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Research Bench Lab

Meet Our MCW Microbiology & Immunology Faculty

Primary Faculty

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John R. Kirby, PhD

Chair, Microbiology & Immunology; Walter Schroeder Professor in Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Microbiome, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Associate Director, Center for Microbiome Research

jkirby@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8253

Microbial Signal Transduction

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Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD

Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program

jtb01@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8412

Microbial Pathogenesis

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Kenneth L. Brockman, PhD

Assistant Professor

kbrockman@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4892

Microbial Pathogenesis, Bacterial Gene Regulation, Host-Microbe Interactions

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Bonnie N. Dittel, PhD

Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

bdittel@versiti.org

(414) 937-3865

Immune regulation and homeostasis

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Michael B. Dwinell, PhD

Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

mdwinell@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7427

Cancer Metastasis, Tumor Microenvironment, Mucosal Inflammation

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Dara W. Frank, PhD

Professor

frankd@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8766

Microbial Pathogenesis and Bacterial Toxins

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Amy Hudson, PhD

Professor

ahudson@mcw.edu

(414) 955-5774

Viral Immune Evasion

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Jessica Kelliher, PhD

Assistant Professor

jlkelliher@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8081

Microbial Pathogenesis, Cellular Microbiology, Bacterial Physiology

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Christopher J. Kristich, PhD

Professor; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research

ckristich@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4141

Signal Transduction and Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria

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Robert Lochhead, PhD

Assistant Professor; Secondary Faculty in Medicine (Rheumatology)

rlochhead@mcw.edu

(414) 955-4882

Lyme disease, inflammation and autoimmunity

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Mark T. McNally, PhD

Associate Professor

mtm@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8749

RNA Processing (splicing and polyadenylation) in Cells and Viruses

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Michelle Riehle, PhD

Assistant Professor

mriehle@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8592

Malaria Vector Biology, Genetics of Susceptibility, Microbiome and Immunity

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Vera Tarakanova, PhD

Professor

vera@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7480

Virus-associated Tumorigenesis and Virus-host Interactions

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Eillen Tecle, PhD

Assistant Professor

etecle@mcw.edu

(414) 955-7429

Epithelial Immunity, Intracellular Pathogens, Purine Metabolism, Glycobiology

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Scott S. Terhune, PhD

Professor

sterhune@mcw.edu

(414) 955-2511

Human Cytomegalovirus Host-Cell Protein Interactions During Infection

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Demin Wang, PhD

Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor

dewang@mcw.edu

(414) 937-3874

Signal Regulation of B Lymphopoiesis

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Renren Wen, PhD

Associate Professor; Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute

rwen@versiti.org

(414) 937-3852

T and B cell Activation and Signaling

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Xue-Zhong Yu, MBA, MS, MD

Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Director of Basic Sciences in the MCW Cancer Center

xuyu@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8187

Tumor Immunology, Cancer Immunotherapy, Graft-versus-Host Disease

Research Track Professors

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Yongxia Wu, MD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

wyongxia@mcw.edu

(414) 955-8148

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Graft-versus-Host Disease, Cancer Immunotherapy

Center Directors

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Michael B. Dwinell, PhD

Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

mdwinell@mcw.edu

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Christopher J. Kristich, PhD

Professor; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research

ckristich@mcw.edu

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Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program; Founding Director, Center for Microbiome Research

nsalzman@mcw.edu