Meet Our Team
MSTP Leadership
Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Director, Center for Microbiome Research
Antimicrobial Peptides, host-microbe interactions in the GI tract, microbiota in health and disease
Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD
Professor; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Microbial Pathogenesis
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
Amblyopia, pediatric cataracts, pediatric eye trauma, retinopathy of prematurity, strabismus, Fabry Disease, Pediatric Uveitis
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
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
Vascular Diseases
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
T cell development, Regulatory T cell biology, Mucosal tolerance
MSTP Administrative Staff
