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Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR)

Meet our Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Infectious Disease Research Team

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Christopher J. Kristich, PhD

Professor; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research

ckristich@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4141

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Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD

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

jtb01@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8412

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Ravit Boger, MD

Chief and Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Disease

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Kenneth L. Brockman, PhD

Assistant Professor

kbrockman@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4892

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Jenifer Coburn, PhD

Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology; Center for Infectious Disease Research

jcoburn@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4116

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Leslie Cockerham, MD

Associate Professor

(414) 805-6444

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Michael B. Dwinell, PhD

Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

mdwinell@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7427

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Jimmy B. Feix, PhD

Professor

jfeix@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4037

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Dara W. Frank, PhD

Professor

frankd@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8766

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Kelly J. Henrickson, MD

Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Midwest Respiratory Virus Program

khenrick@mcw.edu

(414) 337-7070

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Martin J. Hessner, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology); Director, Max McGee Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes

mhessner@mcw.edu

(414) 456-4496

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Amy Hudson, PhD

Professor

ahudson@mcw.edu

(414) 955-5774

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Anna H. Huppler, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology

ahuppler@mcw.edu

(414) 337-7070

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Joseph E. Kerschner, MD

Dean Emeritus of the School of Medicine; Professor, Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences and Microbiology & Immunology

jkerschner@mcw.edu

(414) 266-6486

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Jessica Kelliher, PhD

Assistant Professor

jlkelliher@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8081

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John R. Kirby, PhD

Chair, Microbiology & Immunology; Walter Schroeder Professor in Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Microbiome, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Associate Director, Center for Microbiome Research

jkirby@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8253

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Candice S. Klug, PhD

James S. Hyde Professor of Biophysics; Director, National Biomedical EPR Center; Vice Chair for Research in Biophysics

candice@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4015

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Michael Kron, MD

Director, Professor

(414) 805-6444

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Suresh Kumar, PhD

Associate Professor; Scientific Director, CRI Imaging Core; Scientific Director, NRC Imaging Facility

skumar@mcw.edu

(414) 955-2448

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Nathan A. Ledeboer, PhD

Professor; Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology; Medical Director, Molecular Diagnostics

nledeboe@mcw.edu

(414) 805-7556

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Robert Lochhead, PhD

Associate Professor; Secondary Faculty in Medicine (Rheumatology)

rlochhead@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4882

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Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD

Marcus Professor & Chair

jmarchant@mcw.edu

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Andrew Petroll, MS, MD

Professor

(414) 805-2018

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Michelle Riehle, PhD

Associate Professor

mriehle@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8592

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Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD

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

nsalzman@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4244

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Matthew C. Surdel, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases); Center for Infectious Disease Research

msurdel@mcw.edu

(414) 955-2210

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Vera Tarakanova, PhD

Professor

vera@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7480

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Eillen Tecle, PhD

Assistant Professor

etecle@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7429

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Scott S. Terhune, PhD

Professor

sterhune@mcw.edu

(414) 955-2511

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Brian F. Volkman, PhD

Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Professor, Biochemistry

bvolkman@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8400

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Rodney E. Willoughby, MD

Professor

(414) 337-7070

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