
Research
Community for Advancement of Physician-Scientists (CAPS)
The BSD Community for Advancement of Physician-Scientists (CAPS) is an umbrella program that builds on the long-standing tradition of exceptional research by physician-scientists at the University of Chicago. The program spans from training through faculty levels and will foster opportunities for horizontal and vertical community-building and mentorship. The goals are to increase numbers of physician-scientists in training, to recruit and retain physician-scientists on faculty, to enhance diversity of the workforce and research areas, and to grow the impact of our physician-scientists.
Mission: To foster a Division-wide community of physician-scientists through dedicated programming, resources, and mentorship along the entire professional continuum
CAPS Goals
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Training
Increase the number of physician-scientists in training
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Faculty
Recruit & retain physician-scientists on faculty
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Diversity
Enhance diversity of physician-scientists & research
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Impact
Grow the impact of physician-scientist in the BSD
CAPS Programming


Sonia Kupfer, MD
CAPS Director
Professor of Medicine
Committee on Cancer Biology
Committee on Genetics, Genomics & Systems Biology

Admin Lead
Description

Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Issam Awad, MD
John Harper Seeley Professor of Neurological Sciences of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience Institute
Committee on Neurobiology

Marcus Ramsay Clark, MD
Director of Medical Scientist Training Program
Professor of Medicine
Committee on Cancer Biology
Committee on Immunology
Sean David, MD
Clinical Professor

Yun Fang, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Committee on Molecular Medicine
Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition

Rex C. Haydon, MD PhD
Simon and Kalt Families Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine

Seth Himelhoch, MD MPH
Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Kimberly Kenton, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Patrick J. La Riviere, PhD
Professor of Radiology
Committee on Medical Physics

Megan Mcnerney, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology

Raghu G Mirmira, MD PhD
Professor of Medicine
Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition

Ivan Moskowitz, MD PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology

Peter Nagele, MD
Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Luka Pocivavsek, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Shyam Prabhakaran, MD MS
Chair of Neurology
James Nelson and Anna Louise Raymond Professor of Neurology

Milda R. Saunders, MD MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine

Sajid S. Shahul, MD PhD
Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Ted Skolarus, MD
Professor of Surgery

Dimitra Skondra, MD PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Christopher Weber, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology

Ralph R. Weichselbaum, MD
Chair of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Daniel K. Ludwig Distinguished Service Professor of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Committee on Cancer Biology