Clinical & Translational Research

Clinical & Translational Research
John Dopp
John Dopp, Associate Professor (CHS) and Vice Chair

Clinical practice: Treatment of sleep disorders and management of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.  Identification and management of sleep problems in college athletes.

Research Interests: Mechanisms for cardiovascular disease in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and identification of interventions and therapies to minimize and prevent cardiovascular complications.

Barry Gidal
Barry Gidal, Professor (CHS)

Clinical Practice:  Neurology

Research Interests:  Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and the metabolic effects of anticonvulsant medications.

Mary Hayney
Mary Hayney, Professor (CHS) | Hayney Lab

Clinical Practice: Lung transplantation.

Research Interests: Host response to vaccination and protective effects, especially as they relate to immunosuppressed individuals.

Lisa Holle, Associate Professor (CHS)
Paul Hutson
Paul Hutson, Professor (CHS)

Clinical Practice: Palliative Care; Oncology / Hematology.

Research Interests: Palliative care; Population pharmacokinetic modeling; Entheogens.

Jeffrey Johnson
Jeffrey Johnson, Professor (Drug Action)

Research Interests: Transcriptional control of neuroprotective genes and prevention of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Huntington's and neuromuscular disease.  A focus on dysfunctional proteostasis in disease progression and viral-mediated delivery of protective genes to the brain.

Sin Yin Lim
Sin Yin Lim, Assistant Professor (CHS) | Lim Research Group website

Research Interests: Improving pediatric pharmacotherapy through PK/PD modeling and simulation.

Edward Portillo
Edward Portillo, Associate Professor (CHS)

Clinical Practice: Primary Care/Ambulatory Care Clinic Practice

Research Interests: Evaluation and expansion of interprofessional service models using dissemination science to incorporate pharmacists as patient care providers. Education-based research involving evaluation of thematic curricular pathways to best position students for success post-graduation.

Warren Rose
Warren Rose, Associate Professor (Drug Discovery)| Rose Lab website

Research Interests: • Antimicrobial resistance and pharmacodynamics  • Antimicrobial effects on host-pathogen interactions

Christine Sorkness
Christine Sorkness, Professor (CHS)

Research Interests: Evaluating the efficacy and safety of therapeutic agents for asthma and allergic diseases.

Eva Vivian
Eva Vivian| Vivian Research Group

Research Interests: Eva works with members of under-resourced communities to identify health issues that are important to their community, with the aim of combining knowledge with action and achieving social change to improve health outcomes and eliminate health disparities.

Cecilia Volk
Cecilia Volk, Assistant Professor (CHS)

Research Interests: The lab is developing a zebrafish model of infection to help investigate the interactions between the host immune response, infecting pathogen, and antibiotics in order to optimize antibiotic use.

Cody Wenthur
Cody Wenthur, Associate Professor (Drug Action)| Wenthur Lab Website | Wisconsin Opioid Overdose Resource Center (WOORC)

Research Interests:  Synaptic plasticity in substance use and major depressive disorders; Development of antibodies against cannabinoids, opioids, sedative-hypnotics, and classical psychedelics; Immunologic biomarkers of drug use; Implementation of novel psychiatric treatments, including vaccine-based approaches and medication-assisted psychotherapy

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