CEO
Brad Schwartz, MD
Brad Schwartz is Chief Executive Officer of the Morgridge Institute for Research, a private, nonprofit research institute dedicated to interdisciplinary biomedical research in partnership with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Schwartz is a physician-scientist whose research and clinical activities focus on hemostasis, and who has a deep commitment to the mission of public research universities.
Scientific Leadership
Paul Ahlquist
Virology
Ahlquist, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and professor of oncology, molecular virology and plant pathology, directs the John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Center for Research in Virology.
Jason Cantor
Metabolism
Cantor, a principal investigator in the Morgridge Metabolism Theme, an assistant professor of biochemistry and affiliate in biomedical engineering, studies how environmental factors impact metabolic regulation in regards to cancer and immunology.
Kevin Eliceiri
Medical Engineering
Eliceiri, a principal investigator in the Morgridge Medical Engineering Theme, is director of the Fab Lab and UW–Madison Laboratory for Computational and Optical Instrumentation where he designs and develops engineering solutions to address biomedical challenges.
Jing Fan
Metabolism
Fan, a principal investigator in the Morgridge Metabolism Theme and an assistant professor of nutritional sciences, studies the cancer of metabolism.
Anthony Gitter
Virology
Gitter, a principal investigator in the John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Center for Research in Virology and assistant professor of biostatistics and medical informatics, designs algorithms to connect experimental data to study cancer and viruses.
Jan Huisken
Medical Engineering
Huisken, a visiting professor of integrative biology, directs the Morgridge Medical Engineering Theme and is a leader in light sheet microscopy.
Miron Livny
Core Computation
Livny is Chief Technology Officer of the Morgridge Institute and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and leads the Morgridge Core Computational Technology research area.
Phil Newmark
Regnerative Biology
Newmark, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and professor of zoology, is a principal investigator and the Burnell R. Roberts Chair in Regenerative Biology at the Morgridge Institute.
Pilar Ossorio
Bioethics
Ossorio, professor of law and bioethics, serves as the inaugural Morgridge Bioethics Scholar-in-Residence.
Dave Pagliarini
Metabolism
Pagliarini, an associate professor of biochemistry and expert on mitochondria composition and function, directs the Morgridge Metabolism Theme.
Melissa Skala
Medical Engineering
Skala, a principal investigator in the Morgridge Medical Engineering Theme and professor of biomedical engineering, develops new methods and technologies to understand and combat cancer.
Ron Stewart
Bioinformatics
Stewart, the assistant director of Morgridge Bioinformatics, creates and utilizes sophisticated algorithms for analyzing high-throughput biological data.
James Thomson
Regenerative Biology
Thomson, the John D. MacArthur Professor in medicine and public health and pioneer in stem cell science, directs the Morgridge Regenerative Biology Theme.