Meet the Team
Leadership
Raul A. Urrutia, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery; Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
Michael T. Zimmermann, PhD
Director, Computational Structural Genomics Unit, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Assistant Professor, Data Science Institute
Angela J. Mathison, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery; Technology Development Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
Xiaowu Gai, PhD
Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Endowed Chair in Systems Biology; Professor, Pediatrics; Division Chief, Bioinformatics and Quantitative Child Health; Director, Child Health Bioinformatics; Associate Director, Linda A. and John T. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
Associate Directors
Donald G. Basel, MD
Section Chief and Professor, Pediatrics (Genetics); Associate Director, Undiagnosed & Rare Diseases, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Medical Director, Genetics Center, Children’s Wisconsin; Co-program Director, Neurofibromatosis and RASopathy, Children's Wisconsin
Jennifer Geurts, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor; Program Director, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program
William Hogan, MD, MS
Mary T. and Ted D. Kellner Chair of Data Science; Director, Data Science Institute; Professor, Data Science Institute; Associate Director for Data Science, Mellowes Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine
Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP
Center Associate Director, Professor
Brian Smith, PhD
Associate Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Associate Professor, Biochemistry
Brian F. Volkman, PhD
Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Professor, Biochemistry
Calvin B. Williams, MD, PhD
Children's Research Institute
Members
Hui-Zi Chen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Jing Dong, PhD
Assistant 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
Melinda R. Dwinell, PhD
Professor and Eminent Scholar; Associate Director, Education, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
Aron Geurts, PhD
John E. and Genevieve M. Butenhoff Cardiovascular Research Professorship
Quinn Hogan, MD
Professor
Victor X. Jin, PhD
Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Endowed Chair of Bioinformatics and Data Analytics; Professor, Data Science Institute/Biostatistics
Nikki Johnston, PhD
Professor, Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences and Microbiology & Immunology
Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP
Center Associate Director, Professor
Gustavo W. Leone, PhD
Professor; Director, MCW Cancer Center; Senior Associate Dean of Cancer Research
Chien-Wei (Masaki) Lin, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Gwen Lomberk, PhD
Joel and Arlene Lee Chair in Pancreatic Cancer Research; Chief, Division of Research; Director, Basic Science Research, Department of Surgery; Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology & Toxicology
Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD
Professor and Gardetto Chair for Immunology and Immunotherapy; Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute
Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD
Marcus Professor & Chair
Ravi P. Misra, PhD
Associate Provost, Accreditation and Program Development; Professor
Aoy Tomita Mitchell, PhD
Professor with Tenure, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Michael E. Mitchell, MD
Co-Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Wisconsin; Co-Surgical Director, Herma Heart Institute, Children's Wisconsin; Professor and Chief, Congenital Heart Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin; S. Bert Litwin Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s Wisconsin
Carolyn Oxencis, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
Jong-In Park, PhD
Professor; Eminent Scholar
Janet Sue Rader, MD, FACOG
Chair, Professor
Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Kevin R. Regner, MD, MS, FASN
Interim Chair, Professor
Christopher J. Schultz, MD, FACR, FASTRO
Bernard & Miriam Peck Family Professor of Radiation Oncology
Reza Shaker, MD
Joseph E. Geenen Professor & Chief
Brian Smith, PhD
Associate Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Associate Professor, Biochemistry
Jonathan Thompson, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Brian F. Volkman, PhD
Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Professor, Biochemistry
Calvin B. Williams, MD, PhD
Children's Research Institute
Genetic Counseling
Genetic counselors provide are integral in personalizing the care of patients. These professionals have the genetic expertise necessary to effectively provide the patient and other members of the care team with information on the often complex genetic basis of many diseases. With this information, personalized screening, diagnostic testing and other treatment modalities can be implemented, improving the care of the patient.
Contact Us
Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine (Mellowes Center)
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(414) 955-4887
(414) 955-6516 (fax)
mellowescenterinfo@mcw.edu
