Medical College of Wisconsin Society for Research Excellence

To foster, promote, and recognize excellence across MCW in all types of research and discovery

About the Society

The Office of Research is pleased to host the MCW Society for Research Excellence, a collective of select MCW faculty with a demonstrated commitment to discovery, mentorship, leadership, and advancement in research. New members are elected each year and announced at the fall Convocation ceremony.

Members of the SRE are characterized by such experience as:

Sustained research leadership leading to high impact discoveries or findings
History of serving as an effective mentor for trainees and/or junior faculty
National recognition for research, such as high visibility publications, national or international leadership roles, and/or receipt of awards
MCW full time or full professional effort appointment for at least 5 years

The nomination period for new members typically runs in the late spring/early summer. For inquiries about the society, contact the Office of Research.

Current Members

Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, MS, FACEP, FACC, FAHA

Professor; Director, Resuscitation Research Center; PCIR Director, CTSI Southeast WI

Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD

Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program

Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC

Director, Cardiovascular Center; Professor, Medicine, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Surgery; Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program

Jeffrey R. Binder, MD

Vice Chair for Research, Professor of Neurology, Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Professor of Biophysics, Director of Stroke and Neurobehavior Programs, Department of Neurology, Director of Language Imaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology

William B. Campbell, PhD

Professor

Joseph Carroll, PhD

Richard O. Schultz, MD / Ruth Works Professor of Ophthalmology Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Director, Advanced Ocular Imaging Program

Jenifer Coburn, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology; Center for Infectious Disease Research

John A. Corbett, PhD

Professor and Chair

Allen W. Cowley, Jr., PhD

Harry & Gertrude Hack Term Professorship in Physiology

Nancy M. Dahms, PhD

Professor

Julia Dickson-Gomez, PhD

Professor

William R. Drobyski, MD

Mariette C. and Philip W. Orth/Tom Anderson Chair of Oncology; Co-Leader, Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Cancer Center; Professor, Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology

Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine; Inaugural Milwaukee Community Chair in Health Equity Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin; Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine; Director, Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)

Aron Geurts, PhD

Professor

David D. Gutterman, MD

Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; Senior Associate Director Emeritus, Cardiovascular Center; Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program

Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

Professor; Founding Director, Comprehensive Injury Center; Senior Science and Policy Advisor

Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD

Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research

Quinn Hogan, MD

Professor

Mary M. Horowitz, MD, MS

Robert A. Uihlein, Jr. Professor of Hematologic Research; Director, Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research; Associate Director, Cancer, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

Elizabeth R. Jacobs, MD, MBA

Professor Emeritus

Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD

Harry R. & Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s Research

Jeffrey A. Kelly, PhD

Professor and Director, CAIR

Purushottam W. Laud, PhD

Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Biostatistics

Brent R. Logan, PhD

Director & Professor

Julian H. Lombard, PhD

Professor; Physiology Course Director

Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD

Marcus Professor & Chair

Michael McCrea, PhD, ABPP

The Shekar N. Kurpad, MD, PhD, Chair in Neurosurgery; Professor; Vice Chair of Research; Co-director, Neurotrauma Research Center; Director, Brain Injury Research Program

Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH

Associate Provost for Research; Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Lady Riders Professor of Breast Cancer Research; Principal Investigator, CHDS

Frank A. Pintar, PhD

Founding Chair, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Neurosurgery

Daisy Sahoo, PhD

Dean, School of Graduate Studies; Women in Science Endowed Professor; Secondary Faculty in Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology

Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Founding Director, Center for Microbiome Research

Elena Semina, PhD

Marjorie and Joseph Heil Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Professor, Pediatrics; Professor, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy

Reza Shaker, MD

Joseph E. Geenen Professor & Chief

Bronwen E Shaw, MD, PhD

Professor; Scientific Director CIBMTR

Roy Silverstein, MD

Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Medicine; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology

Melinda Stolley, PhD

Professor; Associate Director of Population Sciences Research, Cancer Center

Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD

Marvin Wagner Professor

Aoy Tomita Mitchell, PhD

Professor with Tenure, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Brian F. Volkman, PhD

Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Professor, Biochemistry

Gilbert C. White, II, MD

Executive Vice President for Research and Director, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Richard H. and Sara E. Aster Chair for Medical Research, Blood Center of Wisconsin; Professor, Medicine and Biochemistry; Associate Dean for Research, Medical College of Wisconsin

Michael E. Widlansky, MD, MPH

Northwestern Mutual Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center

Carol L. Williams, PhD

Joan K. Van Deuren Professor in Breast Cancer Research; Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program, Cancer Center; Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology

Mei-Jie Zhang, PhD

Professor

Emeritus Members

Emeritus members are no longer active with MCW, however they are listed here in recognition of their service with their induction year.

Julie Panepinto, MD, MSPH (2017)
John Imig, PhD (2018)
Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD (2019)
Parameswaran Hari, MD (2021)