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Role of the Administrative Core
The Administrative Core provides overall leadership and organizational oversight for the Center's research and community outreach and engagement support portfolios. The Administrative Core's key objective is to continue to merge the strengths of faculty and infrastructure at UW-Milwaukee and the Children's Research Institute into a powerful, seamless scientific structure to address children's environmental health problems.
The executive leadership comes from the lead institutions, and Core directors are drawn from senior members of the Center who bring extensive expertise to their administrative roles. The leadership includes basic, translational and epidemiological research expertise, as well as community outreach and engagement expertise.
Administration
Executive Committee
Director: David H. Petering, PhD. Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of WI-Milwaukee
Email: petering@uwm.edu; Phone: (414) 229-5853
Deputy Director: Paula E. North, MD PhD. Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital and Health Systems
Email: pnorth@mcw.edu; Phone: (414) 266-2255
Staff
Business Manager: Randall L. Schmidt, MBA. University of WI-Milwaukee
Email: schmidrl@uwm.edu; Phone: (414) 229-6559
Communications Specialist: Ashia M. Gripentrog, BA. University of WI-Milwaukee
Email: gripentr@uwm.edu; Phone: (414) 229-4251
Core Directors
Aquatic Animal Models Facility Core: Henry Tomasiewicz, PhD. Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of WI-Milwaukee
Email: henryt@uwm.edu; Phone: (414) 382-1746
Exposure and Biological Analysis Facility Core: Paula North, MD PhD. Children's Research Institute, Medical College of WI
Email: pnorth@mcw.edu; Phone: (414) 266-2255
Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core: Ruth Etzel, MD PhD FAAP. Zilber School of Public Health, University of WI-Milwaukee
Email: etzel@uwm.edu; Phone: (414) 227-3357
Email: jbhewitt@uwm.edu; Phone: (414) 229-5463