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Neuroscience Cellular and Molecular

Neuroscience (Cellular and Molecular)

Joseph Besharse, PhD, FARVO

Professor Emeritus

jbeshars@mcw.edu

Alan S. Bloom, PhD

Professor

Joseph Carroll, PhD

Richard O. Schultz, MD / Ruth Works Professor of Ophthalmology Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Director, Advanced Ocular Imaging Program

jcarroll@mcw.edu

Ross Collery, PhD

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

rcollery@mcw.edu

Bonnie N. Dittel, PhD

Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

bonnie.dittel@bcw.edu

Allison D. Ebert, PhD

Associate Professor; Director, Neuroscience Doctoral Program

Carol Everson, PhD

Professor

ceverson@mcw.edu

Hubert V. Forster, PhD

Professor

bforster@mcw.edu

Nashaat Gerges, PhD, BPharm

Professor, Chair of the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences

ngerges@mcw.edu

Justin L. Grobe, PhD

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

Blake Hill, PhD

Professor

Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD

Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research

chillard@mcw.edu

Matthew R. Hodges, PhD

Associate Professor

mhodges@mcw.edu

Quinn Hogan, MD

Vice Chair: Research, Professor

Iris S. Kassem, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program

ikassem@mcw.edu

Antje Kroner-Milsch, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Xuelin Lou, PhD

Associate Professor

Sang H. Lee, PhD

Professor

Brian A. Link, PhD

Professor

Daniel M. Lipinski, MSc, DPhil

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy

dlipinski@mcw.edu

Qing-Song Liu, PhD

Professor

Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD

Marcus Professor & Chair

jmarchant@mcw.edu

John D. McCorvy, PhD

Assistant Professor

jmccorvy@mcw.edu

Jesse G. Meyer, PhD

Assistant Professor

jesmeyer@mcw.edu

Christopher M. Olsen, PhD

Associate Professor

Bin Pan, PhD

Associate Professor

Ramani Ramchandran, PhD

Professor

rramchan@mcw.edu

Curt D. Sigmund, PhD

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

csigmund@mcw.edu

Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD

Marvin Wagner Professor

cstucky@mcw.edu

Jeannette Vasquez Vivar, PhD

Professor; Associate Director, Redox Biology Program

jvvivar@mcw.edu

Matthew B. Veldman, PhD

Assistant Professor

mveldman@mcw.edu

Yu-Chieh (Jack) Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor

yucwang@mcw.edu