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Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

Michele A. Battle, PhD

Associate Professor

mbattle@mcw.edu

Joseph Besharse, PhD, FARVO

Professor Emeritus

jbeshars@mcw.edu

Lisa Ann Cirillo, PhD

Associate Professor; Assistant Dean for Basic Science Curriculum

lcirillo@mcw.edu

Ross Collery, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy

rcollery@mcw.edu

Allison D. Ebert, PhD

Associate Professor; Director, Neuroscience Doctoral Program

Justin L. Grobe, PhD

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

Joy Lincoln, PhD

PhD, Professor and Associate Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, Research Director, Pediatric Cardiology, Peter Sommerhauser Chair for Cardiac Quality, Outcomes and Research, Children’s Wisconsin, Director of Cardiovascular Research, Herma Heart Institute; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center

jlincoln@mcw.edu

Brian A. Link, PhD

Professor

Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD

Marcus Professor & Chair

jmarchant@mcw.edu

Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, PhD

Assistant Professor in Biochemistry; Secondary Faculty in Obstetrics & Gynecology

solivier@mcw.edu

Caitlin O'Meara, PhD

Assistant Professor

comeara@mcw.edu

Michaela Patterson, PhD

Assistant Professor

mpatterson@mcw.edu

Ramani Ramchandran, PhD

Professor

rramchan@mcw.edu

Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology/Transplantation and Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Associate Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute

Elena Semina, PhD

Professor and Chair, Division of Developmental Biology

esemina@mcw.edu

Rashmi Sood, PhD

Associate Professor

W. Karol Subczynski, PhD, DSc

Professor

subczyn@mcw.edu

Kenichiro Taniguchi, PhD

Assistant Professor

ktaniguchi@mcw.edu

Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, PhD

Professor

Matthew B. Veldman, PhD

Assistant Professor

mveldman@mcw.edu

Renren Wen, PhD

Associate Professor; Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute

rwen@versiti.org

Yu-Chieh (Jack) Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor

yucwang@mcw.edu