Meet Our MCW Microbiology & Immunology Secondary Faculty
Secondary Faculty

Ravit Boger, MD
Chief and Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Disease

Yi-Guang Chen, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology) and Microbiology & Immunology
Immunogenetics of type 1 diabetes

Jenifer Coburn, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology; Center for Infectious Disease Research
Bacterial Pathogenesis

Michael Deininger, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine

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
Inflammation and Immunology, Transplantation Biology

Kelly J. Henrickson, MD
Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Midwest Respiratory Virus Program
Negative strand respiratory virus molecular epidemiology and natural history

Martin J. Hessner, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology); Director, Max McGee Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes
The Microbiome in the Development and Progression of Type 1 Diabetes

Anna H. Huppler, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology & Immunology

Bryon D. Johnson, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology/BMT) and Microbiology & Immunology
Cancer immunology and immunotherapy

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

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

Tammy Lyn Kindel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Jennifer Knight, MD, MS, FACLP
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology

Antje Kroner-Milsch, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Therapeutic potential of modifying the inflammatory response after spinal cord injury

Matthew Kudek, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology/BMT) and Microbiology & Immunology


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
NK cell development and function

Debra K. Newman, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Senior Investigator at Versiti Blood Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Immunology

Akinyemi I. Ojesina, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Community Health
Director, Inclusive Learning and Innovation

Amy Prunuske, PhD
Professor

Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Founding Director, Center for Microbiome Research
Antimicrobial Peptides, host-microbe interactions in the GI tract, microbiota in health and disease

Andrey Sorokin, PhD
Professor, Medicine (Nephrology) and Microbiology & Immunology
Cell signaling as related to pathobiology of kidney diseases

James Verbsky, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics (Rheumatology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Medical Director, Clinical Immunology Research Laboratory; Medical Director, Clinical and Translational Research
Immune regulation, T regulatory cells, role of IL-2 and IL-10 in immune regulation, mechanisms of suppression of immune responses by T regulatory cells

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
T cell development, Regulatory T cell biology, Mucosal tolerance

Anthony E. Zamora, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Microbiology & Immunology
Adjunct Faculty

Kenneth P. Allen, DVM, DACLAM
Assistant Provost and Director, Biomedical Resource Center; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Veterinary Medicine


Bill Cashdollar, PhD
Director, Research Core Labs & Facilities, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Adjunct Faculty, Microbiology & Immunology

Weiguo Cui, PhD
Associate Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Effector and memory T cell differentiation


Sandra L. McLellan, PhD
Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Freshwater Sciences
Environmental Microbial Populations

Mark T. McNally, PhD
Associate Professor
RNA Processing (splicing and polyadenylation) in Cells and Viruses

Philip N. Redlich, MD, PhD
Gerald L. Schmitz Professor of Surgery; Professor, Surgery (General Surgery) and Microbiology & Immunology; Chief, Division of Education, Department of Surgery
Medical Student Education, Surgery Resident Education

Fritz Sieber, PhD
Professor (with tenure), Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology/BMT) and Microbiology & Immunology
Selenium-based experimental therapeutics

