Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.
Northwestern University at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
The records below are financial disclosure and conflict of interest records obtained by ProPublica from the National Institutes of Health and dozens of large public universities across the country. The NIH only has records for researchers who seek or receive its funding.
Total Disclosures: 67
| Name | Type | Company | Disclosed Value | Year Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Bochner | Conflict of Interest | Allakos, Inc. | >$600,000 | 2018 |
| Bruce Bochner | Conflict of Interest | Allakos, Inc. | $500,000 - $549,999 | 2013 |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | Nanocytomics, LLC | $150,000 - $199,999 | 2016 |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | Exicure | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2015 |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | Exicure | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2018 |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | Exicure | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2017 |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | Exicure, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2019 |
| Colby S. Thaxton | Conflict of Interest | AuraSense Therapeutics, LLC | $60,000 - $79,999 | 2013 |
| Michael Messod Abecassis | Conflict of Interest | Transplant Genomics | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2015 |
| Stephen Miller | Conflict of Interest | Cour Pharmaceutical Development Company, Inc. | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2019 |
| John J. Friedewald | Conflict of Interest | Transplant Genomics | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2015 |
| John Kisiel | Conflict of Interest | EXACT Sciences Corporation | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2017 |
| Milan Mrksich | Conflict of Interest | SAMDI Tech, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2015 |
| Bruce Bochner | Conflict of Interest | Allakos, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2013 |
| John Pandolfino | Conflict of Interest | Medtronic, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2017 |
| Alexander Stegh | Conflict of Interest | Exicure, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2019 |
| Bruce Bochner | Conflict of Interest | Allakos, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2018 |
| John Pandolfino | Conflict of Interest | Sandhill Scientific, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2017 |
| John E. Pandolfino | Conflict of Interest | Given Imaging, Inc. | $5,000 - $9,999 | 2012 |
| James Stein | Conflict of Interest | Lilly | $5,000 - $9,999 | 2019 |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | AuraSense Therapeutics, LLC | $5,000 - $9,999 | 2013 |
| John Pandolfino | Conflict of Interest | Sandhill Scientific, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| David Mohr | Conflict of Interest | Actualize Therapy, LLC | 2017 | |
| James Elliott | Conflict of Interest | PainID | 2014 | |
| Todd Parrish | Conflict of Interest | PainID | 2014 | |
| John Pandolfino | Conflict of Interest | Crospon, Ltd | 2016 | |
| John Pandolfino | Conflict of Interest | Crospon, Ltd | 2016 | |
| Ramille Shah | Conflict of Interest | Dimension Inx, LLC | 2017 | |
| Ramille Shah | Conflict of Interest | Dimension Inx, LLC | 2017 | |
| Michael Messod Abecassis | Conflict of Interest | Transplant Genomics | 2015 | |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | Nanocytomics, LLC | 2016 | |
| John J. Friedewald | Conflict of Interest | Transplant Genomics | 2015 | |
| Hao Zhang | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | 2015 | |
| Praveen Thumbikat | Conflict of Interest | Gold Coast Therapeutics, Inc. | 2016 | |
| Praveen Thumbikat | Conflict of Interest | Gold Coast Therapeutics, Inc. | 2016 | |
| Colby Thaxton | Conflict of Interest | Zylem Biosciences, Inc. | 2019 | |
| Stephen Miller | Conflict of Interest | Cour Pharmaceutical Development Company, Inc. | 2015 | |
| Amy Paller | Conflict of Interest | AuraSense, LLC | 2013 | |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | AuraSense Therapeutics, LLC | 2013 | |
| Alexander Stegh | Conflict of Interest | Exicure | 2018 | |
| Jeffrey Raizer | Conflict of Interest | Exicure | 2015 | |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | Exicure | 2015 | |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | Exicure | 2017 | |
| David Mohr | Conflict of Interest | Actualize Therapy, LLC | 2017 | |
| Elizabeth McNally | Conflict of Interest | Ikaika Therapeutics | 2018 | |
| Gregory Smith | Conflict of Interest | Thyreos, LLC | 2017 | |
| Milan Mrksich | Conflict of Interest | SAMDI Tech, Inc. | 2015 | |
| John Rogers | Conflict of Interest | Wearifi, Inc. | 2017 | |
| Evangelos Kiskinis | Conflict of Interest | Q-State Biosciences, Inc. | 2018 | |
| Jeffrey Goldberger | Conflict of Interest | Gold-T Tech | 2016 |
Notes: When a more specific filing date is not available for an individual financial disclosure or conflict of interest form, we use the year the form was filed. If the year was not disclosed, we report the range of years covered by our public records requests. In a few cases, a start date was provided instead of a filing date. In those cases, we use the start date instead.
Fewer than 10% of records from the University of Florida and fewer than 1% of records from the University of Texas system were removed because they did not contain enough information.
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