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Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education

Steve Ackerman, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education

WNPRC Core Scientists and Research Labs

PRIMATE CENTER DIRECTOR’S OFFICE AND SERVICE DIVISIONS

Director’s Office

DIRECTOR	Dr. Jon Levine	Email Dr. Levine	(608) 263-3500
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT	Edi Chan	Email Edi Chan	(608) 263-3500
COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH PROGRAM MANAGER	Jordana Lenon	Email Jordana Lenon	(608) 263-7024

Operational Services

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR	Debra Jurmu	Email Debra Jurmu	(608) 263-3504
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER	Ed Porter	Email Ed Porter	(608) 262-4923
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND SHOP SERVICES MANAGER	Bruce Pape	Email Bruce Pape	(608) 263-3521
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR	Dan Metzger	Email Dan Metzger	(608) 263-3509

Animal Services

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND ATTENDING VETERINARIAN	Dr. Saverio Capuano	Email Dr. Capuano	(608) 263-3571
VETERINARY SERVICES UNIT HEAD	Dr. Shreya Patel Larson	Email Dr. Larson	(608) 265-0622
CLINICAL VETERINARIAN	Dr. Michelle Harke	Email Dr. Harke	(608) 265-3240
CLINICAL VETERINARIAN	Dr. Jennifer Coonen	Email Dr. Coonen	(608) 890-2992
RESEARCH VETERINARIAN	Dr. Kevin Brunner	Email Dr. Brunner	(608) 265-9069
COLONY SERVICES	Bonnie Friscino	Email Bonnie Friscino	(608) 890-1142
COLONY RECORDS	Lisa Tomczak	Email colony records	(608) 263-3540
SURGERY	Dr. Casey Fitz	Email Dr. Fitz	(608) 261-1463
COMPLIANCE, RECORDS, SAFETY AND TRAINING	Sandra Boehm	Email Sandra Boehm	(608) 263-0988
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SPECIALIST	Dottie Olson	Email Dottie Olson	(608) 890-0798
PATHOLOGY SERVICES	Dr. Heather Simmons	Email Dr. Simmons	(608) 263-3559
SCIENTIFIC PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION	Dr. Joe Kurian	Email Dr. Joe Kurian	(608) 512-6912
SCIENTIFIC PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH VETERINARIAN	Dr. Kevin Brunner	Email Dr. Brunner	(608) 265-9069

Research Services

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR	Dr. David Evans	Email Dr. Evans	(608) 265-1485
ASSAY SERVICES	Dr. Amita Kapoor	Email Dr.Kapoor	(608) 263-3519
GENOMICS SERVICES HOST GENOTYPING AND PATHOGEN SEQUENCING	Dr. David O’Connor	Email Dr. O’Connor	(608) 890-0845
IMMUNOLOGY SERVICES	Dr. Eva Rakasz	Email Dr. Rakasz	(608) 265-8998
INFORMATICS AND DATA SERVICES	Dr. Daniel Nicolalde	Email Dr. Nicolalde	(608) 890-4592
VIROLOGY SERVICES	Dr. Thomas Friedrich	Email Dr. Friedrich	(608) 265-3381

Research Resources

AGING RESOURCE (PART OF SPI UNIT)	Dr. Ricki Colman	Email Dr. Colman	(608) 263-3544
PRECISION MEDICINE AND GENOMICS RESOURCES:
Cell and Embryo Gene Editing	Dr. Ted Golos	Email Dr. Golos	(608) 263-3567
Genomic Discovery	Dr. Jeff Rogers	Email Dr. Rogers	(713) 798-7783
Advancing Precision Therapies	Dr. Igor Slukvin	Email Dr. Slukvin	(608) 263-0058
TRANSLATIONAL STEM CELL TECHNOLOGIES	Dr. John Maufort	Email Dr. Maufort	(608) 890-4244