Primary Faculty
Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD
Marcus Professor & Chair
Calcium Signaling in excitable cells, nervous system regeneration
Kazuhiro Aoki, PhD
Associate Professor; Technical Director, Translational Metabolomics Shared Resource, MCW Cancer Center
Linked-Omics, Glycomics, Glycoproteomics, Lipidomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Bioinformatics
Xiaowen Bai, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Stem cell-mediated tissue regeneration, human stem cell-based disease modeling, non-coding RNA and mitochondrial mechanisms in neurodegeneration
Michele A. Battle, PhD
Associate Professor
Transcriptional control of liver and gut development and physiology
Lisa Ann Cirillo, PhD
Associate Professor; Assistant Dean for Basic Science Curriculum
Molecular mechanisms underlying liver development and function, with a particular focus on the role played chromatin structure in the transcriptional regulation of liver genes
Lezi E, PhD
Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration, with a focus on the upstream, non-neuronal signals that trigger the onset of neurodegeneration in aging
Allison D. Ebert, PhD
Associate Professor; Director, Neuroscience Doctoral Program
Neurodegenerative diseases, both understanding the molecular basis for the disease progression and finding effective experimental therapies
Jeff Fritz, PhD
Associate Professor
Integration of foundational medical sciences curriculum with professional identity formation, well-being and leadership studies
Melanie Gartz, PhD, MS, MHS
Assistant Professor
Utilizing iPSCs to model genetic skeletal muscle diseases
Beth B. Krippendorf, PhD
Professor
Comprehensive teaching in Clinical Human Anatomy, Cell and Tissue Biology and Integrated Medical Neuroscience
Pui-Ying (Penny) Lam, PhD
Assistant Professor
Chemo-optogenetic/Photopharmacological tool development, cellular and molecular mechanisms of immunity in the central nervous system
John D. McCorvy, PhD
Assistant Professor
Molecular Mechanisms of G protein-coupled Receptor Biased Signaling
Teresa Patitucci, PhD
Associate Professor
Educational research in the anatomical sciences, utilizing reflective practice to develop professionalism skills, analyzing in-class teaching paradigms, and evaluating alternative assessment methods
Michaela Patterson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern heart regeneration
John A. Pulikkan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Deciphering the interplay between transcription factors and chromatin dynamics in normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cells, and understanding the function of non-coding RNAs in myeloid development and leukemia
Daochun Sun, PhD
Assistant Professor
Tumor heterogeneity, Cancer stem cells, Neurofibromatosis Type 1-associated peripheral nerve and central nerve system tumors, and data mining in biological big data
Kenichiro Taniguchi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Stem Cells, Apicosome and Amniogenesis of Early Human Development
Matthew B. Veldman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Development, degeneration, and regeneration within the central nervous system
Nan Zhu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Epigenetic regulation of stem cells and how dysregulation of these pathways contributes to cancer development
Emeritus Faculty
Joseph Besharse, PhD, FARVO
Professor Emeritus
jbeshars@mcw.edu
David L. Bolender, PhD
Professor Emeritus
bolender@mcw.edu
Stanley Kaplan, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Gary L. Kolesari, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus
edkoles@mcw.edu
Danny Riley, PhD
Professor Emeritus
dariley@mcw.edu
Michael A. Schellpfeffer, MD, MS
Professor Emeritus
mschellpfeff@mcw.edu
Margaret Wong-Riley, PhD
Professor Emeritus
mwr@mcw.edu