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Physiology is dedicated to quality in research, graduate and postdoctoral training, and medical education. We are currently ranked in the top 10 of NIH funding to Physiology Departments. Our research interests are broadly based, with strong programs in cardiovascular, renal, and respiratory physiology, physiological genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology.

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Curt D. Sigmund, PhD

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

csigmund@mcw.edu

Denise Cook-Snyder, PhD

Associate Professor

dcooksnyder@mcw.edu

Allen W. Cowley, Jr., PhD

Harry & Gertrude Hack Term Professorship in Physiology

Melinda R. Dwinell, PhD

Professor and Eminent Scholar; Associate Director, Education, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

mrdwinel@mcw.edu

Hubert V. Forster, PhD

Professor

bforster@mcw.edu

Aron Geurts, PhD

John E. and Genevieve M. Butenhoff Cardiovascular Research Professorship

ageurts@mcw.edu

Justin L. Grobe, PhD, FAHA, FAPS

Professor, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering; Butenhoff Family Professor of Cardiovascular Research; Director, Comprehensive Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core

Matthew R. Hodges, PhD, FAPS

Professor and Eminent Scholar; Director of Graduate Studies

mhodges@mcw.edu

Anne E. Kwitek, PhD

Professor, Physiology & Medicine

akwitek@mcw.edu

Chun Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor

chunliu@mcw.edu

Ziqing Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor

Aaron Mickle, PhD

Associate Professor

amickle@mcw.edu

Gary Mouradian, PhD

Assistant Professor

gmouradi@mcw.edu

Pablo Nakagawa, PhD

Assistant Professor

pnakagawa@mcw.edu

Caitlin O'Meara, PhD

Associate Professor

comeara@mcw.edu

Satoshi Shimada, PhD

Instructor

sshimada@mcw.edu

Chelsea Weaver, PhD

Assistant Professor

cweaver@mcw.edu

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