Meet the Medical College of Wisconsin Physiology Faculty
Physiology is dedicated to quality in research, graduate and postdoctoral training, and medical education. We are currently ranked in the top 10 of NIH funding to Physiology Departments. Our research interests are broadly based, with strong programs in cardiovascular, renal, and respiratory physiology, physiological genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology.
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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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Allen W. Cowley, Jr., PhD
Harry & Gertrude Hack Term Professorship in Physiology
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Melinda R. Dwinell, PhD
Professor and Eminent Scholar; Associate Director, Education, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine
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Justin L. Grobe, PhD, FAHA, FAPS
Professor, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering; Butenhoff Family Professor of Cardiovascular Research; Director, Comprehensive Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core
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Matthew R. Hodges, PhD, FAPS
Professor and Eminent Scholar; Director of Graduate Studies
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