Irena Levitan, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Bioengineering
Biographical Info
Education History
PhD Program: Department of Biophysics and Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Department of Physiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
List Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2020 Inaugural Team Research Award for transdisciplinary collaborations at UIC: “spanning the divide between cellular and molecular biology to human vascular physiology”
2019 Elected Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, AIMBE for contributions to the understanding of lipid-ion channel interactions and membrane biomechanics
2012 Arthur Guyton Distinguished Lectureship for quantitative and biophysical work on cholesterol modulation of ion channels and how this can affect integrated organ function. Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology
2013-15 Councilor of Great Lake ASPET Chapter
2004 Awardee’s Research Symposium of American Heart Association, New Orleans
2003 Women’s International Science Collaboration (WISC) Award, National Science Foundation
2001-04 Scientist Development Award, American Heart Association, National Center
1994 International Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association
1985 International Student Exchange Scholarship of German Academy of Science
2020-24 Chartered Member of the NIH Study Sections on Atherosclerosis and Inflammation
2009-13 Chartered Member of the NIH Study Sections on Vascular Cell and Molecular Biology
2007 – present, Ad hoc Member of various NIH Special Emphasis, Academic Research Enhancement Study Sections