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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.

Current Members

John A. Auchampach, PhD

Professor

Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC

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

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

Interim Dean of the School of Medicine, Professor

Carley Davis, MD

Professor

Elizabeth M. Gore, MD, FACR

Professor of Radiation Oncology; Section Chief Radiation Oncology Milwaukee VA Medical Center

Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH

Professor

Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research

Kenneth Jacobsohn, MD

Professor

Bryon D. Johnson, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology/BMT) and Microbiology & Immunology

Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD

Harry R. & Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s Research

Tracy Kelly, MD

Associate Professor

Steven Howard Kroft, MD

Professor and Chair

Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Qing-Song Liu, PhD

Professor

John "Mac" Longo, MD

Associate Professor

Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD

Marcus Professor & Chair

Christopher M. Olsen, PhD

Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Anna Palatnik, MD

Associate Professor

Lindsay Puckett, MD

Associate Professor

Janet Sue Rader, MD, FACOG

Chair, Professor

Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Professor

Reza Shaker, MD

Professor

Curt D. Sigmund, PhD

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

Malika Siker, MD

Professor; Associate Dean

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

Andrey Sorokin, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Nephrology) and Microbiology & Immunology

James P. Thomas, MD, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Hematology/Oncology); Secondary Faculty

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; Vice Chair for Research in Biophysics; Associate Director, Redox Biology Program

Gilbert C. White, II, MD

Senior Investigator Emeritus, 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

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