Vineet Arora
· Herbert T. Abelson ProfessorUniversity of Chicago · Rheumatology
Active 1978–2026
Academic metrics are sourced from OpenAlex and public funding records; values may differ from Google Scholar.
About
Dr. Vineet Arora is the Herbert T. Abelson Professor of Medicine and Dean for Medical Education at The University of Chicago Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine. In her role as Dean, she oversees undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, and continuing medical education, while providing leadership for simulation-based training programs. Her work focuses on improving care and learning in teaching hospitals, with significant contributions to enhancing sleep, reducing fatigue, and improving handoffs for residents, which has been influential in improving working conditions. Dr. Arora is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and has been recognized for her efforts to promote equity and opportunity in academic medicine, particularly advocating for women in medicine and leading NIH-funded initiatives to improve mentoring for diverse future physician scientists. She has served on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a current member of the Board of the Joint Commission. Her expertise encompasses healthcare workforce issues, medical education, patient safety, gender equity, and hospital medicine.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Political Science
- Computer Science
- Medical education
- Psychology
- Internal medicine
- Sociology
- Family medicine
- Social psychology
- Economics
Selected publications
Association of Vitamin D Status and Other Clinical Characteristics With COVID-19 Test Results
JAMA Network Open · 2020 · 526 citations
Importance: Vitamin D treatment has been found to decrease the incidence of viral respiratory tract infection, especially in patients with vitamin D deficiency. Whether vitamin D is associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidence is unknown. Objective: To examine whether the last vitamin D status before COVID-19 testing is associated with COVID-19 test results. Design, Setting, and Participants: This retrospective cohort study at an urban academic medical center included patients w…
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine · 2023 · 184 citations
COVID-19 Threatens Progress Toward Gender Equity Within Academic Medicine
Academic Medicine · 2020 · 112 citations
Women remain underrepresented within academic medicine despite past and present efforts to promote gender equity. The authors discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic could stymie progress toward gender parity within the biomedical workforce and limit the retention and advancement of women in science and medicine. Women faculty face distinct challenges as they navigate the impact of shelter-in-place and social distancing on work and home life. An unequal division of household labor and family care betw…
Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Treatment with COVID-19 Incidence
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020 · 99 citations
IMPORTANCE: Vitamin D treatment has been found to decrease incidence of viral respiratory tract infection, especially in vitamin D deficiency. It is unknown whether COVID-19 incidence is associated with vitamin D deficiency and treatment. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether vitamin D deficiency and treatment are associated with testing positive for COVID-19. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study Setting: University of Chicago Medicine Participants: Patients tested for COVID-19 from 3/3/2020-4/10/2020. Vi…
American Sociological Review · 2020 · 57 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingWhy do women continue to face barriers to success in professions, especially male-dominated ones, despite often outperforming men in similar subjects during schooling? With this study, we draw on role expectations theory to understand how inequality in assessment emerges as individuals transition from student to professional roles. To do this, we leverage the case of medical residency so that we can examine how changes in role expectations shape assessment while holding occupation and organizati…
Recent grants
Mentoring Patient-Oriented Research: Sleep & Health During & After Hospital Stay
NIH · $572k · 2017–2023
NIH · $98k · 2011
NIH · $977k · 2019
Frequent coauthors
- 155 shared
Jeanne M. Farnan
- 126 shared
David O. Meltzer
University of Chicago
- 85 shared
Holly J. Humphrey
Josiah Macy Jr Foundation
- 74 shared
Saima Chaudhry
University of Health Sciences Lahore
- 74 shared
Furman S. McDonald
American Board of Internal Medicine
- 70 shared
Karen M. Chacko
University of Colorado Denver
- 70 shared
Lisa L. Willett
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 69 shared
Michael Adams
University of Ulster
Awards & honors
- Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine
Similar researchers at University of Chicago
- Resume-aware match score
- Save to shortlist
- AI-drafted outreach
See your match with Vineet Arora
PhdFit ranks faculty by your research interests, methods, and publications — grounded in their actual work, not templates.
- Free to start
- No credit card
- 30-second signup