Meet Our MCW Microbiology & Immunology Secondary Faculty

Ravit Boger, MD

Chief and Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Disease

Yi-Guang Chen, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and Microbiology & Immunology

Immunogenetics of type 1 diabetes

Jenifer Coburn, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology; Center for Infectious Disease Research

Bacterial Pathogenesis

Michael Deininger, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

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

Inflammation and Immunology, Transplantation Biology

Kelly J. Henrickson, MD

Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Midwest Respiratory Virus Program

Negative strand respiratory virus molecular epidemiology and natural history

Martin J. Hessner, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology); Director, Max McGee Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes

The Microbiome in the Development and Progression of Type 1 Diabetes

Anna H. Huppler, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology

Bryon D. Johnson, PhD

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

Cancer immunology and immunotherapy

Nikki Johnston, PhD

Professor, Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences and Microbiology & Immunology

Extraesophageal reflux

Dev Karan, PhD

Associate Professor

Joseph E. Kerschner, MD

Julia A. Uihlein, MA, Dean of the School of Medicine, Provost and Executive Vice President

Tammy Lyn Kindel, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Jennifer Knight, MD, MS, FACLP

Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology

Antje Kroner-Milsch, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Therapeutic potential of modifying the inflammatory response after spinal cord injury

Roy M. Long, PhD

Associate Professor; Assistant Dean for Graduate Recruitment

RNA Localization in Yeast

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

NK cell development and function

Debra K. Newman, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Senior Investigator at Versiti Blood Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Immunology

Akinyemi I. Ojesina, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Community Health

Director, Inclusive Learning and Innovation

Amy Prunuske, PhD

Associate Professor

John Routes, MD

Professor, Pediatrics (Allergy, Asthma & Immunology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Chief, Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Primary Immunodeficiencies

Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Founding Director, Center for Microbiome Research

Antimicrobial Peptides, host-microbe interactions in the GI tract, microbiota in health and disease

Andrey Sorokin, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Nephrology) and Microbiology & Immunology

Cell signaling as related to pathobiology of kidney diseases

James Verbsky, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics (Rheumatology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Medical Director, Clinical Immunology Research Laboratory; Medical Director, Clinical and Translational Research

Immune regulation, T regulatory cells, role of IL-2 and IL-10 in immune regulation, mechanisms of suppression of immune responses by T regulatory cells

Calvin B. Williams, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Dean of Research; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Chief Scientific Officer, Children's Wisconsin Research Institute; Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology; Vice Chair, Research, Pediatrics

T cell development, Regulatory T cell biology, Mucosal tolerance

Anthony E. Zamora, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Microbiology & Immunology