Richard Proctor
Position title: Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Email: rap@wisc.edu
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No longer on campus
Education
1966, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1970, M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1970 – 71, Internship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
1974 – 76, Internal Medicine Residency: Georgetown University, Washington, DC
1976 – 78, Infectious Diseases Post-Doctoral Fellow: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Areas of Study
Research Overview
Bacterial pathogenesis: Defining host-bacterial interactions at cellular and molecular levels. Clone and characterize S. aureus genes involved in electron transport and signaling that controls toxin production. Define molecular and biochemical pathways of endotoxin activation of macrophages; inhibition of endotoxin activity by adenine nucleotide derivatives.