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Medical College of Wisconsin IDP Physiological Sciences Faculty

Andreas Beyer, PhD

Professor

Ulrich Broeckel, MD

Professor, Pediatrics; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Physiology and School of Pharmacy; Chief, Section of Genomic Pediatrics; Associate Director, Pharmacogenomics, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

Allen W. Cowley, Jr., PhD

Harry & Gertrude Hack Term Professor in Physiology

Ranjan Dash, PhD

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering Secondary Appointment - Department of Physiology

Matt Durand, PhD

Associate Professor; Associate Director of Clinical and Translational Research; Vice Chair of Research; Secondary Faculty Appointment in Physiology

Melinda R. Dwinell, PhD

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

Hubert V. Forster, PhD

Professor

Julie Freed, MD, PhD

Associate Professor; Executive Vice Chair; Director of Clinical Research

Aron Geurts, PhD

John E. and Genevieve M. Butenhoff Cardiovascular Research Professorship

Justin L. Grobe, PhD, FAHA, FAPS

Professor of Physiology, Biomedical Engineering

Matthew R. Hodges, PhD, FAPS

Professor and Eminent Scholar; Director of Graduate Studies

Anne E. Kwitek, PhD

Professor, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering

Liang Liang, PhD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Secondary Faculty in Biochemistry

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 Research Center

Ziqing Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor

Aaron Mickle, PhD

Associate Professor

Gary Mouradian, PhD

Assistant Professor

Pablo Nakagawa, PhD

Assistant Professor

Caitlin O'Meara, PhD

Associate Professor

Tirthadipa Pradhan-Sundd, PhD

Assistant Professor

Ramani Ramchandran, PhD

Professor

Jeffrey L. Segar, MD

Professor & Associate Chair

Curt D. Sigmund, PhD

James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Chair of Physiology

Andrew D. Spearman, MD

Associate Professor; Assistant Director of Basic Science Research

Ze Zheng, MD, PhD

Associate Professor; Associate Director of Basic Science Research

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