employment of people
w/disabilities
|
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Bruce Lambert, PhD
College of Pharmacy
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312/996-2411
lambertb@uic.edu
|
Word memory and perception; Similarity and drug name confusion;
Patient safety, clinical informatics
|
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Phillip Marucha, DMD, PhD
College of Dentistry
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312/413-1160
marucha@uic.edu
|
Stress and wound healing; Mucosal vs dermal healing
|
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Robin Mermelstein, PhD
School of Public Health and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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312/996-3036
robinm@uic.edu
|
Etiology, course, & intervention for health behavior;
Smoking and other health behaviors
|
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Stephen Porges, PhD
College of Medicine
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312/355-1557
sporges@uic.edu
|
Neural regulation of the autonomic system; Autonomic dysfunction
in delay/psychiatry
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Thomas Prohaska, PhD
School of Public Health
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312/996-6344
prohaska@uic.edu
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Chronic disease self-management; Health promotion in aging
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Brenda Russell, PhD
College of Medicine
Research Integrity Officer, OVCR
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312/413-0407
russell@uic.edu
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Mechanobiology of cardiac muscle; Heart disease
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Stacie E. Geller, PhD
College of Medicine
Director, Center for Research on Women and Gender
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312/413-775; 312/355-0467
sgeller@uic.edu
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Women's health; maternal health; menopause, cervical cancer
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John Sweeney, PhD
College of Medicine
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312/413-9205
sweeneyj@uic.edu
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Neurophysiology of human cognition; Rx/drug effects on cognitive
impairment
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Larry Tobacman, MD
College of Medicine
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312/413-9688
lst@uic.edu
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Mechanisms of inherited cardiomyopathy
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Richard Warnecke, PhD
School of Public Health
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312/996-3109
warnecke@uic.edu
|
Stress and increased risk for breast cancer; Cancer prevention;
Health disparities
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