Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Disease Prevention Research (CDPR) Members
The Center for Disease Prevention Research aims to reduce the burden of diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. By clarifying the basic mechanisms of chemopreventive and immunopreventive modalities, we can provide a scientific rationale for the design of new and more effective approaches for disease prevention. Center for Disease Prevention Research scientists are carrying out a wide range of studies to explore various aspects of prevention in both basic science and clinical settings. The common goal of these scientists is to conduct innovative studies that increase our understanding of the mechanisms to prevent diseases rather than to treat them after they surface.
Current Members
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John A. Auchampach, PhD
Professor and Vice-Chair
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Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC
Director, Cardiovascular Center; Professor, Medicine, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Surgery; Program Director, CVC T32 Training Program
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William B. Campbell, PhD
Professor
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Guan Chen, MD, PhD
Professor
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Pradeep Chaluvally-Raghavan, PhD
Associate Professor
John A. Corbett, PhD
Professor and Chair
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Deborah M. Costakos, MD, MS
Chair, Professor
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Carley Davis, MD
Clinical Vice-Chair, Professor
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Elizabeth M. Gore, MD, FACR
Professor of Radiation Oncology; Section Chief Radiation Oncology Milwaukee VA Medical Center
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Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Professor
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Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD
Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research
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Kenneth Jacobsohn, MD
Professor
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Bryon D. Johnson, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology/BMT) and Microbiology & Immunology
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David Johnstone, MD
Professor
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Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD
Harry R. & Angeline E. Quadracci Professor in Parkinson’s Research
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Dev Karan, PhD
Associate Professor
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Tracy Kelly, MD
Associate Professor
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Steven Howard Kroft, MD
Professor and Chair
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Shi-Jiang Li, PhD
Professor Emeritus
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Qing-Song Liu, PhD
Professor
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John "Mac" Longo, MD
Associate Professor
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Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD
Marcus Professor & Chair
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Christopher M. Olsen, PhD
Associate Professor
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Anna Palatnik, MD
Associate Professor
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Lindsay Puckett, MD
Assistant Professor
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Janet Sue Rader, MD, FACOG
Chair, Professor
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Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD
Professor
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Reza Shaker, MD
Joseph E. Geenen Professor & Chief
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Curt D. Sigmund, PhD
James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith Professor of Physiology; Chair of Physiology; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center
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Malika Siker, MD
Associate Professor; Associate Dean for Student Inclusion and Diversity
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Roy Silverstein, MD
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Medicine; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
Brian Smith, PhD
Associate Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Associate Professor, Biochemistry
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Andrey Sorokin, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Nephrology) and Microbiology & Immunology
James P. Thomas, MD, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Hematology/Oncology); Secondary Faculty
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Raul A. Urrutia, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery; Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
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Jeannette Vasquez Vivar, PhD
Professor; Associate Director, Redox Biology Program
Gilbert C. White, II, MD
Senior Investigator Emeritus, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Department of Medicine; Secondary Faculty
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Stuart J. Wong, MD
Center Director, Professor
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