David Meltzer, MD, PhD, Director of the ITM and Principal Investigator (PI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant that operates the ITM. Meltzer is Associate Dean for Clinical Science Research, Translational, for the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine.
Dr. Meltzer will be central in shaping ITM’s strategic plans, fostering a forward-looking, multidisciplinary, and human-focused research, education, and training effort. His primary focus will be to ensure that ITM has the appropriate infrastructure and resources to conduct premier translational research that improves the health of our patients and communities.
Dr. Meltzer is the Fanny L. Pritzker Professor and Chief of the Section of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine. He has a PhD in economics and holds secondary appointments in in the Harris School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics. He also directs the Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS) and the UChicago Urban Health Lab.
Dr. Meltzer’s research explores problems in health economics and public policy with a focus on improving care for socioeconomically diverse patients who are hospitalized and developing learning health system infrastructure and methods to assess and improve the value and outcomes of care. He has led multiple NIH-funded training programs, including the ITM Post-Doctoral TL1 program.
