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Cardiovascular Research Center

MCW Cardiovascular Research Center Faculty & Labs

Faculty and labs included on this page are currently housed in the Cardiovascular Research Center.

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CVRC Members

See the Faculty Collaboration Database for a complete list of all Cardiovascular Research Center Members – principal investigators and affiliated faculty.

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Michael E. Widlansky, MD, MPH

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

John A. Auchampach, PhD

Professor

Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC

Professor, Medicine, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Surgery

Andreas Beyer, PhD

Professor

Matt Durand, PhD

Associate Professor; Associate Director of Clinical and Translational Research; Vice Chair of Research; Secondary Faculty Appointment in Physiology

Carol Everson, PhD

Professor

Julie Freed, MD, PhD

Associate Professor; Executive Vice Chair; Director of Clinical Research

Benjamin Gantner, PhD

Assistant Professor

Aron Geurts, PhD

John E. and Genevieve M. Butenhoff Cardiovascular Research Professorship

Justin L. Grobe, PhD, FAHA, FAPS

Professor, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering; Butenhoff Family Professor of Cardiovascular Research; Director, Comprehensive Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core

Brian L. Lin, PhD

Assistant Professor

Chun Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor

Jennifer Jury Mcintosh, MS, DO

Associate Professor

Pablo Nakagawa, PhD

Assistant Professor

Caitlin O'Meara, PhD

Associate Professor

Michaela Patterson, PhD

Associate Professor

Hershel Raff, PhD, FAAAS, FAPS

Professor, Medicine, Physiology and Surgery

Kevin R. Regner, MD, MS, FASN

Interim Chair, Professor of Medicine

Daisy Sahoo, PhD

Dean, School of Graduate Studies; WIS Founders Circle Endowed Professorship; Secondary Faculty in Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology

Curt D. Sigmund, PhD

James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Chair of Physiology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Research Center

Mary G. Sorci-Thomas, PhD

Professor; Associate Director of Education & Training, Cardiovascular Research Center; Program Director, CVRC T32 Training Program

Andrey Sorokin, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Nephrology) and Microbiology & Immunology

David X. Zhang, PhD

Associate Professor

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