Society for Research Excellence
To foster, promote, and recognize excellence across MCW in all types of research and discovery
The nomination period is currently closed.
About the Society

commitment to discovery, mentorship, leadership, and advancement in research. New members are elected each year and announced at the fall Convocation ceremony.
Members of the SRE are characterized by such experience as:
- Sustained research leadership leading to high impact discoveries or findings
- History of serving as an effective mentor for trainees and/or junior faculty
- National recognition for research, such as high visibility publications, national or international leadership roles, and/or receipt of awards
- MCW full time or full professional effort appointment for at least 5 years
Current Members

Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, MS, FACEP, FACC, FAHA
Professor; Director, Resuscitation Research Center; PCIR Director, CTSI Southeast WI

Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD
Professor; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program

Jeffrey R. Binder, MD
Vice Chair for Research, Professor of Neurology, Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Professor of Biophysics, Director of Stroke and Neurobehavior Programs, Department of Neurology, Director of Language Imaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology

Joseph Carroll, PhD
Richard O. Schultz, MD / Ruth Works Professor of Ophthalmology Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Director, Advanced Ocular Imaging Program

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

John A. Corbett, PhD
Professor and Chair

Allen W. Cowley, Jr., PhD
Harry & Gertrude Hack Term Professorship in Physiology

Nancy M. Dahms, PhD
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

David D. Gutterman, MD
Northwestern Mutual Professor of Medicine; Senior Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center; Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program

Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD
Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center

Quinn Hogan, MD
Vice Chair: Research, Professor
Mary M. Horowitz, MD, MS
Robert A. Uihlein, Jr. Professor of Hematologic Research; Director, Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research; Associate Director, Cancer, Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center

John D. Imig, PhD
Professor

Elizabeth R. Jacobs, MD, MBA
Professor

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

Jeffrey A. Kelly, PhD
Professor and Director, CAIR

Purushottam W. Laud, PhD
Professor

Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD
Professor and Eminent Scholar; Director, Center of Systems Molecular Medicine

Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH
Associate Provost for Research; Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Lady Riders Professor of Breast Cancer Research

Julie A. Panepinto, MD, MSPH, FAAP
Professor

Frank A. Pintar, PhD
Professor, Neurosurgery; Founding Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Daisy Sahoo, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology); Secondary Faculty in Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology; Vice Chair for Research, Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine

Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Center for Microbiome Research; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; CRI Research Unit Leader for Infection, Inflammation and Immunology Research Unit; Director, GI Clinical Laboratory

Reza Shaker, MD
Joseph E. Geenen Professor & Chief

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