Center for Disease Prevention Research (CDPR) Members
The Center for Disease Prevention Research aims to reduce the burden of diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. By clarifying the basic mechanisms of chemopreventive and immunopreventive modalities, we can provide a scientific rationale for the design of new and more effective approaches for disease prevention. Center for Disease Prevention Research scientists are carrying out a wide range of studies to explore various aspects of prevention in both basic science and clinical settings. The common goal of these scientists is to conduct innovative studies that increase our understanding of the mechanisms to prevent diseases rather than to treat them after they surface.
Faculty

John A. Auchampach, PhD
Professor and Vice-Chair

Sherry-Ann Brown, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA
Assistant Professor

William B. Campbell, PhD
Professor

Guan Chen, MD, PhD
Professor

Pradeep Chaluvally-Raghavan, PhD
Associate Professor

John A. Corbett, PhD
Professor and Chair

Deborah M. Costakos, MD, MS
Chair, Professor

Weiguo Cui, PhD
Associate Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Carley Davis, MD
Associate Professor

Elizabeth M. Gore, MD
Professor; Medical Director of Radiation Oncology, Zablocki VA Medical Center

Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Professor

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

El-Sayed H. Ibrahim, PhD, MSE, MSc, BSc
Associate Professor

Kenneth Jacobsohn, MD
Professor

David Johnstone, MD
Professor

Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD
Professor and Chair; Harry R. & Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s Research; Associate Director of Basic Research, Center for Disease Prevention Research

Dev Karan, PhD
Associate Professor

Tracy Kelly, MD
Associate Professor

Steven Howard Kroft, MD
Professor and Chair

Shi-Jiang Li, PhD
Professor

Qing-Song Liu, PhD
Professor

John "Mac" Longo, MD
Assistant Professor

Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD
Marcus Professor & Chair

Marja T. Nevalainen, MD, PhD
Professor, Eminent Scholar, Department of Pathology and Pharmacology & Toxicology; Assistant Dean of Research, Medical College of Wisconsin; Associate Director (Education), Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center; Director, Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence at Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center

Christopher M. Olsen, PhD
Associate Professor

Anna Palatnik, MD
Associate Professor

Lindsay Puckett, MD
Assistant Professor

Janet Sue Rader, MD, FACOG
Chair, Professor

Hallgeir Rui, MD, PhD
WBCS Endowed Professor of Breast Cancer Research; Director, MCW Tissue Bank; Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Pathology

Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD
Professor

Reza Shaker, MD
Joseph E. Geenen Professor & Chief

Curt D. Sigmund, PhD
James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Chair of Physiology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center

Malika L. Siker, MD
Member, Student Pillar, Kern Institute

Roy Silverstein, MD
Chair and Linda and John Mellowes Professor of Medicine; Associate Director, Clinomics, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

Brian Smith, PhD
Associate Professor

Andrey Sorokin, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Nephrology) and Microbiology & Immunology

James P. Thomas, MD, PhD
Professor

Raul A. Urrutia, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery; Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

Jeannette Vasquez Vivar, PhD
Professor; Associate Director, Redox Biology Program

Gilbert C. White, II, MD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Department of Medicine; Secondary Faculty

Stuart J. Wong, MD
Center Director, Professor

Jacek Zielonka, PhD, DSc
Assistant Professor; Director, Redox & Bioenergetics Shared Resource
Staff

Teri Hecker
Finance

Sally Hegwood Vliet
MA
