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Niranjan Karnik

(he/him)

Director, Institute for Juvenile Research

Psychiatry

Orcid identifier0000-0001-7650-3008
  • Director, Institute for Juvenile Research
    Psychiatry
  • University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, MC 747, Chicago, CA, 60608, United States

BIO

Niranjan Karnik is the J. Usha Raj Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics, 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 for Health Equity using ML/AI at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His research focuses on data science, technology and community-based interventions for vulnerable populations with psychiatric and substance use disorders. In the past, he has worked with refugee children on the Pakistan-Afghan border, street children in India, foster youth in Central Illinois, and incarcerated youth in California. He worked at a youth homeless shelter in San Francisco and is continuing work with youth experiencing homelessness in Chicago and Illinois. He presently leads or co-leads grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO APPOINTMENTS

  • Director, Institute for Juvenile Research
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Psychiatry, Chicago, United States1 Mar 2022
  • Interim Director, AI.Health4All Center for Health Equity using Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, United States1 Sep 2022
  • Co-Director, Center for Clinical & Translational Science
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, United States1 Jun 2024
  • Co-Director, Institute for Research on Addictions
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, United States1 Jul 2023
  • Associate Director. KL2 Training Program
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Clinical & Translational Sciences (CCTS), Chicago, United States1 Jul 2022 - 1 Mar 2024

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • The J. Usha Raj Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, United States16 Mar 2024
  • Clinical Professor
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Pediatrics, Chicago, United States16 Feb 2024
  • Professor (with Tenure)
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Psychiatry, Chicago, United States16 Jul 2023
  • Research Scientist (WOC)
    United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Jesse Brown VAMC, Chicago, United States26 Apr 2024
  • Visiting Professor
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Psychiatry, Chicago, United States1 Mar 2022 - 31 Jul 2023
  • Professor (with Tenure)
    Rush University Medical Center, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States1 Jul 2020 - 28 Feb 2022
  • The Cynthia Oudejans Harris, MD, Professorship
    Rush University, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Chicago, United States1 Jul 2016 - 28 Feb 2022
  • Associate Professor (with Tenure)
    Rush University Medical Center, Psychiatry, Chicago, United States1 Aug 2013 - 30 Jun 2020
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Chicago, Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, Chicago, United States1 Jul 2009 - 30 Jun 2013
  • Assistant Adjunct Professor
    University of California, San Francisco, Psychiatry, San Francisco, United States1 Jul 2007 - 30 Jun 2009
  • Assistant Adjunct Professor
    University of California, San Francisco, Anthropology, History & Social Medicine, San Francisco, United States1 Jul 2007 - 30 Jun 2009
  • Adjunct Instructor
    University of California, San Francisco, Anthropology, History & Social Medicine, San Francisco, United States1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2007

DEGREES

  • PhD, Sociology
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States1 Aug 1995 - 12 May 2003
  • MD, Medicine
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Urbana, Illinois, United States23 Aug 1993 - 5 May 2002
  • MA, Sociology
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States23 Aug 1993 - 8 May 1995
  • BA, Anthropology
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States7 Sep 1989 - 17 May 1993

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Board Certified in Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Deerfield, Illinois, United States16 Jan 2009
  • Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Deerfield, Illinois, United States11 Nov 2011

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Internship
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Psychiatry, Stanford, United States25 Jun 2002 - 30 Jun 2003
    PsychiatryInternshipSupervised by Taylor CB
  • Resident
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Psychiatry, Stanford, United States1 Jul 2003 - 30 Jun 2005
    PsychiatryResidencySupervised by Taylor CB
  • Fellow
    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital / Stanford University, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Palo Alto, United States1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2007
    Child & Adolescent PsychiatryResidencySupervised by Joshi S
  • Fellow
    University of Chicago, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Chicago, United States1 Jul 2012 - 30 Jun 2013
    Clinical Medical EthicsOtherSupervised by Siegler M

AVAILABILITY

  • Collaborative projects
  • Media enquiries
  • Mentoring

GEOGRAPHIC EXPERTISE

  • United States of America
  • France
  • India
  • Canada

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