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


Felice F. Borisy-Rudin, JD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Legal Epidemiologist, Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project (WisAPP)


Magdalena Chrzanowska, PhD, FAHA
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Program Co-Leader, Transfusion Medicine, Vascular Biology and Cell Therapy and Senior Investigator; Versiti Blood Research Institute

Kristin J. Ciezki, PhD
Assistant Professor; Director, Therapeutic Accelerator Program

Constanza Garcia Keller, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

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



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

John Mantsch, PhD
Florence J. Williams Professor and Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Todd W. Miller, PhD
WBCS Professor of Breast Cancer Research and Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Debra K. Newman, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Senior Investigator at Versiti Blood Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Peter J. Newman, PhD
Professor; Vice President for Research, Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin; Associate Director, Blood Research Institute






Carol L. Williams, PhD
Joan K. Van Deuren Professor in Breast Cancer Research; Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program, Cancer Center; Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
