Primary Faculty
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Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD
Marcus Professor & Chair
Calcium Signaling in excitable cells, nervous system regeneration
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Kazuhiro Aoki, PhD
Associate Professor; Technical Director, Translational Metabolomics Shared Resource, MCW Cancer Center
Linked-Omics, Glycomics, Glycoproteomics, Lipidomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Bioinformatics
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Xiaowen Bai, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Stem cell-mediated tissue regeneration, human stem cell-based disease modeling, non-coding RNA and mitochondrial mechanisms in neurodegeneration
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Lisa Ann Cirillo, PhD
Associate Professor; Assistant Dean for Basic Science Curriculum
Molecular mechanisms underlying liver development and function, with a particular focus on the role played chromatin structure in the transcriptional regulation of liver genes
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Lezi E, PhD
Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration, with a focus on the upstream, non-neuronal signals that trigger the onset of neurodegeneration in aging
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Allison D. Ebert, PhD
Associate Professor; Director, Neuroscience Doctoral Program
Neurodegenerative diseases, both understanding the molecular basis for the disease progression and finding effective experimental therapies
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Jeff Fritz, PhD
Associate Professor
Integration of foundational medical sciences curriculum with professional identity formation, well-being and leadership studies
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Melanie Gartz, PhD, MS, MHS
Assistant Professor
Utilizing iPSCs to model genetic skeletal muscle diseases
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Beth B. Krippendorf, PhD
Professor
Comprehensive teaching in Clinical Human Anatomy, Cell and Tissue Biology and Integrated Medical Neuroscience
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Pui-Ying (Penny) Lam, PhD
Assistant Professor
Chemo-optogenetic/Photopharmacological tool development, cellular and molecular mechanisms of immunity in the central nervous system
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John D. McCorvy, PhD
Assistant Professor
Molecular Mechanisms of G protein-coupled Receptor Biased Signaling
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Teresa Patitucci, PhD
Associate Professor
Educational research in the anatomical sciences, utilizing reflective practice to develop professionalism skills, analyzing in-class teaching paradigms, and evaluating alternative assessment methods
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Michaela Patterson, PhD
Associate Professor
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern heart regeneration
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Tirthadipa Pradhan-Sundd, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hematological Disorders (Sickle Cell disease and Hemophilia), Hemoglobin-heme-iron clearance
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John A. Pulikkan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Deciphering the interplay between transcription factors and chromatin dynamics in normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cells, and understanding the function of non-coding RNAs in myeloid development and leukemia
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Daochun Sun, PhD
Assistant Professor
Tumor heterogeneity, Cancer stem cells, Neurofibromatosis Type 1-associated peripheral nerve and central nerve system tumors, and data mining in biological big data
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Kenichiro Taniguchi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Stem Cells, Apicosome and Amniogenesis of Early Human Development
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Matthew B. Veldman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Development, degeneration, and regeneration within the central nervous system
Emeritus Faculty
Joseph Besharse, PhD, FARVO
Professor Emeritus
jbeshars@mcw.edu
David L. Bolender, PhD
Professor Emeritus
bolender@mcw.edu
Stanley Kaplan, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Gary L. Kolesari, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus
edkoles@mcw.edu
Danny Riley, PhD
Professor Emeritus
dariley@mcw.edu
Michael A. Schellpfeffer, MD, MS
Professor Emeritus
mschellpfeff@mcw.edu
Margaret Wong-Riley, PhD
Professor Emeritus
mwr@mcw.edu