2020 WARF Innovation Award Winners
Each fall the WARF Innovation Awards recognize some of the best inventions at UW-Madison. This year, the two awarded teams are both led by faculty members of the Forward BIO Institute. Congratulations!!
Modeling the Brain and Spinal Cord
Killer Combination to Beat Cancer
Forward BIO Institute Members
Randolph Ashton, PhD
Associate Professor; Biomedical Engineering, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
rashton2@wisc.edu
Christian Capitini, MD
Associate Professor; Pediatrics
ccapitini@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Qiang Chang, PhD
Professor; Medical Genetics, Neurology, Waisman Center
qchang@waisman.wisc.edu
Wendy Crone, PhD
Professor; Engineering Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
wcrone@wisc.edu
Robert Drape
Executive Director; WiCell
rdrape@wicell.org
Jacques Galipeau, MD
Associate Dean, Professor; Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
jgalipeau@wisc.edu
David Gamm, MD, PhD
Associate Professor; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, McPherson Eye Research Institute
dgamm@wisc.edu
Angela Gibson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor; Surgery
gibson@surgery.wisc.edu
Shaoqin Sarah Gong, PhD
Professor; Biomedical Engineering, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
shaoqingong@wisc.edu
Padma Gopalan, PhD
Professor; Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry pgopalan@wisc.edu
Jenny Gumperz, PhD
Professor; Medical Microbiology and Immunology
jegumperz@wisc.edu
Peiman Hematti, MD
Professor; Medicine
pxh@medicine.wisc.edu
Corinne Henak, PhD
Assistant Professor; Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
chenak@wisc.edu
Anna Huttenlocher, MD
Professor; Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Pediatrics
huttenlocher@wisc.edu
Hau Le, MD
Assistant Professor; Surgery
leh@surgery.wisc.edu
Wan-Ju Li, PhD
Associate Professor; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
li@ortho.wisc.edu
Mark Markel, DVM, PhD
Dean, Professor; Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
mark.markel@wisc.edu
Megan McClean, PhD
Assistant Professor; Biomedical Engineering
mmcclean@wisc.edu
Bill Murphy, PhD
Professor; Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
wlmurphy@wisc.edu
Jon Odorico, MD
Professor; Surgery
jon@surgery.wisc.edu
Sean Palecek, PhD
Professor; Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
palecek@engr.wisc.edu
Brian Pfleger, PhD
Professor; Chemical and Biological Engineering, Microbiology
brian.pfleger@wisc.edu
Amish Raval, MD
Associate Professor; Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
anr@medicine.wisc.edu
Kris Saha, PhD
Associate Professor; Biomedical Engineering, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
ksaha@wisc.edu
Eric Shusta, PhD
Professor; Chemical and Biological Engineering
eshusta@wisc.edu
Melissa Skala, PhD
Associate Professor; Biomedical Engineering, Morgridge Institute for Research
mcskala@wisc.edu
Anne Smith
Clinical Associate Professor; School of Law
asmith32@wisc.edu
Tom Turng, PhD
Professor; Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
turng@engr.wisc.edu