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
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
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
