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Meet the Medical College of Wisconsin Office of Research Leadership Team

The department is structured in nine units rolling up to a central administrative team.

Administrative Leadership

Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH, MACP

Vice Dean for Research, School of Medicine; Associate Provost for Research; Professor of Medicine, Lady Riders Professor of Breast Cancer Research; Principal Investigator, CHDS

Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD

Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research

Blair Stauffer-Fetting, CRA

Assistant Dean, Research Operations

Unit Leadership

April A. Haverty, MPE, JD

Director, Grants & Contracts Office

ahaverty@mcw.edu

Debra Scott, PhD

Director, Research Applications

Kenneth P. Allen, DVM, DACLAM

Assistant Provost and Director, Biomedical Resource Center; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

kpallen@mcw.edu

Kevin Boggs, MBA, PhD

Director, Office of Technology Development

kpboggs@mcw.edu

Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Assistant Provost and Director, MCW Human Research Protection Program, Ursula von der Ruhr Chair in Bioethics; Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

rspellecy@mcw.edu

Sandra L. Jensen, MS, RLATG, CPIA

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee and Safety Committees Manager

sjensen@mcw.edu

Todd Senglaub, MPH

Radiation Safety Officer

tsenglaub@mcw.edu

Jon Goodell, MLIS, AHIP

Library Director

jgoodell@mcw.edu

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