Academic Affairs serves a wide variety of programs, units and centers. Select the tab headings below to see the key contacts in each program. The Basic Sciences tab lists program contacts for SMPH-affiliated MS and PhD programs, which are under the purview of the Graduate School with coordination from the SMPH Office of Basic Research, Biotechnology and Graduate Studies.
- MD
- MD-MPH
- Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
- WARM
- TRIUMPH
- Physical Therapy
- Genetic Counselor Studies
- Physician Assistant Studies
- Master of Public Health
- Basic Sciences - MS and PhD
Admissions
medadmissions@med.wisc.edu
(608) 263-4925
Student Services
Brianne Coffey
Administrative support
(608) 263-4920
bcoffey3@wisc.edu
Medical Education
Roxane Olsen
Executive Assistant
(608) 265-3859
rrolsen@wisc.edu
Mindy Schreiner
MPH Students services coordinator
(608) 263-2298
schreiner3@wisc.edu
Chelsea Hanewall
Administrator
(608) 262-0736
chanewall@wisc.edu
- The WARM website “Contact Us” page.
- The Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM)
Sacha Ehley
Medical education coordinator lead
Aurora University of Wisconsin Medical Group
(414) 219-5747
sacha.ehley@aurora.org
Lisa Steinkamp, PT, PhD, MBA
Director, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
School of Medicine and Public Health
5175 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706
Ph: (608) 263-9427
Cell: (608) 213-4524, Fax: (608) 262-7809
steinkamp@pt.wisc.edu
Sue Arneson
Program Assistant
skarneson@pt.wisc.edu
Catherine A. Reiser
Program director
(608) 262-9772
reiser@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Laura Elizabeth Birkeland
Clinical genetic counselor
(608) 263-4917
lebirkeland@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Sue Kaletka, MPH
Program administrator
(608) 263-5825
sakaletka@wisc.edu
Barbara Duerst
Associate program director
(608) 263-4215
barbara.duerst@wisc.edu
SMPH Office of the Dean contacts:
James Keck, PhD
Associate Dean for Basic Research Training
(608) 265-0523
jlkeck@wisc.edu
Andrea Poehling
Policy and Planning Analyst
(608) 262-2628
andrea.poehling@wisc.edu
MS and PhD Degree Program Contacts:
Applied Biotechnology (MS)
Directors:
James Keck, PhD
Associate Dean for Basic Research Training
(608) 265-0523
jlkeck@wisc.edu
Natalie Betz, PhD
(608) 274-4330
nabetz@wisc.edu
Director/Manager:
Bryan Husk, MA
Assistant Director (contact for admissions)
(608) 265-0773
bthusk@wisc.edu
Michele Smith, MS
Program Manager (contact for general questions)
(608) 262-9753
msmith27@wisc.edu
Biomedical Data Science (MS, PhD)
Directors:
Sushmita Roy, PhD (director – PhD program)
(608) 316-4453
sroy8@wisc.edu
Mark Craven, PhD (director – MS)
(608) 265-6181
craven@biostat.wisc.edu
Program Coordinators:
Beth Bierman
(608) 265-8649
bbierman@wisc.edu
Shelley Maxted
(608) 262-9184
maxted@wisc.edu
Biotechnology (MS)
Directors:
James Keck, PhD and Natalie Betz, PhD (see contact information above)
Kurt Zimmerman, MS
(608) 262-0685
kjzimmerman@wisc.edu
Program Coordinators:
Bryan Husk, Michele Smith (see contact information above)
Cancer Biology (PhD)
Directors:
Elaine Alarid, PhD
(608) 265-9319
alarid@oncology.wisc.edu
Dan Loeb, PhD
(608) 262-1260
loeb@oncology.wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Jenny Schroeder
608-262-4682
jmschroeder2@wisc.edu
Cellular & Molecular Pathology (PhD)
Director:
Zsuzsa Fabry, PhD
(608) 265-8716
zfabry@wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Joanne Thornton
(608) 262-2665
jmthornt@wisc.edu
Clinical and Health Informatics (MS)
Director:
Elizabeth Burnside, MD, MPH
(608) 262-7919
eburnside@wisc.edu
Coordinators:
Jack Champeau (administrative director)
(608) 224-6231
jdchampeau@wisc.edu
Rachel Sauer (graduate coordinator)
(608) 263-4109
rachel.sauer@wisc.edu
Clinical Investigation (MS, PhD)
Director:
Randy Kimple, MD, PhD
(608) 263-3611
rkimple@humonc.wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Sally Wedde
(608) 262-3768
sewedde@wisc.edu
Endocrinology – Reproductive Physiology (MS, PhD)
Director:
Ian Bird, PhD
(608) 417-6314
imbird@wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Grace Jensen
(608) 265-5838
gjensen2@wisc.edu
Epidemiology (MS, PhD)
Director:
Corinne Engelman, MSPH, PhD
(608) 265-5491
cengelman@wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Quinn Fullenkamp
(608) 265-8108
qhfullen@wisc.edu
Medical Physics (MS, PhD)
Director:
Tim Hall, PhD
(608) 265-9459
tjhall@wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Carol Aspinwall
(608) 265-6504
carol.aspinwall@wisc.edu
Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology (PhD)
Director:
Anjon Audhya, PhD
(608) 262-3761
audhya@wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Kristin Cooper
(608) 262-9826
kgcooper@wisc.edu
Molecular and Environmental Toxicology (MS, PhD)
Director:
Chad Vezina, PhD
(608) 890-3235
cmvezina@wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Mark Marohl
(608) 263-4580
mdmarohl@wisc.edu
Neuroscience (PhD); Neuroscience and Public Policy dual degrees (MPA/PhD, MIPA/PhD, JD/PhD)
Director:
Mary Halloran, PhD
(608) 263-7875
mchalloran@facstaff.wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Sharon Kahn
(608) 262-4932
smkahn@wisc.edu
Population Health – named option in Epidemiology (MS, PhD)
Director:
Corinne Engelman, MSPH, PhD
(608) 265-5491
cengelman@wisc.edu
Coordinator:
Quinn Fullenkamp
(608) 265-8108
qhfullen@wisc.edu
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences graduate programs affiliated with SMPH:
Biochemistry (PhD): Director, Ivan Rayment, PhD; Coordinators, Maria Katsoulidis (prospective students) and Kate Ryan (current students)
Genetics (PhD): Director, Audrey Gasch, PhD; Coordinator, Errol Wizda
Microbiology (PhD): Director, JD Sauer, PhD; Coordinator, Terra Theim
Cellular and Molecular Biology (PhD): Director, David Wassarman, Coordinators: cmb@bocklabs.wisc.edu