The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center includes over 90 faculty members working across six UW–Madison schools and colleges, 40 departments, and 10 centers and institutes. The Center connects multidisciplinary research throughout the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, which includes international prominence in biological sciences, clinical research, and biotechnology. Investigators work together in scientific focus groups to translate the remarkable basic science discoveries in stem cell biology into revolutionary new regenerative medicine treatments for major human diseases. This page lists faculty and staff members. Click on a photo to get more information about the member.
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Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD
Position title: Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology; Medical Director, Pain clinic; Medical Director of Pain Services UW-Madison Division Chief, Chronic Pain
Email: abdelsayed@wisc.edu
Tausif Alam, PhD
Position title: Senior Scientist, Surgery / Transplantation
Email: alam@surgery.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-5498
Caroline M. Alexander, PhD
Position title: Professor, Oncology
Email: alexander@oncology.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-5182
B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann, PhD
Position title: Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Email: blallenh@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2884
Randolph S. Ashton, PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Wisconsin Institute of Discovery; Associate Director, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center
Email: rashton2@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-316-4312
Alan D. Attie, PhD
Position title: Professor, Biochemistry
Email: adattie@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-1372
Craig S. Atwood, PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Medicine
Email: csa@medicine.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-256-1901
Anjon Audhya
Position title: Professor, Biomolecular Chemistry
Email: audhya@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-3761
Arash Bashirullah, PhD
Credentials: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: BASHIRULLAH@WISC.EDU
Phone: 608-890-1851
David J. Beebe, PhD
Position title: Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Email: djbeebe@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2260
William (Bill) Bement, PhD
Credentials: Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging; Department of Integrative Biology
Position title: Director/Professor
Email: wmbement@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-215-5918
Anita Bhattacharyya, PHD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: bhattacharyy@waisman.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-6142
Barak Blum, PHD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: bblum4@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-5211
Grace Boekhoff-Falk, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Cell & Regenerative Biology
Email: boekhofffalk@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-1609
Emery H. Bresnick, PHD
Position title: Gary Felsenfeld Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology; Lowell and Gwendolyn Smythe Endowed Professor, Director, UW-Madison Blood Cancer Research Program
Email: ehbresni@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-6446
Matthew E. Brown, PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Surgery/Transplant
Email: brownm@surgery.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-1727
William J. Burlingham, PHD
Position title: Professor, Surgery/Transplant
Email: burlingham@surgery.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-0119
Wade Bushman, MD, PHD
Position title: Professor, Urology
Email: bushman@urology.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-8705
Weibo Cai, PHD
Position title: Professor, Radiology / Medical Physics / Biomedical Engineering
Email: wcai@uwhealth.org
Phone: 608-262-1749
Christian Capitini, MD
Position title: Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Email: ccapitini@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2415
Qiang Chang, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Med Genetics / Neurology; Director, Waisman Center
Email: qchang@waisman.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-9416
Ricki Colman
Credentials: Cell & Regenerative Biology, Primate Center
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: rcolman@primate.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-3544
Wendy C. Crone, PHD
Position title: Professor, Engineering Physics
Email: crone@engr.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-8384
Erik Dent, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Email: ewdent@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-4672
Kenneth DeSantes, MD
Position title: Crawford Professor of Pediatric Oncology
Email: kbdesantes@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-8563
Address:
4103 WI Institute Medical Research
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
Robert Drape, MBA
Position title: Executive Director, WiCell
Email: rdrape@wicell.org
Phone: 608-316-4717
Address:
WiCell
504 S. Rosa Rd., Suite 101
Madison, WI 53719
Lee L. Eckhardt, MD
Position title: Associate Professor, Medicine
Email: lle@medicine.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-4188
Marina Emborg, MD, PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics
Email: emborg@primate.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-9714
Feyza Engin, PHD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Biomolecular Chemistry
Email: fengin@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-6206
Miles Epstein, PhD
Position title: Emeritus, Neuroscience
Email: mepstein@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-5074
Jacques Galipeau, MD
Position title: Professor and Associate Dean, Medicine
Email: jgalipeau@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-0078
David M. Gamm
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Email: dgamm@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-261-1516
Ying Ge, PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: ge2@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-9212
Alexey V. Glukhov, PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Medicine
Email: aglukhov@medicine.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-2069
Address:
8455 Wi Institute Medical Research
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
Thaddeus G. Golos, PhD
Position title: Professor, Comparative Bioscience / Obstetrics and Gynecology
Email: golos@primate.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-3567
Timothy Gomez, PhD
Position title: Professor, Neuroscience
Email: tmgomez@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-4554
Shaoqin 'Sarah' Gong, PhD
Position title: Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Email: sgong@engr.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-3463
Timothy A. Hacker, PhD
Position title: Director, Cardiovascular Physiology Core Facility, Medicine
Email: th2@medicine.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-1539
Mary Halloran, PhD
Credentials: Integrative Biology, Neuroscience
Position title: Professor
Email: mchalloran@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-7875
Melissa Harrison, PhD
Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: mharrison3@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2382
Peiman Hematti, MD
Position title: Professor, Medicine / Pediatrics / Surgery / Biomedical Engineering
Email: pxh@medicine.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-0106
Corinne Henak, PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (affiliate)
Email: chenak@wisc.edu
Linda Hogle, PhD
Position title: Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Emerita
Email: lfhogle@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-6954
Address:
Room 1440, Medical Sciences Center
Troy Hornberger, PhD
Credentials: Comparative Biosciences
Position title: Professor - Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Email: troy.hornberger@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-695-2847
Patrick C.H. Hsieh, MD, PHD
Position title: Visiting Professor
Email: phsieh@ibms.sinica.edu.tw
Phone: (608) 236-3788
Address:
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
Anna Huttenlocher, MD, PhD
Position title: Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Email: huttenlocher@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-4669
Akihiro Ikeda, PhD
Credentials: Medical Genetics
Position title: Professor
Email: aikeda@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-5477
Jeffrey A. Johnson, PhD
Position title: Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Email: jajohnson@pharmacy.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2893
Joan Jorgensen, DVM, PhD
Credentials: Comparative Biosciences
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: joan.jorgensen@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-2337
Robert F. Kalejta, PhD
Position title: Professor, Oncology / Molecular Virology
Email: rfkalejta@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2893
Timothy Kamp, MD, PHD
Position title: Professor, Medicine; Director, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center
Email: tjk@medicine.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-1172
Junsu Kang, PHD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: junsu.kang@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-8678
Address:
4451 Wi Institute Medical Research
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
Joseph W. Kemnitz, PHD
Position title: Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: kemnitz@primate.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-3500
Judith Kimble, PHD
Position title: Professor, Biochemistry
Email: jekimble@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-6188
Melissa Kinney, Ph.D.
Position title: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Email: melissa.kinney@wisc.edu
Address:
2148 Engineering Centers Building
1550 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI 53706
Kenneth S. Lee, md, mba
Position title: Associate Professor, Diagnostic Radiology
Email: klee2@uwhealth.org
Phone: 608-263-9387
Youngsook Lee, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: youngsooklee@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-6352
Wan-Ju Li, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation / Biomedical Engineering
Email: li@ortho.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-1338
Robert Lipinsky, PhD
Credentials: Comparative Biosciences
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: robert.lipinski@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-4043
Valentina Lo Sardo
Credentials: PhD in Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies
Position title: Assistant Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: losardo@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-5624
Tenneille E. Ludwig, PHD
Position title: Director, WiCell Stem Cell Bank
Email: tludwig@wicell.org
Phone: 608-441-2768
Ahmed I. Mahmoud, PHD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: aimahmoud@wisc.edu
Address:
Wi Institute Medical Research
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
Mark D. Markel, DVM, PHD
Position title: Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine
Email: mark.markel@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-3573
Kristyn S. Masters, PHD
Position title: Professor. Biomedical Engineering
Email: kmasters@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-4052
M. Elizabeth (Beth) Meyerand, PHD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics / Biomedical Engineering
Email: memeyerand@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-1685
Darcie L. Moore, PHD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Email: darcie.moore@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-7836
Deane Mosher, MD
Position title: Professor, Medicine / Biomolecular Chemistry
Email: dfmosher@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-1576
William L. Murphy, PHD
Position title: Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
Email: wlmurphy@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2224
Phillip Newmark, PhD
Credentials: Morgridge Institute for Research, Integrative Biology
Position title: HHMI Investigator
Email: pnewmark@morgridge.org
Phone: 608-316-4105
Jon S. Odorico, MD
Position title: Professor, Surgery
Email: jon@surgery.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-0388
Sean P. Palecek, PHD
Position title: Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering / Biomedical Engineering
Email: palecek@engr.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-8931
Bikash R. Pattnaik, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Pediatrics / Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Email: bikashp@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-417-6446
J. Carter Ralphe, MD
Position title: Associate Professor; Chief, Pediatric Cardiology; Director, Pediatric Heart Program
Email: jcralphe@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-1603
Amish N. Raval, MD
Position title: Associate Professor, Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine Division (Biomedical Engineering [Affiliate])
Email: anr@medicine.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-6146
Gail A. Robertson, PHD
Position title: Professor, Neuroscience
Email: garobert@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-3339
Subhojit Roy, MD, PHD
Position title: Professor, Pathology, Neuroscience
Email: roy27@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-1227
Sushmita Roy, PhD
Credentials: Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: sroy@biostat.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-316-4453
Krishanu Saha, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Email: ksaha@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-316-4313
Jayshree Samanta, PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Comparative Biosciences
Email: jsamanta@wisc.edu
Address:
Veterinary Medicine Building
2015 Linden Dr
Madison, WI 53706
Eric G. Schmuck, PHD
Position title: Associate Scientist, Medicine
Email: egs@medicine.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-9449
Linda A. Schuler, VMD, PHD
Position title: Professor, Comparative Biosciences
Email: linda.schuler@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-9825
Vijay Setaluri, PHD
Position title: Professor, Dermatology
Email: setaluri@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-5362
Nader Sheibani, PHD
Position title: Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Email: nsheibanikar@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-3345
Eric V. Shusta, PHD
Position title: Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email: shusta@engr.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-5103
Melissa Skala, PHD
Position title: Professor, Morgridge Institute for Research; Biomedical Engineering
Email: mcskala@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-316-4108
Igor I. Slukvin, MD, PHD
Position title: Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Email: islukvin@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-0058
Jayne M. Squirrell, PHD
Position title: Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology
Email: jsquirre@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-5428
Rupa Sridharan, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: rsridharan2@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-316-4422
Robert Streiffer, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Bioethics and Philosophy
Email: rstreiffer@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-7490
Masatoshi Suzuki, DVM, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor. Comparative Biosciences
Email: msuzuki@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-4264
Owen Tamplin
Credentials: PhD, Molecular Genetics
Position title: Assistant Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: tamplin@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-0938
Ei Terasawa, PHD
Position title: Professor, Pediatrics / Primate Center
Email: terasawa@primate.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-3579
Susan L. Thibeault, PHD, CCC-SLP
Position title: Professor, Surgery / Biomedicial Engineering / Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Email: thibeault@surgery.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-6751
James A. Thomson, VMD, PHD
Position title: Director, Regenerative Biology, Morgridge Institute for Research; Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology
Email: jthomson@morgridge.org
Phone: 608-316-4348
Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng, PHD
Position title: Professor and Co-Director, Polymer Engineering Center
Email: turng@engr.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-0586
Ray Vanderby, PHD
Position title: Professor, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Email: vanderby@orthorehab.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-9593
Raghu Vemuganti, PHD
Position title: Professor, Neurological Surgery
Email: vemuganti@neurosurgery.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-4055
Brian Walczak, DO
Position title: Assistant Professor of Orthopedics in the Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
Email: walczak@ortho.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-5636
Address:
5th Floor Wi Institute Medical Research
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
David Wassarman, PhD
Credentials: Medical Genetics
Position title: Professor
Email: dawassarman@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-6648
Jamey Weichert, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Radiology
Email: jweichert@uwhealth.org
Phone: 608-265-0835
Nathan Welham, PHD, CCC-SLP
Position title: Associate Professor, Otolaryngology / Surgery
Email: welham@surgery.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-263-4320
Deneen M. Wellik, Ph.D.
Position title: Chair and Professor, Cell & Regenerative Biology
Email: wellik@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-5491
Address:
Wi Institute Medical Research
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
Justin Williams, PHD
Position title: Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor; Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Neurological Surgery
Email: jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-3952
John J. Wilson, MD
Position title: Associate Professor, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation / Sports Medicine
Email: wilson@ortho.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-628-8200
Wei Xu, PhD
Position title: Professor, Oncology
Email: wxu@oncology.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 265-5540
Address:
7457 Wi Institute Medical Research
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
Su-Chun Zhang, MD, PHD
Position title: Professor, Neuroscience / Neurology / Waisman Center
Email: zhang@waisman.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-2543
Jing Zhang, PHD
Position title: Associate Professor, Oncology
Email: zhang@oncology.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-2177
Xinyu Zhao, PHD
Position title: Professor, Neuroscience / Waisman Center
Email: xinyu.zhao@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-0173