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Institute for Juvenile Research

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Niranjan S. Karnik MD, PhD

  • The J. Usha Raj Professor
  • Director, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry
  • Interim Director, AI.Health4All Center, College of Medicine
  • Co-Director, Center for Clinical & Translational Science, UIC
  • Co-Director, Institute for Research on Addictions, UIC
Dr. Niranjan Karnik is an internationally recognized leader in psychiatry and behavioral health innovation. He holds the prestigious J. Usha Raj Professorship of Psychiatry & Pediatrics at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), where he serves as Director of the Institute for Juvenile Research, Co-Director of the Institute for Research on Addictions, Co-Director of the Center for Clinical & Translational Science, and Interim Director of the AI.Health4All Center. He also holds an appointment as a WOC Research Scientist at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. Dr. Karnik’s groundbreaking research integrates data science, digital health, and community-based interventions to address psychiatric and substance use disorders among society’s most vulnerable populations.

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Niranjan S. Karnik

Mathias James Lillig MD

  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
  • Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Mood Disorders Clinic
  • University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Mathias Lillig is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Mood Disorders Clinic and the Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program at UIC. Dr. Lillig is board certified in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He specializes in treating children and adolescents with depression and bipolar disorder.

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Mathias Lilig