The Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin is dedicated to quality in research, graduate and postdoctoral training, and medical education. The research interests of our faculty are broadly based, with strong programs in cardiovascular physiology, renal physiology, respiratory physiology, physiological genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology. 

The research programs in this department are multidisciplinary and are tightly integrated with several Research Centers on the MCW campus:

• Cardiovascular Center
• Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Center of Systems Molecular Medicine
• Neuroscience Research Center
• Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

There is a long history of quality graduate education in the Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Our graduates are successful scientists in universities, pharmaceutical companies, and government. The size of our program encourages the development of close working relationships between students and faculty. Every effort is made to optimize and tailor our training programs to meet individual student needs in preparation for successful careers.