Twenty-six members of the University of Chicago faculty have been appointed to named professorships. Six of these appointments were awarded to women.
Katherine Baicker has been named the Emmett Dedmon Distinguished Service Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy. Prior to being appointed provost at the University of Chicago in 2023, Dr. Baicker served as dean of the Harris School of Public Policy for five years. Dr. Baicker has focused her research on the effectiveness of public and private health insurance, including the effect of reforms on the distribution and quality of care. Professor Baicker earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.
Diana Bolotin has been named the Allan L. Lorincz Professor in the department of medicine. Dr. Bolotin serves as the chief of dermatology and the director of Dermatologic Surgery and Dermatology Ambulatory Practice. She specializes in Mohs Micrographic Surgery, an advanced technique for the removal of certain types of skin cancer. Dr. Bolotin is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. She holds a medical doctorate and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
Christina Ciaccio has been named the first Mary Yovovich Professor of Pediatrics in the Wallman Society of Fellows in the departments of pediatrics and medicine. She currently serves as chief of the Section of Allergy/Immunology and Pediatric Pulmonology. Dr. Ciaccio’s research interests include understanding how endogenous and exogenous fatty acids influence atopic disease and innovating novel diagnostics of atopic disease. Dr. Ciaccio is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she majored in mathematics. She holds a master’s degree in clinical research from the University of Kansas and a medical doctorate from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Yueran Ma has been named the first Carhart Family Professor of Finance in the Booth School of Business. She is co-director of the Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance. Her research interest is empirical studies at the intersection of finance and macroeconomics. Her recent work analyzes production and innovation activities over the past century, and the power and limits of organizations. Professor Ma earned a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University.
Alison Siegler has been named the Lillian E. Kraemer Clinical Professor in Public Interest Law. She is the founding director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic, the nation’s first legal clinic devoted to representing low-income clients charged with federal felonies. Professor Siegler joined the faculty at the law school in 2008. She holds a bachelor’s degree in humanities and a juris doctorate from Yale University and earned a master of law degree in advocacy at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Jennifer Moriatis Wolf has been named the first Harold and Betsy Newton Professor in the Wallman Society of Fellows in the department of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation medicine. As an orthopaedic hand surgeon, she has extensive expertise in the surgical and non-surgical treatment of bone, nerve, tendon and ligament injuries caused by trauma or overuse. Dr. Wolf joined the faculty in 2016. She is the past president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Dr. Wolf is a graduate of the University of Maryland. She earned her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Ph.D. from Lund University in Sweden.