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Susan Paskewitz

Susan Paskewitz

Professor, entomology

Expert on biology and control of insects that transmit human and animal diseases, including malaria, West Nile virus, Lyme disease

Kristine Kwekkeboom

Kristine Kwekkeboom

Professor, nursing

Expert on cancer pain and symptom management

Patrick Remington

Patrick Remington

Professor Emeritus, Preventive Medicine Residency Program Director

Expert in public health, population surveillance and community health improvement

Bret Shaw

Bret Shaw

Professor, Life Sciences Communication; Environmental Communication Specialist, Division of Extension

Expert on social marketing and communication related to environmental campaigns, eHealth for disease management

Jon Odorico

Jon Odorico

Professor, surgery

Expert on beta cell replacement therapies for type 1 diabetes, including stem cell therapies and islet transplants

Edward Bersu

Edward Bersu

Professor emeritus, anatomy

Expert on gross human anatomy and anatomical variations, human embryology

Paul Smith

Paul Smith

Professor emeritus, family medicine

Expert on literacy, health literacy and their impact on health and health care, and primary care practice-based research

Robert Streiffer

Robert Streiffer

Professor, philosophy and bioethics

Expert on ethics and policy issues arising from agricultural and medical biotechnology

Diane Gooding

Diane Gooding

Professor, psychology and psychiatry

Expert on identification of risk factors for psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia, as well as media and mental illness

Roseanne Clark

Roseanne Clark

Associate professor, psychiatry

Expertise in postpartum depression, parent-child relationships, and emotional and behavioral disturbances in infancy and early childhood

Barbara  Wolfe

Barbara Wolfe

Professor, economics, population health sciences, public affairs

Expert on health economics with a focus on vulnerable populations

Warren Porter

Warren Porter

Professor, zoology

Expert on climate change effects on animals, subtle biological effects of pesticides and early detection of infection

James Ntambi

James Ntambi

Professor, biochemistry, nutritional sciences

Genetic regulation of metabolism and fat cell differentiation

Michael  Fiore

Michael Fiore

Professor, medicine

Expert on helping smokers to quit

Kristyn Masters

Kristyn Masters

Assistant professor, biomedical engineering

Expert in cardiovascular biomaterials, tissue engineering and heart valve disease

Hannah Carey

Hannah Carey

Professor, comparative biosciences

Expert on gastrointestinal physiology; hibernation biology; translating hibernation biology to trauma care

Bruce Christensen

Bruce Christensen

Professor, pathobiological sciences

Expert on mosquito-borne diseases and tropical parasitology

Thomas Friedrich

Thomas Friedrich

Professor, Pathobiological Sciences; Virology Services unit head, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

Expert on evolution, immunity, and pathogenesis (disease processes) of pandemic viruses.

Sarita (Sara) Karon

Sarita (Sara) Karon

Senior scientist, Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis

Expert on measuring and improving quality of life/quality of care for people receiving long-term care at home or in institutions

James Stein

James Stein

Professor, cardiovascular medicine; director, preventive cardiology

Cardiologist with expertise in preventive cardiology and cardiovascular imaging. Research focus on atherosclerosis and arterial imaging

James (Jay) Ford

James (Jay) Ford

Director of research, industrial engineering, National Institute for Addiction Treatment (NIATx)

Expert on process improvement in behavioral health and data systems

Tracy Schroepfer

Tracy Schroepfer

Professor, social work

Expert on end of life, aging, cancer health disparities, community-based participatory research, intervention with dementia-related behaviors,

Anita Bhattacharyya

Anita Bhattacharyya

Senior scientist, Waisman Center

Expert on neural stem cells and their use in modeling neurodevelopmental disorders.

Jeri Barak

Jeri Barak

Assistant professor, plant pathology

Expert on human bacterial pathogens in association with plants, Salmonella enterica lifestyle outside a warm-blooded host

Charles Czuprynski

Charles Czuprynski

Professor, pathobiological sciences; director, Food Research Institute

Expert on host defense against microbial infection and on foodborne disease

David Kreling

David Kreling

Professor, pharmacy

Expert on pharmacy policy

Stephen Nakada

Stephen Nakada

Professor and chair, urology

Expert in kidney stones and minimally invasive urology

Justin Sattin

Justin Sattin

Assistant professor, neurology; Medical director, UW Health Comprehensive Stroke Program

Specialist in acute stroke treatment and stroke prevention

Matthew (Matt) Jensen

Matthew (Matt) Jensen

Assistant professor, neurology

Expert on stroke/cerebrovascular disease, stroke clinical research, cell therapy for stroke and medical education

Nigel Cook

Nigel Cook

Clinical associate professor, head of Food Animal Production Medicine

Expert in dairy cattle lameness, dairy facility design, dairy cow well-being, mastitis and milk quality

David Jarrard

David Jarrard

Professor and vice chair, urology; director, urologic oncology

Expert on prostate and other genitourinary cancers, including testes, bladder and renal

Dave Riley

Dave Riley

Professor emeritus, human development and family studies

Expert on child development

Michael Culbertson

Michael Culbertson

Professor, genetics and medical genetics; chair, Laboratory of Genetics

Expert on molecular genetics

David Gamm

David Gamm

Associate professor, ophthalmology and visual sciences

Expert in retinal stem cell biology, cell-based therapies, retinal degenerative disease, pediatric ophthalmology

Ricki Colman

Ricki Colman

Associate scientist, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

Expert on primate aging, caloric restriction and primate models

Robert  Dempsey

Robert Dempsey

Chair and professor, neurological surgery; co-director, Stroke Program

Expert on neurosurgery of stroke, brain aneurysm, brain tumor, head injury

Wan-Ju Li

Wan-Ju Li

Associate professor, orthopedics and rehabilitation, biomedical engineering

Expert on musculoskeletal tissue regeneration, adult stem cell therapy, and nanotechnology for biomaterials

Richard Weindruch

Richard Weindruch

Professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology

Expert on retarding the aging process by caloric restriction

James Sosman

James Sosman

Associate professor, medicine; associate director, HIV Care Program

Expert on HIV clinical care

Tally Moses

Tally Moses

Associate professor, social work

Expert on adolescents with mental health disorders, child and adolescent mental health services, stigma, labeling, adolescent social and family relationships