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Curt D. Sigmund, PhD

James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Chair of Physiology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular 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; Associate Director, Education, Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center

mrdwinel@mcw.edu

Hubert V. Forster, PhD

Professor

bforster@mcw.edu

Aron Geurts, PhD

Professor

ageurts@mcw.edu

Justin L. Grobe, PhD

Associate Professor, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering; Director, Comprehensive Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core

Matthew R. Hodges, PhD

Associate Professor

mhodges@mcw.edu

Alison Kriegel, PhD

Associate Professor

akriegel@mcw.edu

Anne E. Kwitek, PhD

Associate Professor, Physiology & Medicine

akwitek@mcw.edu

Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD

Professor and Kohler Co. Chair in Physiology; Director, Center of Systems Molecular Medicine; Vice-Chair for Interdisciplinary and Translational Research

Pengyuan Liu, PhD

Associate Professor

Yong Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor

Gary Mouradian, PhD

Instructor

gmouradi@mcw.edu

Pablo Nakagawa, PhD

Appointment Years: 2019-2020 | Current Position: Instructor

pnakagawa@mcw.edu

Caitlin O'Meara, PhD

Assistant Professor

comeara@mcw.edu

Chelsea Weaver, PhD

Assistant Professor

cweaver@mcw.edu

Hartmut Weiler, PhD

Associate Professor

hartmut.weiler@bcw.edu

Jing Wu, PhD

Instructor