Our Expert Team

Executive Leadership

Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD
Director, UCLA Institute for Precision Health
Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor, Precision Health
Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor, Neurology Psychiatry and Human Genetics

Clara Lajonchere, PhD
Deputy Director, UCLA Institute for Precision Health
Co-Director, Clinical Neurogenomics Research Center
Adjunct Professor, Neurology

Associate Directors

Alex Bui, PhD
Associate Director, Medical Informatics
Co-Director, UCLA Center for Smart Health
Professor, Radiological Sciences

Paul C. Boutros, PhD
Associate Director, IPH Clinical Cancer Genomics
Director Cancer Data Sciences, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor, Human Genetics, Urology

Nanibaa' Garrison, PhD
Associate Director, Bioethics and Community Engagement
Associate Professor, Institute for Society & Genetics

Stan Nelson, MD
Associate Director, IPH Genomic Research Innovation
Director, California Center for Rare Diseases
Co-Director, Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA

Executive Team

Christopher Denny, MD
Assistant Director, IPH Clinical Informatics
Professor, Pediatrics, Hematology, and Oncology

Sarah M. Dry, MD
Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Director, Anatomic Pathology
Professor, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Eleazar Eskin, PhD
Chair, Computational Medicine
Professor, Human Genetics, Computer Science

Nelson Freimer, MD
Director, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge
Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
Professor, Psychiatry

Wayne W. Grody, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics, and Human Genetics

Eran Halperin, PhD
Professor, Human Genetics, Anesthesiology, Computer Science

Arash Naeim, MD, PhD
Co-Director, UCLA Center for Smart Health
Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research, UCLA Health
Associate Professor, Hematology-Oncology, Geriatric Medicine