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Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Disease Prevention Research (CDPR) Members

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The Center for Disease Prevention Research aims to reduce the burden of diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. By clarifying the basic mechanisms of chemopreventive and immunopreventive modalities, we can provide a scientific rationale for the design of new and more effective approaches for disease prevention. Center for Disease Prevention Research scientists are carrying out a wide range of studies to explore various aspects of prevention in both basic science and clinical settings. The common goal of these scientists is to conduct innovative studies that increase our understanding of the mechanisms to prevent diseases rather than to treat them after they surface.

Current Members

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John A. Auchampach, PhD

Professor and Vice-Chair

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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

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Guan Chen, MD, PhD

Professor

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Pradeep Chaluvally-Raghavan, PhD

Associate Professor

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John A. Corbett, PhD

Professor and Chair

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Deborah M. Costakos, MD, MS

Chair, Professor

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Carley Davis, MD

Clinical Vice-Chair, Professor

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Elizabeth M. Gore, MD, FACR

Professor of Radiation Oncology; Section Chief Radiation Oncology Milwaukee VA Medical Center

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Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD

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

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Bryon D. Johnson, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology/BMT) and Microbiology & Immunology

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Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD

Harry R. & Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s Research

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Dev Karan, PhD

Associate Professor

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Tracy Kelly, MD

Associate Professor

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Steven Howard Kroft, MD

Professor and Chair

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Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Professor Emeritus

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Qing-Song Liu, PhD

Professor

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John "Mac" Longo, MD

Associate Professor

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Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD

Marcus Professor & Chair

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Christopher M. Olsen, PhD

Associate Professor

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Anna Palatnik, MD

Associate Professor

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Lindsay Puckett, MD

Assistant Professor

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Janet Sue Rader, MD, FACOG

Chair, Professor

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Reza Shaker, MD

Joseph E. Geenen Professor & Chief

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Curt D. Sigmund, PhD

James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Chair of Physiology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center

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Malika Siker, MD

Associate Professor; Associate Dean for Student Inclusion and Diversity

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Roy Silverstein, MD

Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Medicine; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology

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Brian Smith, PhD

Associate Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Associate Professor, Biochemistry

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Andrey Sorokin, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Nephrology) and Microbiology & Immunology

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James P. Thomas, MD, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Hematology/Oncology); Secondary Faculty

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Raul A. Urrutia, MD

Professor, Department of Surgery; Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

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Jeannette Vasquez Vivar, PhD

Professor; Associate Director, Redox Biology Program

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Gilbert C. White, II, MD

Senior Investigator Emeritus, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Department of Medicine; Secondary Faculty

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Stuart J. Wong, MD

Center Director, Professor

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Jacek Zielonka, PhD, DSc

Assistant Professor; Director, Redox & Bioenergetics Shared Resource