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We offer more than $1 million each year in funding opportunities for researchers at every stage of their career. Explore your options below.

Meet Your UChicago Team

ITM Central Leadership

Julian Solway

Julian Solway, MD

  • ITM Founding Director
  • University of Chicago Dean for Translational Medicine

Lainie Ross, MD, PhD

  • ITM Director
Doriane Miller

Doriane Miller, MD

  • Director for Health Equity Integration
  • AD, Community and Collaboration

Gerald Moose Stacy

  • Administrative Director
Sara Serritella

Sara Serritella

  • Communications Director

Associate Directors & Partners

Eric Beyer

Eric Beyer, MD, PhD

  • Director of Career Development (KL2)
  • Associate Director of Translational Endeavors
Deborah Burnet

Deborah Burnet, MD

  • Co-Director, Community and Collaboration

Arlene Chapman, MD

  • Associate Director of Hub Research Capacity
David Meltzer

David O. Meltzer, MD, PhD

  • Director of the TL1 Program
Sam Volchenboum

Samuel L. Volchenboum, MD

  • Associate Director of Informatics
  • Dean of Master's Education
Maryellen giger

Maryellen Giger, PhD

  • Associate Director of Radiomics
Vinny Auroa

Vineet Auroa, MD

  • Dean of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • ITM Physician Researcher

Elbert Huang, MD

  • Director, Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy
Louis Philipson, MD, PhD

Louis Philipson, MD, PhD

  • Director, Kovler Diabetes Center
Walter Stadler

Walt Stadler, MD

  • Dean for Clinical Research
  • Deputy Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Melissa Byrn

Melissa Byrn, MSC

  • Assistant Dean for Clinical Research

Program Staff

Birz

Suzi Birz

  • Associate Director of Informatics
Kelsey Bogue

Kelsey Bogue

  • Director of Training and Communications Center for Health and the Social Sciences

Les Cooke

  • Clinical Research Regulation and Training Lead
Sonja Johnson Hall

Sonja Johnson-Hall

  • ITM Associate Administrative Director
Jennier Kilkus

Jennifer Kilkus

  • Bionutrition Research Manager
Gosia

Gosia Labno

  • Senior Communications Manager

Sonya Redmond-Head

  • Career Development Coordinator
Sherry

Sherry Robison

  • TRIO Manager

Natalie Watson

  • Community Relations Program Manager
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Absera Melaku

  • Assistant Director, Training Programs & Communications Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS)
Sneza

Snezana Pavlic

  • Administrative Assistant

Get Funding

To Make it Happen.

Pilot Awards

For Investigators Up to $60,000

(K) Awards

For Young Investigators Up to $100,000

TL1 Trainee Awards

For Posdoctoral Scholars Starting at $48,000

Short-Term Pilot Awards

For Clinical Fellows and Residents Up to $5,000

Core Subsidy Awards

For Researchers & Their Team Members Up to $5,000

Your ITM-UChicago Resources

Resources & Facilities

For Doing It.

Grant Writing Feedback

From the Experts Who've Been There.

Education

To Be Prepared.

Networking & Free Consulting

To Expand Your Connections & Mind.

ITM-TRIO Studios

To Design Your Studies

The New Normal & Save Da Hoomans Campaigns

To Recruit For Your Studies

Your UChicago Resources

The Clinical Research Center (CRC)

For Special Research Resources

The Office of Clinical Research (OCR)

To Start Your Research

The Center for Research Informatics (CRI)

For Your Big Data Projects

Science Communications Courses

To Reach the Public

ITM-UChicago Researchers In Action

See What We've Done.