MSTP students in the Sahoo lab

Medical Scientist Training Program

Meet Our MCW MSTP Team

MSTP Leadership

Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD

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

nsalzman@mcw.edu

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

Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD

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

Microbial Pathogenesis

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

Stem Cell Biology/Hematopoiesis

Roy Silverstein, MD

Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Medicine; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology

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

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

T cell development, Regulatory T cell biology, Mucosal tolerance

MSTP Administrative Staff

Kim Peplinski

Education Program Coordinator III

kpeplin@mcw.edu

Ann Moll

Education Program Coordinator I

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