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, Bioinformatics Research and Development Lab, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
Angela J. Mathison, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery; Technology Development Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
Victor X. Jin, PhD
Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Endowed Chair of Bioinformatics and Data Analytics; Professor, IHE/Biostatistics
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
Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP
Center Associate Director, Professor
John Meurer, MD, MBA
Professor of Community Health and General Pediatrics; Director of the Institute for Health & Equity
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
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
Juliana Perez Botero, MD
Assistant Professor
Christopher Stephen Davis, MD, MPH
Associate 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
Professor
Hui-Zi Chen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Quinn Hogan, MD
Professor
Nikki Johnston, PhD
Professor, Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences and Microbiology & Immunology
Joseph E. Kerschner, MD
Julia A. Uihlein, MA, Dean of the School of Medicine, Provost and Executive Vice President
Joohyun Kim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
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
Gwen Lomberk, PhD
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
Professor and Chief of the Division of Congenital Heart Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin; Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's Wisconsin; Surgical Director of the Herma Heart Institute; and the S. Bert Litwin Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's
Carolyn Oxencis, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Clinical Sciences
Jong-In Park, PhD
Professor
Janet Sue Rader, MD, FACOG
Chair, Professor
Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Kevin R. Regner, MD, MS, FASN
Interim Chair, Professor
Christina Runge, PhD, CCC-A
Professor
Christopher J. Schultz, MD, FACR, FASTRO
Chair and 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
Assistant Professor
Brian F. Volkman, PhD
Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Professor, Biochemistry
Calvin B. Williams, MD, PhD
Children's Research Institute
Genetic Counselors
Jessica Bell, MPH
Education Program Coordinator II, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program
Morgan Depas, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor; Director of Fieldwork Training, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program; Certified Genetic Counselor
Amy Donahue, MLIS, MGCS, CGC
Assistant Professor; Certified Genetic Counselor
Kendra Eaves, MS, CGC
Genetic Counseling Program Manager
Jennifer Geurts, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor; Program Director, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program
Alison La Pean Kirschner, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor; Director of Research, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program; Certified Genetic Counselor
Samantha M. Stachowiak, MS, CGC
Certified Genetic Counselor
Allison Genchanok, MS, CGC
Certified Genetic Counselor
Jamie W. Harriman, MS, CGC
Certified Genetic Counselor
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
