Report summary

University of Illinois Chicago Department of Microbiology and Immunology in 2015-2017 reads as a 17-PI network with 8 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Medicine as the leading field (34% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (24% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels), and T-cell and B-cell Immunology as the leading topic (8% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is of concern for a 17-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The leading PI names are Ajay V. Maker (17.2 weighted works; Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments). The most visible ties are Ajay V. Maker and Bellur S. Prabhakar (5 shared works, weight 2.3); Bellur S. Prabhakar and Peifeng Li (4 shared works, weight 2.2). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 5 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 7.3, around Epidemiology, Immunology, Oncology, led by Ajay V. Maker, Deepak Shukla, Bellur S. Prabhakar.