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Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis

Medical College of Wisconsin IDP Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis Faculty

Ravit Boger, MD

Chief and Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Disease

Kenneth L. Brockman, PhD

Assistant Professor

kbrockman@mcw.edu

Jenifer Coburn, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology; Center for Infectious Disease Research

jcoburn@mcw.edu

John A. Corbett, PhD

Professor

jcorbett@mcw.edu

Dara W. Frank, PhD

Professor

Khyati Girdhar, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

kgirdhar@mcw.edu

Nicholas Jarjour, PhD

Associate Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Assistant Professor

njarjour@versiti.org

John R. Kirby, PhD

Chair, Microbiology & Immunology; Walter Schroeder Professor in Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Microbiome, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Associate Director, Center for Microbiome Research

Candice S. Klug, PhD

James S. Hyde Professor of Biophysics; Director, National Biomedical EPR Center; Vice Chair for Research in Biophysics

candice@mcw.edu

Christopher J. Kristich, PhD

Professor; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research

ckristich@mcw.edu

Robert Lochhead, PhD

Associate Professor; Secondary Faculty in Medicine (Rheumatology)

rlochhead@mcw.edu

Francesca M. Marassi, PhD

Professor, Chair, and Eminent Scholar

fmarassi@mcw.edu

Fabrizio Marinelli, PhD

Associate Professor; Recruitment Director, Biophysics Graduate Program

fmarinelli@mcw.edu

Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Founding Director, Center for Microbiome Research

nsalzman@mcw.edu

Vera Tarakanova, PhD

Professor

Eillen Tecle, PhD

Assistant Professor

Scott S. Terhune, PhD

Professor

sterhune@mcw.edu

Brian F. Volkman, PhD

Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Professor, Biochemistry

bvolkman@mcw.edu

Yaqiang Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Ze Zheng, MD, PhD

Associate Professor; Associate Director of Basic Science Research

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