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Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research

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
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
Kim Keen and Sandra
Boehm
Email Kim Keen and Sandra Boehm (608) 590-5747 and (608) 263-0988
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SPECIALIST Meghan Cramm Email Meghan Cramm (608) 209-7853
PATHOLOGY
SERVICES
Dr. Heather
Simmons
Email Dr. Simmons (608) 263-3559
SCIENTIFIC PROTOCOL
IMPLEMENTATION
Dr. Jessica Phillips Email Dr. Jessica Phillips (608) 209-7108
SCIENTIFIC PROTOCOL
IMPLEMENTATION AND
RESEARCH
VETERINARIAN
Dr. Kevin
Brunner (Emeritus)
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. Dawn Dudley Email Dr. Dudley (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 Services and Resources

AGING RESOURCE
(PART OF SPI UNIT)
Dr. Ricki Colman Email Dr. Colman (608) 263-3544
PRECISION MEDICINE AND GENOMIC RESOURCES:
Cell and Embryo Gene Editing Dr. Jenna Schmidt Email Dr. Schmidt (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