Participating Faculty
Name/Degree(s) |
Department(s) |
Research Interest |
| Devaskar, Sherin MD | Pediatrics, Pediatrics-Neonatology |
Research Focuses on Determining the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Metabolic Fueling of Tissues During Fetal and Neonatal Phases of Development |
| Rome, Leonard H Ph.D. | Dean's Office, Biological Chemistry | Engineering of a naturally occurring cellular structure |
| Adams, John MD | Orthopedic Surgery | Biology of Nucleic Acid Binding Proteins |
| Banerjee, Utpal Ph.D. | Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology | Molecular Genetics of Metabolism and Development |
| Braun, Jonathan MD | Pathology | Mucosal Immunology, Immunologic Imaging, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| Bryson, Yvonne MD | Pediatrics, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases | HIV and Perinatal Transmission and Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| Carpenter, Ellen Ph.D. | Neuropsychiatric Institute | Research Focuses on the Expression and Activity of Components of the Reelin Signaling Pathway |
| Chaudhuri, Gautam MD, PhD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Signaling Mechanisms of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells Following Exposure to Tnfá. |
| Chesselet, Marie-Francoise M.D., Ph.D. | Neurology | Focusing on the Analysis of Genetic Mouse Models of Parkinson's Disease (Pd) and Huntington's Disease (Hd). |
| Crooks, Gay MD | Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Pediatrics | Hematopoiesis |
| Denny, Christopher MD | Pediatrics, Pediatrics - Hematology/Oncology | Translational Research Aimed at Testing Tumor Targeting Strategies Using Nanoparticles in Pediatric Oncology |
| De Vellis, Jean Ph.D. | Neuropsychiatric Institute | Elucidate the Underlying Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Diseases Affecting Oligodendrocytes and Myelin, Leading to Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). |
| Dubinett, Steven MD | Medicine, Medicine-Pulmonary Disease; Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute | Studies Focus on the Microenvironment, Inflammation and Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in the Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer |
| Ganz, Tom M.D., Ph.D. | Medicine | Innate Immunity in Host Defense and Iron Metabolism |
| Gomperts, Brigitte MD | Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology | Role of Adult Stem Cells in Repair and Regeneration of The Lungs. |
| Iruela-arispe, Luisa Ph.D. | Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology | Vascular Biology/ Angiogenesis |
| Kohn, Donald Barry MD | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, Pediatrics, Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology | Gene Therapy Using Hematopoietic Stem Cells |
| Kornblum, Harley MD, PhD | Neuropsychiatric Institute, Pediatric Neurology | Neural Stem and Progenitor Cell Biology |
| Lin, Shuo Ph.D. | Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology | Hematopoiesis, Organogenesis and Functional Genomics |
| Lusis, Aldons Jake Ph.D. | Medicine-Cardiology, Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | The Analysis of Complex Genetic Diseases |
| Martin, Martin Gabriel MD | Pediatrics, Pediatrics-Gastroenterology | Investigating the Molecular Basis of a Variety of Novel and Established Congenital Malabsorptive Diarrheal Disorders |
| Mazarati, Andrey M.D., Ph.D. | Pediatrics, Pediatrics-Neurology | Mechanisms and Preclinical Therapy Studies of Epilepsy and Epileptogenesis |
| Melmed, Shlomo M.B. Ch.B | Medicine | Molecular Pathogenesis of Pituitary Tumors |
| Miller, Jeff F. Ph.D. | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | Study of Mutagenesis and Protein Structure-Function |
| Modlin, Robert MD | Medicine, Medicine-Dermatology | T-Cell and Cytokine Responses Against Microbial Pathogens |
| Nelson, Stanley M.D. | Human Genetics, Neuropsychiatric Institute | Development of Microarray Technology and Analytical Methodology as well as their Application to Human Diseases |
| Rehan, Virender Kumar M.D. | Harbor/UCLA-Pediatrics | Delineating the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Lung Development, Homeostasis, and Injury-Repair, in Particular, the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Smoke/Nicotine-Mediated Lung Damage in the Developing Fetus. |
| Reiter, Robert MD | Urology | Lapc-4 and 9 Prostate Cancer Xenografts |
| Salusky, Isidro MD | Pediatrics, Pediatrics-Nephrology | Studies of the Biological Abnormalities of Bone and Mineral Metabolism that Occur in the Context of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) |
| Sankar, Raman MD, PhD | Pediatrics, Pediatrics-Neurology | Study of Inflammation as a Modifier of Seizure-Induced Neuronal Injury in the Developing Brain |
| Silva, Alcino Ph.D. | Neurobiology, Psychiatry and Psychology, Brain Research Institute | Molecular and cellular studies of learning and memory; developmental neurobiology |
| Sun, Yi Ph.D. | Pharmacology, Psychiatry | DNA Methylation |
| Teitell, Michael MD | Pathology | Cancer Mechanisms and Nanosystems |
| Tidball, Jim G. Ph.D. | Integrative Biology & Physiology, Pathology | Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Muscular Dystrophy |
| Tontonoz, Peter M.D., Ph.D. | Pathology | Nuclear Hormone Receptor Family in Metabolism and Inflammation |
| Tsao, Betty Ph.D. | Medicine-Rheumatology | Research of the Molecular Genetics of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and other Autoimmune Diseases |
| Vilain, Eric MD | Human Genetics, Pediatrics-Molecular Genetics | The Genetics of Early Gonadal Development and the Consequences of its Disruption (Disorders of Sex Development), and the Biology of Sex Differences in the Brain |
| Wang, Yibin Ph.D. | Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, anesthesiology | Stress-signaling in cardiac development and heart failure, RNA splicing regulation in whole transcriptome maturation and the systems genetics of cardiac development and diseases |
| Witte, Owen N. M.D. | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | Growth Regulation; Oncogenes in Leukemias and Cancers; Immune Response; GPCR Regulation of Autoimmunity; Pet Imaging |
| Physiology | Structure and Function of Cotransporters |















