PPI Faculty and Staff

The Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program has educated generations of scientists for challenging positions in industry, academia, and government. The faculty for the Master’s in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation is supported by this successful core, while also branching out to bring some of the very best instruction from partners across campus, including the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, School of Human Ecology, College of Letters and Sciences, and in the School of Medicine & Public Health. Program faculty, instructors, and staff include:

PPI Faculty and Staff

Sharon Ayd

Credentials: PhD, MBA

Position title: CEO & Founder, Ayd BioPharma Consulting Group, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Matthew Banks

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Professor, Department of Anesthesiology School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Randall Brown

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Eric Buxton

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Clinical Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Pharmacy Professional Development, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Leslie Dickmann

Credentials: PhD, MPH

Position title: Program Director, Faculty Associate, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

John D. Dunne

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Distinguished Professor of Contemplative Humanities, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Paul Hutson

Credentials: PharmD, MS

Position title: Professor, Pharmacy Practice Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Charles T. Lauhon

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate Dean for Continuing Studies, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Christopher Nicholas

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Charles Raison

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Chair for Healthy Minds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Lucas Richert

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor, George Urdang Chair in the History of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kate Rotzenberg

Credentials: PharmD, MBA

Position title: Associate Faculty, Associate, Sonderegger Research Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Chantelle Thomas

Credentials: PsyD, PhD

Position title: Executive Clinical Director, The Manor

Alberto Vargas

Credentials: MS, PhD

Position title: Associate Director, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cody Wenthur

Credentials: PharmD, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice Division, Director, MS in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison