Membership

The Wisconsin Partnership Program's Medical Education and Research Committee (MERC) features broad representation that includes faculty and staff with experience and expertise in research, education, and public and community health.

Medical Education and Research Committee members come from the following categories:

• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Leadership
• Department Chairs
• Faculty Representatives
• Academic Staff Representative
• External Appointee
• Oversight and Advisory Committee Appointees
• Board of Regents Liaison
• Wisconsin Partnership Program Staff 

School of Medicine and Public Health Leadership

Richard Moss, PhD (Chair)
Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research, Biotechnology and Graduate Studies
705 Highland Ave., 4111 HSLC
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 262-1939
rlmoss@wisc.edu

Marc Drezner, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
750 Highland Ave., 4246 HSLC
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 262-9288
mkd@medicine.wisc.edu

Patrick McBride, MD, MPH
Associate Dean for Students
750 Highland Ave., 2150 HSLC
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 263-4920
pem@medicine.wisc.edu

Patrick Remington, MD, MPH
Associate Dean for Public Health
610 Walnut St., 760B WARF
Madison, WI 53726
(608) 263-1745
plreming@wisc.edu

Department Chairs

K. Craig Kent, MD
Professor and Chair, Surgery
H4/710 CSC, Box 7375
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53792
(608) 265-8854
kent@surgery.wisc.edu
Term expires: March 31, 2012

Rodney Welch, PhD
Professor and Chair, Medical Microbiology and Immunology
6157 Microbial Sciences Building
1550 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-2700
rawelch@wisc.edu
Term ends: March 31, 2011

Faculty Representatives

Robert Lemanske, MD
Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine
K4/916 CSC, Box 9988
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53792
(608) 263-6184
rfl@medicine.wisc.edu
Representative: Clinical Faculty
Term expires: March 31, 2012

Tom Oliver, PhD
Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences
610 Walnut St., 760C WARF
Madison, WI 53726
(608) 262-6731
troliver@wisc.edu
Representative: Public Health Faculty
Term expires: March 31, 2012

Norman Drinkwater, PhD
Professor, Department of Oncology
815A McArdle
1400 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-7992
drinkwater@oncology.wisc.edu
Representative: Basic Sciences Faculty
Term expires: March 31, 2011

Academic Staff Representative

D. Paul Moberg, PhD
Senior Scientist, Population Health Sciences
610 Walnut St., 517 WARF
Madison, WI 53726
(608) 263-1304
dpmoberg@wisc.edu
Term expires: March 31, 2012

External Appointee

 
Betty Chewning, PhD
Professor, School of Pharmacy
2523 Rennebohm Hall
777 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 263-4878
bachewning@pharmacy.wisc.edu
Term expires: March 31, 2012

Oversight and Advisory Committee Appointees

Susan Goelzer, MD, MS, CPE
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences
B6/319 CSC, Box 3272
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53792
(608) 263-0208
goelzer@anesthesia.wisc.edu
Term ends: June, 2009

Greg Nycz
Executive Director
Family Health Center of Marshfield, Inc.
1000 N. Oak Ave.
Marshfield, WI 54449
(715) 387-9137
nycz.greg@marshfieldclinic.org
Term ends: June, 2009

Board of Regents Liaison

Roger Axtell
Regent Emeritus and Liaison to the Wisconsin Partnership Program
UW System Board of Regents
rogerax@ticon.net

Wisconsin Partnership Program Staff

Eileen Smith
Assistant Dean, Wisconsin Partnership Program
4221 HSLC
750 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 262-2698
emsmith2@wisc.edu

Cathy Frey
Associate Director, Wisconsin Partnership Program
4223 HSLC
750 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53705
(608)265-8146
ccfrey@wisc.edu

Tonya Mathison
Administrative Manager, Wisconsin Partnership Program
4225 HSLC
750 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 265-6688
tlmathison@wisc.edu