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; Policy Analyst, Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project (WisAPP)


Magdalena Chrzanowska, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Program 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 & Toxicology

Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD
Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; 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; Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology

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