Medical Scientist Training Program
Medical Scientist Training Program

Meet Our Team

MSTP Leadership

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Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD

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

nsalzman@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4244

Antimicrobial Peptides, host-microbe interactions in the GI tract, microbiota in health and disease

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Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD

Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program

jtb01@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8412

Microbial Pathogenesis

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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

srrao@mcw.edu

(414) 937-3841

Stem Cell Biology/Hematopoiesis

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Roy Silverstein, MD

Chair and Linda and John Mellowes Professor of Medicine; Associate Director, Clinomics, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program

Molecular and cellular pathogenesis of thrombosis, atherosclerosis and angiogenesis with focus on role of the type 2 scavenger receptor CD36

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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

cwilliam@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8641

T cell development, Regulatory T cell biology, Mucosal tolerance

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Gilbert C. White, II, MD

Emeritus 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

gcwhite@bcw.edu

(414) 937-3866

Vascular Diseases

MSTP Administrative Staff

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Kim Peplinski

Education Program Coordinator III

kpeplin@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8641

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Ann Moll

Administrative Assistant

amoll@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4430