Find a Collaborator

The Mayo Clinic and Illinois Alliance provides a strategic framework for investigator-led collaboration. Reach out to the Alliance administrative team to discuss matchmaking opportunities.

How to Collaborate

Forming an Alliance collaboration ensures your project benefits from a network of expertise, resources, and shared goals, maximizing its potential for success and impact. 

  1. Confirm that your project aligns with the Alliance mission. Explore research expertise using the Mayo Clinic and Illinois search tools below.
  2. Contact the Alliance administrative team to discuss your project and collaboration needs.
  3. Work with the team to identify opportunities, get connected, and begin your Alliance collaboration.

Alliance Administrative Team

Deborah Miller, M.S.
Assistant Director for Clinical Partnerships, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

LeaAnn Carson, M.S.
Clinical Partnerships Manager, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

Leila Jones, Ph.D.
Operations Manager, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic 

Jeremy Zacher, M.Ed.
Education Program Manager, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Contact the Alliance

Find experts

Our databases allow for easy searching to learn about experts at each institution.

Mayo Clinic entrance in Rochester, Minnesota

Find a collaborator at Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic Research Profiles 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign main quad

Find a collaborator at Illinois

Illinois Research Profiles