Irena Levitan , PhD
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Bioengineering
Biographical Info
Education History
PhD Program: Department of Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Department of Physiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
List Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2014-15 UIC Executive Committee College of Medicine, Chicago
2014- UIC OVCR Campus Research Board
2013- Ad hoc Member of NIH Special Emphasis Cardiovascular Study Section
2013- Ad hoc Member of NIH Academic Research Enhancement Study Section
2013-15 Councilor of Great Lake ASPET Chapter
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
2009-13 Chartered Member of the NIH Study Section on Vascular Cell and Molecular Biology
2004-07 Member of International Planning Committee of IASTED Conference on Biomechanics
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
1985 International Student Exchange Scholarship of German Academy of Science
1994 International Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association