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Center for Microbiome Research
Center for Microbiome Research

Meet Our MCW Center for Microbiome Research Team

Director

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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

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

Steering Committee

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Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD

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

jtb01@mcw.edu

Microbial Pathogenesis

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Martin J. Hessner, PhD

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

mhessner@mcw.edu

The Microbiome in the Development and Progression of Type 1 Diabetes

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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

Microbial Signal Transduction

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Sandra L. McLellan, PhD

Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Freshwater Sciences

Environmental Microbial Populations

Partners and Affiliations

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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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Bradley W. Taylor, FAMIA

Chief Research Informatics Officer

btaylor@mcw.edu

(414) 805-7307

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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

Staff

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Mary L. Holtz, PhD

Research Operations Manager, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)

Jennifer Zeigelbauer

Manager, Gnotobiotic Facility

Amy Pan, PhD

Biostatistician; Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Quantitative Health Sciences)

Samantha Atkinson, PhD

Bioinformatics Analyst III, Microbiology & Immunology

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