David Baker, Professor/Associate Chair

Biomedical Sciences

Expertise: Neurobiology of Drug Addiction and Schizophrenia

Office Phone: (414) 288-6634
david.baker@marquette.edu

Scott Beardsley, Associate Professor

Biomedical Engineering

Expertise: Neuroengineering, Brain-machine Interfaces, Computational Modeling, Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Sensorimotor Control, Brain Imaging, Neural Computation, Neural processing

Office Phone: (414) 288-4448
scott.beardsley@marquette.edu

Murray Blackmore, Associate Professor

Biomedical Sciences

Expertise: Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Development

Office Phone: (414) 288-4532
Mobile Phone: (786) 327-7176
murray.blackmore@marquette.edu

SuJean Choi, Professor

Biomedical Sciences

Expertise: Neuroscience, Regulation of feeding behavior, Metabolism, Body Weight by the Brain

Office Phone: (414) 288-4533
sujean.choi@marquette.edu

Paul Coogan, M.D., Medical Director

Physician Assistant Studies

Expertise: Emergency Medical Services

Office Phone: (414) 288-5688
Home Phone: (414) 771-5477
paul.coogan@marquette.edu

William Cullinan, Dean

College of Health Sciences

Expertise: Neuroscience, Stress Effects on Mental Health, Depression and Mental Illness, Brain Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Deep Brain Stimulation for Mental Disorders

Office Phone: (414) 288-5053
Home Phone: (262) 796-2988
william.cullinan@marquette.edu

Jean Fischer, Clinical Assistant Professor

Physician Assistant Studies

Expertise: Cardiology

Office Phone: (414) 288-0611
jean.fischer@marquette.edu

Robert Fitts, Professor Emeritus

Biological Sciences

Expertise: Astronauts, Space Biology, Exercise Physiology, Muscle Biology, Preventative Medicine through Exercise, Muscle Biology and Fatigue, Space Biology, Muscle Fatigue, Muscle Wasting, Exercise and Heart Disease, Exercise

Office Phone: (414) 288-1748
Home Phone: (262) 353-3170
Mobile Phone: (414) 350-6859
robert.fitts@marquette.edu

Paul Gasser, Associate Professor

Biomedical Sciences

Expertise: Neuroscience, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Stress and the Brain

Office Phone: (414) 288-4534
paul.gasser@marquette.edu

M. Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Associate Professor

Biomedical Sciences

Expertise: Drug Abuse and Mental Disorders, Psychiatric Diseases

Office Phone: (414) 288-6636
behnam.ghasemzadeh@marquette.edu

Lisa Grabert, Visiting Professor of Research

Nursing

Expertise: Medicare, Medicaid, health reform, health insurance, health economics  

Media Type: Print, Radio  
Contact: (414) 288-7356 
Lisa.Grabert@marquette.edu   

April Harkins, Chair and Associate Professor

Clinical Laboratory Science

Expertise: Medical Immunology, Medical Mycology

Office Phone: (414) 288-3402
april.harkins@marquette.edu

  

James (Jim) Hoelzle, Associate Professor

Psychology

Expertise: Psychological Assessment, Overlap Between Neurologic and Psychiatric Conditions

Office Phone: (414) 288-7773
Mobile Phone: (419) 215-7114
james.hoelzle@marquette.edu

Norah Johnson, Professor

College of Nursing

Expertise: Pediatric Nursing, Autism Spectrum Disorder

Office Phone: (414) 288-3857
norah.johnson@marquette.edu

Joshua Knox, Clinical Associate Professor

Physician Assistant Studies

Expertise: Hepatology, Gastroenterology

Office Phone: (414) 288-8483
joshua.knox@marquette.edu

Wendy Krueger, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Education

Speech Pathology and Audiology

Expertise: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Swallowing Disorders

Office Phone: (414) 288-5667
wendy.krueger@marquette.edu

John LaDisa, Associate Professor

Biomedical Engineering

Expertise: Medical Issues: Stents, Pediatric Heart Disease, Blood Flow, Computer Modeling

Office Phone: (414) 288-6739
john.ladisa@marquette.edu

Douglas Lobner, Professor

Biomedical Sciences

Expertise: Stroke, Neuroscience

Office Phone: (414) 288-6569
Home Phone: (414) 291-3746
doug.lobner@marquette.edu

Nilanjan Lodh, Assistant Professor

Clinical Laboratory Science Department

Expertise: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Epidemiology, Global Health, Tropical Diseases, Molecular Diagnostics, Population Genetics, Microbiology 

Media Type: Print, TV, Radio 
Contact: (414) 288-3404
nilanjan.lodh@marquette.edu

Patrick Loftis, Clinical Associate Professor

Physician Assistant Studies

Expertise: Internal Medicine

Office Phone: (414) 288-0603
patrick.loftis@marquette.edu

  

Richard Marklin, Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Expertise: Alternative Computer Keyboards, Injury Prevention in the Workplace, Job Task Analysis and Ergonomics in the Workplace, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Human/Machine Interaction (Ergonomics), Prevention of Low Back Pain

Office Phone: (414) 288-3622
richard.marklin@marquette.edu

Aaron Miller, Clinical Assistant Professor

Biomedical Sciences Department

Expertise: Pharmacology & toxicology, human physiology, nutrition

Media type: Print, T.V. and radio

aaron.miller@marquette.edu

 

Alexander Ng, Associate Professor

Exercise Science

Expertise: Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromuscular Control

Office Phone: (414) 288-6209
alexander.ng@marquette.edu

Kristy Nielson, Professor

Psychology

Expertise: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Neuroimaging, Neurophysiology and Psychophysiology, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Genetic and Family History Predictors of Decline, Cognition, Learning, Memory, Memory Enhancement

Office Phone: (414) 288-1796
kristy.nielson@marquette.edu

Paula Papanek, Associate Professor, Director of Exercise Science

Exercise Science/Physical Therapy

Expertise: Weight Control, Osteoporosis, Women Athletes, Female Athlete Triad, Eating Disorders, Over Training, Ergogenic Aids, Heart Disease, Obesity, Cardiology, Exercise and Performance, Human Subjects Research, Solar Panels

Office Phone: (414) 288-5069
paula.papanek@marquette.edu

Robert Paxton, Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Director of Didactic Education

Physician Assistant Studies

Expertise: Infectious Disease

Office Phone: (414) 288-0602
robert.paxton@marquette.edu

Michael Potnek, Clinical instructor of nursing

Nursing Department

Expertise: Adult-gerontology primary care, smoking cessation, healthcare for vulnerable populations  

Media Type: Print, TV, Radio  
Contact: Michael.Potnek@marquette.edu  

Tina Puglisi-Creegan, Clinical Associate Professor

Speech Pathology and Audiology

Expertise: Aphasia

Office Phone: (414) 288-3946
santina.puglisi-creegan@marquette.edu

Kathy Rapala, Clinical Assistant Professor

College of Nursing

Expertise: Patient safety, health systems, quality, clinical risk and population health, ethics, and curriculum development. Subsets of these interests include the relationship of wellness programs to the prevention of patient care error, policy, social determinants of care, work complexity, health care economics, staffing, accreditation and regulatory issues, performance, professional certification, and malpractice.

Office Phone: (414) 288-3170
kathryn.rapala@marquette.edu

Robert Scheidt, Professor

Biomedical Engineering

Expertise: Stroke Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Robotics, Human Sensorimotor Control, Embedded Microcontroller Design, Medical Instrumentation, Real-Time Computing, Neuroimaging, Stroke, Sensory Integration, Motor Control

Office Phone: (414) 288-6124
robert.scheidt@marquette.edu

Sheila Schindler-Ivens, Associate Professor

Physical Therapy

Expertise: Neural Control of Locomotion, Neurological Disease and Injury, Walking, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke

Office Phone: (414) 288-7282
Home Phone: (414) 962-0228
sheila.schindler-ivens@marquette.edu

Kevin Siebenlist, Associate Professor

Biomedical Sciences

Expertise: hemostasis: Cellular and protein pathways  

Media Type: Print, TV, Radio  
Contact: (414) 288-6555 
Kevin.Siebenlist@marquette.edu 

Jeffrey Toth, Adjunct Professor

Dentistry

Expertise: Spine and Orthopaedic Medical Devices, orthopaedic and spine biomaterials, testing of implant materials, bone tissue engineering, bone graft substitutes, explant analysis of medical devices. 

Media Type: Print, TV 
Contact: Jeffrey.Toth@marquette.edu 

Robert Wheeler, Associate Professor

Biomedical Sciences

Expertise: Neuroscience, Substance Abuse

Office Phone: (414) 288-6703
Home Phone: (414) 266-6703
Mobile Phone: (262) 825-6591
robert.wheeler@marquette.edu