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Meet Our MCW Center for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine Team

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Libby Ellinas, MD

Director, Center for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine; Associate Dean, Women's Leadership; Professor, Anesthesiology

libby@mcw.edu

(414) 805-3914

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Cheryl A. Maurana, PhD

Interim Provost; Senior Vice President for Strategic Academic Partnerships; Professor of Population Health; Founding Director Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine

cmaurana@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8075

Special Advisor to the Center for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine

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Abby M. Haak, MA

Program Manager I

ahaak@mcw.edu

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Njeri Jackson

Research Program Coordinator II

njackson@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8625

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