The UCLA faculty for this training program are listed below along with their respective areas of research concentration and intellectual excellence. Trainees working with these faculty are not limited to these thematic groups nor are trainees limited to these faculty. The training program is dynamic and benefits from the incorporation of additional members, thus, potential faculty are urged to contact one of the Training Program Directors, John S. Adams or Karen M. Lyons, for more information.
| Faculty | Research Interest |
|---|---|
| Adams, John S. MD |
Basic and translational aspects of vitamin D synthesis, metabolism and molecular mode of action in the skeleton and extraskeletal tissues |
| Bostrom, Kristina, MD, PhD |
The role of bone morphogenetic proteins and their inhibitors in vascular disease |
| Bui, Alex, PhD | Stats/methods/informatics; stats/methods/informatics - information science; education |
| Cheng, Genong, PhD | Host immune and inflammatory responses to infections, cancers and metabolic challenges |
| Cohn, Daniel, PhD |
Genetic basis and mechanisms of disease in human skeletal disorders |
| Crooks, Gay, MBBS | Identify and functionally define human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells |
| Crosbie, Rachelle, PhD | Development of therapies aimed at increasing utrophin, which functionally replaces dystrophin, and testing these therapies in both preclinical and clinical trials as potential treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) |
| Demer, Linda L., MD |
Cardiovascular biomineralization and effects of oxidized lipids on osteoporosis |
| DiCarlo, Dino, PhD | The potential for automation associated with miniaturized systems for applications in basic biology, medical diagnostics, and cellular engineering |
| Dunn, James C., MD, PhD |
Tissue engineering of internal organs |
| Iruela-Arispe, Luisa, PhD | Developmental vascular biology & pathological neovascularization |
| Kamei, Daniel, PhD | Engineering intracellular trafficking pathways to give rise to desired cellular responses |
| Krakow, Deborah, MD |
Identifying the disease genes and biologic mechanisms leading to the inherited osteochondrodysplasia |
| Krebsbach, Paul, DDS, PhD | Focus is on the cell and molecular biology of mineralized tissues and self-renewal of adult and pluripotent stem cells |
| Lee, Min, PhD | Development of biomimetic polymer systems for tissue regeneration and drug delivery applications |
| Lusis, Aldons, PhD |
Identification and analysis of genes and networks contributing to common forms of cardiovascular, metabolic and skeletal diseases |
| Lyons, Karen M., PhD | Development of musculoskeletal tissues |
| McAllister, David, MD |
Research efforts concentrate on knee ligament injuries and developing new strategies that could ultimately lead to improvements in clinical care for patients with these injuries |
| Miceli, Carrie, PhD | Interest is in organizers of the T cell: APC contact and TCR activation complex which are differentially involved in activation of developmentally distinct T cell subsets |
| Miller, Jeffrey F., PhD | Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis and the evolution of functional diversity in bacteria and phage. |
| Nelson, Stanley, MD |
Genomic approaches towards the study of complex human diseases to discover genetic variants that underlie attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, glioblastoma, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
| Nishimura, Ichiro, DDS, DMSC, DMD | Translational research/molecular biology of wound healing |
| Pellegrini, Matteo, PhD |
Combining statistics, computer science, biology, and genetics to better understand stem cells, focusing on the development of computational approaches to interpret genomic data allowing the development of large-scale models of transcriptional and epigenetic regulation |
| Pyle, April, PhD | Pluripotent stem cell survival, self-renewal and differentiation |
| Segura, Tatiana, PhD | Generating hydrogel biomaterials to support the formation of a reparative niche within diseased or injured sites |
| Soo, B. Chia, MD |
Bone and skin regenerative medicine research utilizing tissue engineering technologies |
| Spencer, Melissa, PhD | Understanding pathogenic mechanisms in the muscular dystrophies |
| Tetradis, Sotirios, DDS, PhD |
Molecular bone biology/osteonecrosis of the jaw |
| Tidball, James, PhD | Investigations into the pathophysiology of muscular dystrophy and studies of mechanisms through which myeloid cells modulate muscle injury, disease and regeneration |
| Ting, Kang, DMD, DMSC | Interest in the molecular mechanism of craniosynostosis - premature fusion of calvarail suture and tissue engineering of bone tissues |
| Tintut, Yin, PhD |
Regulatory mechanisms of inflammatory lipids on anabolic parathyroid hormone signaling in bone cells |
| Tontonoz, Peter John, PhD |
The regulation of gene expression by nuclear receptors and the relationship of these signaling pathways to human diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and atherosclerosis |
| Wang, Cun-Yu, DDS, PhD | Molecular regulation of bone formation |
| Wong, David, DMD, DMSC | Molecular diagnostics, salivaomics and liquid biopsy |
| Yeaman, Michael PhD |
Discovering and applying the power of convergent immunity focused on antibiotic-resistant infections caused by priority and emerging pathogens to save and improve lives. |
| Xing, Yi, PhD | Bioinformatics, genomics, RNA biology |
