Consortium Members: Selected Faculty

Prof. Susan M. Wolf, JD
McKnight Presidential Professor of Law, Medicine & Public Policy
Faegre & Benson Professor of Law
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Law
Chair, Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences
Director, Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences

For more information about Prof. Wolf, visit www.lifesci.consortium.umn.edu/bio.susan.wolf

Prof. William Toscano, Jr., PhD
Director, Center for Environment & Health Policy
Professor of Molecular Toxicology
Head, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
Interim Head, Center for Environmental Health Policy
Head, Global Health Initiative
Associate Director, Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences

For more information about Prof. Toscano, visit www.sph.umn.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?x5=tosca001

Prof. Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH
Director, Center for Bioethics
Maas Family Endowed Chair in Bioethics
Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical School
Affiliated Professor, School of Public Health
Affiliated Professor, Department of Philosophy

For more information about Prof. Kahn, visit www.ahc.umn.edu/bioethics/facstaff/kahn_j/home.html

Prof. Debra DeBruin, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Bioethics
Director of Graduate Studies, Center for Bioethics
Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical School

For more information about Prof. DeBruin, visit www.ahc.umn.edu/bioethics/facstaff/debruin_d/home.html

Senior Fellow Steve Kelley, JD
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

For more information about Steve Kelley, visit www.hhh.umn.edu/people/skelley/index.html

Prof. Deborah Swackhamer, PhD
Charles M. Denny Chair in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Co-Director, Water Resources Center

For more information about Prof. Swackhamer, visit www.sph.umn.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?x5=dswack

Prof. Jonathan Slack, PhD
Tulloch Chair in Stem Cell Biology, Genetics & Genomics
Director, Stem Cell Institute
Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology

For more information about Prof. Slack, visit www.stemcell.umn.edu/stemcell/faculty/Slack/home.html

Prof. Dan Kaufman, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Stem Cell Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology

For more information about Prof. Kaufman, visit www.stemcell.umn.edu/stemcell/faculty/Kaufman_D/home.html

Prof. Kenneth B. Beckman, PhD
Director, Biomedical Genomics Center
Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Developmental Biology

Prof. Brian Van Ness, PhD
Co-Director, Institute of Human Genetics
Research Program: Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer
Professor and Department Head, Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development.

For more information on Prof. Van Ness, visit www.cancer.umn.edu/research/profiles/vanness.html

Prof. David A. Largaespada, PhD
Co-Director, Institute of Human Genetics
Program Leader, Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Research Program
Professor, Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics

For more information on Prof. Largaespada, visit www.cancer.umn.edu/research/profiles/largaespada.html

Prof. Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Adjunct Professor, Medical School
Director, NIH-supported Center of Excellence for Influenza Research Surveillance

For more information about Prof. Osterholm, visit www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/center/about/staff/articles/osterholm.html

Prof. Jeffrey Bender, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM
Director, Center for Animal Health & Food Safety
Professor, School of Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine

For more information about Prof. Bender, visit www.cvm.umn.edu/vpm/facultystaff/jeffbender/home.html

Prof. William Hueston, PhD, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM
Professor, Department of Clinical & Population Sciences
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
Professor, School of Public Health

For more information about Prof. Hueston, visit www.sph.umn.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?x5=huest001

Prof. Shaun Kennedy, BSE
Director, National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD)
Director of Partnerships and External Relations, College of Veterinary Medicine
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine

For more information about Prof. Kennedy, visit www.ncfpd.umn.edu/about/kennedy.cfm

Prof. Michael Georgieff, MD
Director and Founder, Center for Neurobehavioral Development
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School
Professor, Institute of Child Development, College of Education and Human Development

For more information about Prof. Georgieff, visit www.med.umn.edu/peds/neonat/directory/gregorieff/home.html

Prof. Megan R. Gunnar, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Regents Professor
Associate Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Development
Professor, Institute of Child Development, College of Education & Human Development

For more information about Prof. Gunnar, visit www.cehd.umn.edu/ICD/faculty/Gunnar.html

Prof. Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, MD, PhD
Director, Brain Sciences Center
Regents Professor
American Legion Brain Sciences Chair
McKnight Presidential Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry
Director, Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota

For more information about Prof. Georgopoulos, visit www.brain.umn.edu/bios/Apostolos_G.htm

Prof. William Toscano, Jr., PhD
Director, Center for Environment & Health Policy
Professor of Molecular Toxicology
Head, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
Interim Head, Center for Environmental Health Policy
Head, Global Health Initiative
Associate Director, Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences

For more information about Prof. Toscano, visit www.sph.umn.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?x5=tosca001

Prof. Mike Sadowsky, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Co-Director, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute
BioTechnology Institute, Department of Microbiology
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate

For more information about Prof. Sadowsky, visit www.soils.umn.edu/profiles/profiles_msadowsky.php

Prof. Neil Olszewski, PhD
Co-Director, Microbial Plant & Genomics Institute
Professor, Department of Plant Biology

For more information about Prof. Olszewski, visit www.cbs.umn.edu/plantbio/faculty/OlszewskiNeil

Prof. Deborah Swackhamer, PhD
Charles M. Denny Chair in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Co-Director, Water Resources Center
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health

For more information about Prof. Swackhamer, visit www.sph.umn.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?x5=dswack

Faye Sleeper, MA
Co-Director, Water Resources Center

For more information about Faye Sleeper, visit wrc.umn.edu/people/fayesleeper/index.htm

Prof. Phil Pardey, PhD
Professor of Science and Technology Policy, Department of Applied Economics

For more information about Prof. Pardey, visit www.apec.umn.edu/faculty/ppardey

Prof. Jonathan Foley, PhD
Director, Institute on the Environment
Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

For more information about Prof. Foley, visit www.environment.umn.edu/about/jonfoleybio.html

Prof. Mindy Kurzer, PhD
Director, Healthy Food, Health Lives Institute
Professor, Food Science and Nutrition

For more information about Prof. Kurzer, visit www.cfans.umn.edu/Mindy_Kurzer

Prof. Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director, Center for Spirituality & Healing
Professor, School of Nursing

For more information about Prof. Kreitzer, visit www.csh.umn.edu/facultystaff/mjkreitzer/home.html