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Pharmacology and Toxicology

Medical College of Wisconsin Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty

Our knowledgeable Pharmacology and Toxicology faculty are innovators in education and research. With a variety of interests and specialties, each individual is paving the way for breakthroughs in chemically defined therapeutic and toxic agents.

Primary Faculty

John A. Auchampach, PhD

Professor

jauchamp@mcw.edu

David A. A. Baranger, PhD

Assistant Professor

dbaranger@mcw.edu

Alan S. Bloom, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Felice F. Borisy-Rudin, JD, PhD

Assistant Professor

fborisyrudin@mcw.edu

William B. Campbell, PhD

Professor

Guan Chen, MD, PhD

Professor

Kristin J. Ciezki, PhD

Assistant Professor; Director, Therapeutic Accelerator Program

kciezki@mcw.edu

Focus: Therapeutic Accelerator Program (TAP)

Constanza Garcia Keller, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

cgkeller@mcw.edu

Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research

chillard@mcw.edu

Sang H. Lee, PhD

Professor

Qing-Song Liu, PhD

Professor

Wei Liu, PhD

Joseph F. Heil, Jr. Endowed Chair of Molecular Oncogenesis; Leader, Cancer Biology Program, Cancer Center; Director, Structural Biology Shared Resource (SBSR), Cancer Center; Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Xiaojie Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor

xiaojieliu@mcw.edu

John Mantsch, PhD

Florence J. Williams Professor and Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology

jomantsch@mcw.edu

Todd W. Miller, PhD

WBCS Professor of Breast Cancer Research and Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

tomiller@mcw.edu

Debra K. Newman, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Senior Investigator at Versiti Blood Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

dknewman@versiti.org

Peter J. Newman, PhD

Professor; Vice President for Research, Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin; Associate Director, Blood Research Institute

pjnewman@versiti.org

Christopher M. Olsen, PhD

Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Sandra L. Pfister, PhD

Professor

spfister@mcw.edu

Xiao-Mei Qi, MD

Associate Professor

Antje Schaefer, PhD

Assistant Professor

aschaefer@mcw.edu

Jennifer J. Tuscher, PhD

Assistant Professor

jtuscher@mcw.edu

Carol L. Williams, PhD

Professor Emeritus

williams@mcw.edu

Lan Zhu, PhD

Assistant Professor

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