Meet the Team
Leadership

Raul A. Urrutia, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery; Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

Michael T. Zimmermann, PhD
Director, Computational Structural Genomics Unit, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Assistant Professor, Data Science Institute

Angela J. Mathison, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery; Technology Development Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

Victor X. Jin, PhD
Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Endowed Chair of Bioinformatics and Data Analytics; Professor, IHE/Biostatistics

Xiaowu Gai, PhD
Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Endowed Chair in Systems Biology; Professor, Pediatrics; Division Chief, Bioinformatics and Quantitative Child Health; Director, Child Health Bioinformatics; Associate Director, Linda A. and John T. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
Associate Directors

Donald G. Basel, MD
Section Chief and Professor, Pediatrics (Genetics); Associate Director, Undiagnosed & Rare Diseases, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Medical Director, Genetics Center, Children’s Wisconsin; Co-program Director, Neurofibromatosis and RASopathy, Children's Wisconsin

Jennifer Geurts, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor; Program Director, Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program

William Hogan, MD, MS
Mary T. and Ted D. Kellner Chair of Data Science; Director, Data Science Institute; Professor, Data Science Institute; Associate Director for Data Science, Mellowes Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine

Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP
Center Associate Director, Professor

John Meurer, MD, MBA
Professor of Community Health and General Pediatrics; Institute for Health & Equity

Brian Smith, PhD
Associate Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Associate Professor, Biochemistry

Brian F. Volkman, PhD
Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Professor, Biochemistry

Calvin B. Williams, MD, PhD
Children's Research Institute
Members

Hui-Zi Chen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Christopher Stephen Davis, MD, MPH
Associate Professor

Jing Dong, PhD
Assistant Professor

William R. Drobyski, MD
Mariette C. and Philip W. Orth/Tom Anderson Chair of Oncology; Co-Leader, Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Cancer Center; Professor, Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology

Melinda R. Dwinell, PhD
Professor and Eminent Scholar; Associate Director, Education, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

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

Aron Geurts, PhD
John E. and Genevieve M. Butenhoff Cardiovascular Research Professorship

Quinn Hogan, MD
Professor

Nikki Johnston, PhD
Professor, Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences and Microbiology & Immunology

Joseph E. Kerschner, MD
Dean Emeritus of the School of Medicine; Professor, Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences and Microbiology & Immunology

Joohyun Kim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP
Center Associate Director, Professor

Gustavo W. Leone, PhD
Professor; Director, MCW Cancer Center; Senior Associate Dean of Cancer Research

Chien-Wei (Masaki) Lin, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Gwen Lomberk, PhD
Chief, Division of Research; Director, Basic Science Research; Department of Surgery; Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology & Toxicology

Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD
Professor and Gardetto Chair for Immunology and Immunotherapy; Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute

Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD
Marcus Professor & Chair

Ravi P. Misra, PhD
Associate Provost, Accreditation and Program Development; Professor

Aoy Tomita Mitchell, PhD
Professor with Tenure, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Michael E. Mitchell, MD
Professor and Chief of the Division of Congenital Heart Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin; Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's Wisconsin; Surgical Director of the Herma Heart Institute; and the S. Bert Litwin Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's

Carolyn Oxencis, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences

Jong-In Park, PhD
Professor; Eminent Scholar

Janet Sue Rader, MD, FACOG
Chair, Professor

Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Kevin R. Regner, MD, MS, FASN
Interim Chair, Professor

Christopher J. Schultz, MD, FACR, FASTRO
Chair and Bernard & Miriam Peck Family Professor of Radiation Oncology

Reza Shaker, MD
Joseph E. Geenen Professor & Chief

Brian Smith, PhD
Associate Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Associate Professor, Biochemistry

Jonathan Thompson, MD, MS
Associate Professor

Brian F. Volkman, PhD
Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Professor, Biochemistry

Calvin B. Williams, MD, PhD
Children's Research Institute
Genetic Counseling
Contact Us
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8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(414) 955-4887
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