Society for Research Excellence
To foster, promote, and recognize excellence across MCW in all types of research and discovery.
About the Society
The Office of Research is pleased to host the MCW Society for Research Excellence, a collective of select MCW faculty with a demonstrated 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
Allen W. Cowley, Jr., PhD
Chair and James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Harry & Gertrude Hack Term Professorship in Physiology; Interim Director, Human and Molecular Genetics Center
Nancy M. Dahms, PhD
Professor
Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD
Professor and Chair; Harry R. & Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s Research; Founder, Free Radical Research Center
Purushottam W. Laud, PhD
Professor
Frank A. Pintar, PhD
Professor
Roy Silverstein, MD
Professor and Chair of 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
Julie A. Panepinto, MD, MSPH, FAAP
Professor
Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD
Professor; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Mary Horowitz, MD, MS
Professor | Director, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
Jeffrey A. Kelly, PhD
Professor and Director, CAIR
David D. Gutterman, MD
Northwestern Mutual Professor of Medicine
John A. Corbett, PhD
Professor and Chair
Elizabeth R. Jacobs, MD, MBA
Professor
John D. Imig, PhD
Professor
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
