John Chan is an associate research professor for the Global Health Institute. Chan is responsible for securing new funding and providing comprehensive editorial review on proposals, bringing teams of faculty investigators together to pursue multidisciplinary funding and developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with the Research and Sponsored Programs office at UW-Madison. Prior to joining GHI in July 2023, John and his lab at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh worked on searching for new anti-schistosomal druggable targets and lead compounds to design alternative anti-schistosomal drugs with unique mechanisms. Since his undergraduate studies, Chan has authored and contributed to over 30 publications.