Interdisciplinary Program Faculty






Ivor J. Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC
Center Director, Professor



Ravit Boger, MD
Chief and Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Disease



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


Yi-Guang Chen, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and Microbiology & Immunology

Magdalena Chrzanowska-Wodnicka, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute

Lisa Ann Cirillo, PhD
Associate Professor; Assistant Dean for Basic Science Curriculum

Jenifer Coburn, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology; Center for Infectious Disease Research
Ross Collery, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy


Weiguo Cui, PhD
Associate Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology


Bonnie N. Dittel, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

William R. Drobyski, MD
Mariette C. and Philip W. Orth/Tom Anderson Chair of Oncology; Co-Leader, Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Cancer Center; Professor, Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology

Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Leader, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics







Nashaat Gerges, PhD, BPharm
Professor, Chair of the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences


Jack Gorski, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Center for Human Immunology

David D. Gutterman, MD
Northwestern Mutual Professor of Medicine; Senior Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center; Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program


Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD
Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center

Karin Hoffmeister, MD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology); Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School


Neil Hogg, PhD
Professor; Director, Redox Biology Program; Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences



Bryon D. Johnson, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology/BMT) and Microbiology & Immunology

Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD
Professor and Chair; Harry R. & Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s Research; Associate Director of Basic Research, Center for Disease Prevention Research


Iris S. Kassem, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy

John R. Kirby, PhD
Chair, Microbiology & Immunology; Walter Schroeder Professor in Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Microbiome, Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center; Associate Director, Center for Microbiome Research

Candice S. Klug, PhD
James S. Hyde Professor of Biophysics; Director, National Biomedical EPR Center; Program Director, Biophysics Graduate Program

Christopher J. Kristich, PhD
Professor; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research

Antje Kroner-Milsch, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor




Lezi E, PhD
Assistant Professor


Daniel M. Lipinski, MSc, DPhil
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy


Robert Lochhead, PhD
Assistant Professor; Secondary Faculty in Medicine (Rheumatology)

Gwen Lomberk, PhD
Chief, Division of Research; Director, Basic Science Research; Department of Surgery; Associate Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology & Toxicology



Yan-Qing Ma, PhD
Associate Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Assistant Adjunct Professor

Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD
Professor and Gardetto Chair for Immunology and Immunotherapy; Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute

Akiko Mammoto, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatology)





Jeffrey A. Medin, PhD
MACC Fund Professor; Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology); Secondary Faculty




Charles R. Myers, PhD
Professor; Assistant Director, Center for Disease Prevention Research

Marja T. Nevalainen, MD, PhD
Professor, Eminent Scholar, Department of Pathology and Pharmacology & Toxicology; Assistant Dean of Research, Medical College of Wisconsin; Associate Director (Education), Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center; Director, Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence at Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center

Debra K. Newman, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Senior Investigator at Versiti Blood Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Peter J. Newman, PhD
Professor; Vice President for Research, Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin; Associate Director, Blood Research Institute









Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor


John Routes, MD
Professor, Pediatrics (Allergy, Asthma & Immunology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Chief, Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Hallgeir Rui, MD, PhD
WBCS Endowed Professor of Breast Cancer Research; Director, MCW Tissue Bank; Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Pathology

Daisy Sahoo, PhD
Vice Chair for Research, Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine; Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology); Secondary Faculty in Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology

Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Center for Microbiome Research; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; CRI Research Unit Leader for Infection, Inflammation and Immunology Research Unit; Director, GI Clinical Laboratory



Roy Silverstein, MD
Chair and Linda and John Mellowes Professor of Medicine; Associate Director, Clinomics, Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center




Mary G. Sorci-Thomas, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology); Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center; Associate Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program


Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD
Marvin Wagner Professor; Director, Neuroscience Doctoral Program





James P. Thomas, MD, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Hematology/Oncology); Secondary Faculty

Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, PhD
Professor



James Verbsky, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Rheumatology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Medical Director, Clinical Immunology Research Laboratory; Medical Director, Clinical and Translational Research


Demin Wang, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Assistant Professor



Gilbert C. White, II, MD
Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Executive Vice President for Research and Director, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Richard H. and Sara E. Aster Chair for Medical Research, Blood Center of Wisconsin; Professor, Medicine, Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology; Associate Dean for Research, Medical College of Wisconsin


Calvin B. Williams, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Dean of Research; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Chief Scientific Officer, Children's Wisconsin Research Institute; Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology; Vice Chair, Research, Pediatrics


Ming You, MD, PhD
Associate Provost for Cancer Research, Founding Director of Disease Prevention Research Center, Joseph F. Heil Jr. Professor in Molecular Oncogenesis


Anthony E. Zamora, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Microbiology & Immunology


Jieqing Zhu, PhD
Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Associate Adjunct Professor


Jacek Zielonka, PhD, DSc
Assistant Professor; Director, Redox & Bioenergetics Shared Resource
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