William A. Ricke is a professor of urology and the Department of Urology professor of urologic research, director of the George M. O’Brien Center of Research Excellence and co-director of the Developmental Research Program for the Prostate Cancer SPORE in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He earned veterinary technician certification from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1990, received his B.Sc. in animal sciences from Iowa State University in 1993, his M.Sc. in endocrine-animal science from North Dakota State University in 1995, and his Ph.D. in endocrine-animal science from the University of Missouri in 2000, and was a fellow in prostate development and pathogenesis at the University of California—San Francisco (2000–2005). His group is a translational research laboratory focused on aging-related prostate diseases (e.g., prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia) and the prostate tissue microenvironment as it relates to hormone action and stromal–epithelial interactions.