Potential MeSH Faculty Advisors
Scholars from The University of Chicago have played key roles in the origins of such interdisciplinary fields as Health Administration, Health Services and Medical Ethics. Following in this tradition, below is just a sampling of the many faculty advisors whose current research lies at the intersection of health, medicine and the social sciences. Follow the links below for a listing of faculty members and their research interests:
Anesthesia & Critical Care |
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| Steven Small, MD | Patient safety, quality improvement |
Anthropology |
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| Jean Comaroff, PhD | Sociocultural anthropology, ritual medicine, the body |
Business/Economics |
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| Gary Becker, PhD | Economic analysis of education, family, discrimination and addiction |
| Robert Fogel, PhD | Economic & Demographic history |
Health Studies |
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| Kathleen Cagney, PhD | Sociology of Race and Aging, provision of long-term care |
| Larry Casalino, MD, PhD | Health policy, managed care |
| Diane Lauderdale, PhD | Epidemiology, ethnicity & health |
| Paul Rathouz, PhD | Biostatistics |
| Ronald Thisted, PhD | Biostatistics, epidemiology, statistical computation, medical effectiveness |
Law |
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| Richard Epstein | Legal and economic analysis of health legislation and markets |
| Richard Posner | Legal and economic analysis of health behaviors and institutions |
Medicine |
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| Caleb Alexander, MD | Medical Professionalism, pharmaceutical regulation |
| Marshall Chin, MD, PhD | Community-based research, quality of care |
| Farr Curlin, MD | Spirituality in Medicine, medical ethics |
| William Dale, MD, PhD | Medical decision making, Behavioral Economics, Geriatrics |
| Christopher Masi MD, PhD | Socioeconomic and racial disparities in health, community health |
| David Meltzer MD, PhD | Health economics, cost-effectiveness analysis, economic demography |
| Mark Siegler, MD | Doctor-patient relationship, clinical ethics, organ transplant; death & dying |
| Dan Sulmasy, MD, PhD | Medical ethics, spirituality and medicine |
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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| Stacy Lindau, MD | Sexuality and aging, women's health |
Pediatrics |
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| Lainie Ross, MD, PhD | Pediatric ethics, ethics of genetics, ethics of human experimentation |
Philosophy/Divinity School |
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| Willliam Wimsatt, PhD | Philosophy of science, evolutionary biology. |
| Arnold Davidson, PhD | History and philosophy of psychiatry and medicine |
Psychology |
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| Martha McClintock, PhD | Social and behavioral neuralscience, behavioral neuroendocrinology and immunology |
| Robert Richards, PhD | History and philosophy of psychology and biology |
| Richard Shweder, PhD | Psychological anthropology and cultural psychology |
Public Policy |
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| Willard Manning, PhD | Health insurance and payment systems, mental health economics |
| Robert Michael, PhD | Sexual behavior, economics of education and family, measurement of poverty |
| Colm O'Muircheartaigh, PhD | Nursing home quality, health surveys |
| Tomas Philipson PhD | Health economics, health behaviors and infectious disease, research design |
Sociology/Social Thought |
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| Edward Laumann, PhD | Social networks and sexual behavior |
| Linda Waite, PhD | Social demography, health effects of marriage |
| Leon Kass, MD, PhD | Medical ethics |
School of Social Service Administration |
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| Collen Grogan, PhD | Health policy and politics, politics of the welfare state |
| Harold Pollack, PhD | Health economics, mental health and substance abuse, medical decision analysis |
