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
The nomination period for new members typically runs June - July annually. For inquiries about the society, contact the Office of Research.
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, Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC
Director, Cardiovascular Center; Professor, Medicine, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Surgery; Program Director, CVC T32 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
William B. Campbell, PhD
Professor
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
Julia Dickson-Gomez, 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
Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine; Inaugural Milwaukee Community Chair in Health Equity Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin; Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine; Director, Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS); Director MCW CTSI KL2 Program; Director, MCW CTSI Master’s in Clinical/Translational Research
Aron Geurts, PhD
Professor
David D. Gutterman, MD
Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; Senior Associate Director Emeritus, Cardiovascular Center; Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program
Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Professor; Founding Director, Comprehensive Injury Center; Senior Science and Policy Advisor
Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD
Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research
Quinn Hogan, MD
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, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
Elizabeth R. Jacobs, MD, MBA
Professor
Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD
Harry R. & Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s Research
Jeffrey A. Kelly, PhD
Professor and Director, CAIR
Purushottam W. Laud, PhD
Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Biostatistics
Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD
Professor and Kohler Co. Chair in Physiology; Director, Center of Systems Molecular Medicine; Vice-Chair for Interdisciplinary and Translational Research
Julian H. Lombard, PhD
Professor; Physiology Course Director
Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD
Marcus Professor & Chair
Michael McCrea, PhD, ABPP
The Shekar N. Kurpad, MD, PhD, Chair in Neurosurgery; Professor; Vice Chair of Research; Co-director, Neurotrauma Research Center; Director, Brain Injury Research Program
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; Principal Investigator, CHDS
Frank A. Pintar, PhD
Founding Chair, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Neurosurgery
Daisy Sahoo, PhD
Vice Chair for Research, Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine; Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology); Secondary Faculty in Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology
Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Director, Center for Microbiome Research
Reza Shaker, MD
Joseph E. Geenen Professor & Chief
Roy Silverstein, MD
Chair and Linda and John Mellowes Professor of Medicine; Associate Director, Clinomics, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Melinda Stolley, PhD
Professor; Associate Director Prevention & Control, Cancer Center
Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD
Marvin Wagner Professor
Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, PhD
Professor
Brian F. Volkman, PhD
Professor
Gilbert C. White, II, MD
Emeritus Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Executive Vice President for Research and Director, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Richard H. and Sara E. Aster Chair for Medical Research, Blood Center of Wisconsin; Professor, Medicine, Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology; Associate Dean for Research, Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael E. Widlansky, MD, MPH
Northwestern Mutual Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center
Carol L. Williams, PhD
Joan K. Van Deuren Professor in Breast Cancer Research; Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program, Cancer Center; Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Mei-Jie Zhang, PhD
Professor
Emeritus Members
Emeritus members are no longer active with MCW, however they are listed here in recognition of their service with their induction year.
Julie Panepinto, MD, MSPH (2017)
John Imig, PhD (2018)
Parameswaran Hari, MD (2021)