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Pharmacology and Toxicology

Medical College of Wisconsin Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty

Our knowledgeable Pharmacology and Toxicology faculty are innovators in education and research. With a variety of interests and specialties, each individual is paving the way for breakthroughs in chemically defined therapeutic and toxic agents.

Primary Faculty

John A. Auchampach, PhD

Professor and Vice-Chair

jauchamp@mcw.edu

Alan S. Bloom, PhD

Professor

Felice F. Borisy-Rudin, JD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Policy Analyst, Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project (WisAPP)

fborisyrudin@mcw.edu

William B. Campbell, PhD

Professor

Guan Chen, MD, PhD

Professor

Magdalena Chrzanowska, PhD, FAHA

Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Program Leader, Transfusion Medicine, Vascular Biology and Cell Therapy and Senior Investigator; Versiti Blood Research Institute

mchrzanowska@versiti.org

Kristin J. Ciezki, PhD

Assistant Professor; Director, Therapeutic Accelerator Program

kciezki@mcw.edu

Focus: Therapeutic Accelerator Program (TAP)

Constanza Garcia Keller, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

cgkeller@mcw.edu

Cecilia J. Hillard, PhD

Associate Dean for Research; Professor; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; G. Frederick Kasten, Jr. Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research

chillard@mcw.edu

Sang H. Lee, PhD

Professor

Qing-Song Liu, PhD

Professor

Wei Liu, PhD

Joseph F. Heil, Jr. Endowed Chair of Molecular Oncogenesis; Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program, Cancer Center; Director, Structural Biology Shared Resource (SBSR), Cancer Center; Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology

John Mantsch, PhD

Florence J. Williams Professor and Chair of Pharmacology & Toxicology

jomantsch@mcw.edu

Todd W. Miller, PhD

WBCS Professor of Breast Cancer Research and Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

tomiller@mcw.edu

Debra K. Newman, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Senior Investigator at Versiti Blood Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

dknewman@versiti.org

Peter J. Newman, PhD

Professor; Vice President for Research, Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin; Associate Director, Blood Research Institute

pjnewman@versiti.org

Linda Olson, PhD

Assistant Professor

Christopher M. Olsen, PhD

Associate Professor

Sandra L. Pfister, PhD

Professor

spfister@mcw.edu

Xiao-Mei Qi, MD

Associate Professor

Antje Schaefer, PhD

Assistant Professor

aschaefer@mcw.edu

Jennifer J. Tuscher, PhD

Assistant Professor

jtuscher@mcw.edu

Carol L. Williams, PhD

Joan K. Van Deuren Professor in Breast Cancer Research; Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program, Cancer Center; Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology

williams@mcw.edu

Lan Zhu, PhD

Assistant Professor

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