Departments, Institutes & Centers – David Geffen School of Medicine
Siavash Kurdistani, MD Chair, Biological Chemistry Department Information: (310) 825-6545 Mailing Address:Department of Biological Chemistry615 Charles…
Siavash Kurdistani, MD
Chair, Biological Chemistry
Department Information: (310) 825-6545
Mailing Address:
Department of Biological Chemistry
615 Charles E Young Drive South
310 BSRB
P.O. Box 951737
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1737
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Our research addresses the molecular mechanisms underlying fundamental processes in biology and disease. We apply genetic, biochemical, cell biological, computational and biophysical approaches to study stem cell biology, development, gene regulation, cell signaling, cancer biology, neurobiology, genetic variation and disease. Our ethos reflects and fosters a passion for discovery and curiosity and a commitment to excellence.
Eleazar Eskin, PhD
Chair, Computational Medicine
Department Information: (310) 825-5554
Mailing Address:
UCLA Computational Medicine
BOX 951766, Room 5303 Life Sciences
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1766
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The Department of Computational Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles is committed to becoming an internationally renowned and leading program in data science applied to biomedical data and is committed to transforming patient care in the UCLA Health System by leveraging recent advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence. A unique strength of UCLA is that on a single campus lie a prestigious medical school, a world-class research hospital, and nationally-ranked departments within the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science with significant strength in data sciences. The department provides a hub for collaborations across the UCLA campus to enable scientific discovery in biological data sciences and improve patient care.
Leonid Kruglyak, PhD
Chair, Human Genetics
Department Information: (310) 794-5423
Mailing Address:
Department of Human Genetics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center
695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Box 708822
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7088
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The Department of Human Genetics is the youngest basic science department in the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. When the Department was launched just prior to the sequencing of the human genome, it was clear that the practice of genetics research would be forever changed by the infusion of massive amounts of new data. Organizing and making sense of this genomic data is one of the greatest scientific challenges ever faced by mankind. The knowledge generated will ultimately transform medicine through patient-specific treatments and prevention strategies.
Jerome Zack, MD
Chair, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics (MIMG)
Mailing Address:
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
609 Charles E. Young Dr. East
1602 Molecular Science Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1489
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The Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics provides a unique experience in that we span the David Geffen School of Medicine and the College of Letters and Science. Our mission is to provide the highest quality research and education possible in the interdisciplinary fields of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. To meet this goal, we work together as scientists, educators and students to identify and address the most relevant problems in microbial pathogenesis and physiology, host cell biology and immune defense, and the host-pathogen interface.
Stephen Cannon, MD, PhD
Interim Chair, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Departmental Information: (310) 825-9451
Mailing Address:
University of California Los Angeles
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
650 Charles E. Young Dr. South; 23-120 Center for Health Sciences
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1735
Box 951735
Mailcode: 173517
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The Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology (DMMP) is a combined basic science and clinical department. The DMMP integrates mathematics, engineering, physical, biological and medical sciences to achieve together advances that we cannot achieve individually in three overall areas: (1) understanding biology of disease, (2) developing new molecular diagnostics and (3) developing new molecular and cellular therapeutics.
Paul Micevych, PhD
Chair, Neurobiology
Departmental Information: (310) 206-3944
Mailing Address:
Department of Neurobiology
73-235 CHS, Box 951763
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1763
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The Department of Neurobiology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a premier research department and a leading force in Neuroscience discovery and education at UCLA and worldwide. With diverse backgrounds in cellular and molecular biology, psychology and engineering, faculty members in the Department utilize the most sophisticated technologies available to work in concert with colleagues through UCLA and the world to enhance the understanding of the brain and its role in health and disease.
Stephen Cannon, MD, PhD
Chair, Physiology
Departmental Information: (310) 794-1572
Mailing Address:
UCLA Neurosurgery
Edie & Lew Wasserman Building
300 Stein Plaza, Ste. 420
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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The Department of Physiology is a basic science department in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA that was founded in 1952. Physiology is the study of how living systems function, through a comprehensive approach that builds upon fundamental principles of chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics. The overarching goal is to understand the processes by which molecules, cells, and organs interact to maintain vitality and good health. The Department has a rich history of landmark discoveries in membrane transport, ion channel biophysics, membrane receptors, contractility, and the electrophysiology of nerve, muscle and heart. In recent years, our faculty have expanded upon this foundation to develop a diverse portfolio of research programs.
An intergal piece of not only clinical care, but also research and education, the clinical departments cross many areas. Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world. With it’s close proximity to the UCLA Health facilities, the David Geffen School of Medicine offers it’s students and trainees a unique educational experience.
Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD
Chair, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Department Information: (310) 267-8694
Mailing Address:
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 3325
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7403
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Together, we look forward to a great future of patient care, education, innovation, and discovery.
Our program in anesthesiology and perioperative medicine spans multiple clinical and laboratory sites, engaged in research, teaching, and patient care activities across Los Angeles. We care for more than 50,000 patients every year in our operating rooms, interventional procedure rooms, obstetric suites, and intensive care units, covering every surgical subspecialty.
Greg Hendey, MD
Chair, Emergency Medicine
Department Information: (310) 794-0785
Mailing Address:
UCLA Emergency Medicine
924 Westwood Boulevard, Suite 300
Los Angeles, California 90095
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We primarily work in three different Emergency Departments:
Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center, LA County Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, and Antelope Valley Medical Center. Each site is uniquely selected for the very different patient populations, pathology, and educational opportunities, together delivering a balanced and complete Emergency Medicine training experience. Through training at these complementary, high-volume clinical sites, our graduates find themselves ready and prepared to work anywhere.
Patrick Dowling, MD
Chair, Family Medicine
Department Information: (310) 319-4700
Mailing Address:
Department of Family Medicine
10833 Le Conte Avenue, 50-074 CHS
Los Angeles, California 90095
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Education is in all that we do as faculty in the Department of Family Medicine.
It is the top priority in our work with thirty-six of the smartest residents from around the country and our passion when we interact with medical students on a daily basis through their formal courses as well as in their community outreach. It is also what drives the huge success of our many fellowships in areas such as sports medicine, addiction and behavioral medicine, and clinical scholars.
Maie St. John, MD, PhD
Chair, Head & Neck Surgery
Department Information: (310) 206-6688
Mailing Address:
Department of Head and Neck Surgery
10833 Le Conte Ave., CHS 62-132
Los Angeles, California 90095-1624
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UCLA Department of Head and Neck Surgery is committed to maintaining excellence:
In patient care, offering top-caliber academic training, and advancing research in the field. Our extensively experienced physicians and research scientists paired with our state-of-the-art facilities and technology ensures that UCLA will remain at the forefront of knowledge in Head and Neck Surgery-Otolaryngology.
Alan Fogelman, MD
Chair, Medicine
Classified as Best in the West
The Department of Medicine at UCLA Health offers a wide variety of Fellowship and Residency Programs to interested physicians willing to further their education and training. We offer support to all of our divisions and the physicians who wish to better their skills. With 14 Divisions and 2 Centers, UCLA Health Department of Medicine continues to strive to be the leader in innovation as well as education and training.
Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD
Chair, Neurology
Departmental Information: (310) 794-1195
Mailing Address:
Department of Neurology
300 Medical Plaza, B-Level, Suite B200
Los Angeles, California 90024
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Dedicated to understanding the human nervous system.
The vision of the UCLA Neurology Department is to be the premier Department of Neurology by conducting exceptional clinical and basic science research, delivering excellent care to patients with neurological disease, and training future world leaders in neurology and neuroscience. All accomplished in an environment that emphasizes humanity in interpersonal interactions and promotes collaboration with other academic departments, universities and scientific enterprises.
Linda Liau, MD, PhD
Chair, Neurosurgery
Departmental Information: (310) 794-1572
Mailing Address:
UCLA Neurosurgery
Edie & Lew Wasserman Building
300 Stein Plaza, Ste. 420
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Consistently ranks in the top 10 Neuroscience programs.
As neurosurgeons and neuroscientists, we marvel daily at the capacity of the human brain to repair and heal itself. The UCLA Department of Neurosurgery is committed to ongoing research in a quest to develop new treatments and cures for all neurosurgical conditions, along with a commitment to educate and train the next generation of leading physicians and scientists.
Deborah Krakow, MD
Chair, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Departmental Information: (310) 794-7274
Mailing Address:
UCLA OBGYN Westwood
200 Medical Plaza, Suites 430 & 220
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Committed to the highest standards of education in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
The UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology provides excellent training through a mixture of clinical experience, didactic material, research and investigative pursuits. We focus on providing a thorough education that provides the training of a well-rounded obstetrician-gynecologist — one who excels in the medical and surgical aspects of our specialty.
Bartly Mondino, MD
Chair, Ophthalmology
Departmental Information: (310) 825-5000
Mailing Address:
UCLA Stein Eye Institute
100 Stein Plaza UCLA
Los Angeles CA 90095-7000
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A relentless drive for excellence and the constant search for new possibilities.
Dedicated to the preservation of sight and prevention of blindness, UCLA Department of Ophthalmology award-winning vision scientists and clinicians foster innovative and groundbreaking advances in research, clinical care in the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease, training of the next generation of physicians, and eye-health outreach to the community both locally and across the globe.
Nicholas M. Bernthal, MD
Interim Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery
Departmental Information: (310) 825-6557
Mailing Address:
Orthopaedic Surgery Education Office
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Room 76-143 CHS
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90095-7000
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The educational environment at UCLA is truly world class:
A top-tier research institution, educational opportunities provided by the UCLA/Orthopaedic Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery include a dedicated and experienced faculty, talented trainees, a superb hospital system, and an incredibly diverse multicultural environment. These are key ingredients for extraordinary learning.
Sarah M. Dry, MD
Interim Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Departmental Information: (310) 267-5709
Mailing Address:
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
924 Westwood Blvd, Seventh Floor
Los Angeles CA 90095
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Serving a very important and complex mission
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UCLA assists doctors and patients in making optimal decisions based on the latest diagnostic studies, using state-of-the-art instrumentation. Each month, approximately 50,000 clinical tests, and 1,500 biopsy and cytology cases, are analyzed to guide the care of patients in UCLA Health System, and through our referral network regionally and nationally.
Sherin Devaskar, MD, PhD
Chair, Pediatrics
Hospital Information: (310) 825-9111
Mailing Address:
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
757 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095
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In support of child health:
UCLA’s facilities are designed to serve the most critically ill children with sophisticated, compassionate care in an environment that is both welcoming and healing to children and their families. UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital cares for the physical and emotional well-being of children of all ages, from newborns to young adults.
Alexander S. Young, MD, MSHS
Interim Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Service Information: (310) 825-2631
Mailing Address:
Semel Institute/NPI
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90024
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Experts in the origins of and treatments for disorders of complex human behavior:
The UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences is the home within the David Geffen School of Medicine for faculty who are expert in the origins of and treatments for disorders of complex human behavior. The Department is also an integral part of The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA which is a world leading, interdisciplinary research and education institute devoted to the understanding of complex human behaviour and the causes and consequences of neuropsychiatric disorders. The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital is the department’s flagship location for patient care at UCLA and has consistently been ranked among the top five facilities nationwide by U.S. News & World Reports.
Michael Steinberg, MD
Chair, Radiation Oncology
Departmental Information: (310) 825-9775
Mailing Address:
Department of Radiation Oncology
200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite B265
Los Angeles, CA 90095-6951
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The UCLA advantage.
There has never been a more opportune time in medical history for making rapid significant advances in cancer treatment. Only medical institutions with the best clinical, translational, and basic scientific research infrastructure are able to directly integrate the recent advances in molecular biology, radiation biology and medical imaging of cancer with the new and highly precise techniques in radiation delivery to improve patient care and treatment outcome.
Dieter Enzmann, MD
Chair, Radiological Sciences
Patient Care Information: (310) 301-6800
Education & Research Information:
Residency Programs – (310) 267-8797
Fellowship Programs – (310) 267-8758
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At the forefront of the convergence between imaging technologies and therapeutic modalities
Our Department faculty and research programs are internationally recognized. We maintain strong interdisciplinary links with other departments within the Medical Center, and the UCLA campus. This strong collaborative interaction between research and clinical practice allows us to rapidly implement new, and sometimes revolutionary, imaging and therapeutic innovations.
O. Joe Hines, MD
Interim Chair, Surgery
The Department of Surgery provides leading-edge patient care, research, and education.
We offer consultative and definitive care services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis in Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery. Our programs are ranked among the very best by U.S. News and World Reports. General inquiries may be directed to the department office or to any of the division offices.
Mark Litwin, MD
Chair, Urology
Departmental Information: (310) 794-7700
Mailing Address:
Department of Urology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Box 951738
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1738
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Devoted to offering compassionate and innovative urological care.
UCLA Urology, with its large and diverse research programs, is committed to developing and promoting cutting-edge discoveries in basic science, clinical trials, and population medicine. Our faculty and research teams constantly strive to optimize the technologies we have and invent the technologies we need in order to bring to our patients the latest developments.
Every day, scientists have new ideas with the potential to expand the boundaries of human knowledge. It takes creativity and insight to pursue these raw ideas, and it takes the right support to nurture them. In addition to the vast network of research institutes and centers on campus, UCLA’s largest research institutes are integral to the mission of the David Geffen School of Medicine. They provide extensive resources and information to the research community to further their understanding of the natural world.
Irvin Chen, PhD
Director, UCLA AIDS Institute
From the earliest days of the AIDS pandemic, UCLA has been at the forefront of HIV research. UCLA researchers were the first to describe why early AIDS drugs failed; demonstrate clearance of HIV from an infected infant; identify, clone, and characterize HIV in the brain. Our research programs are designed to facilitate collaboration between researchers with shared interests, including the development of translational, multi-disciplinary grant applications.
Felix E. Schweizer, PhD
Interim Director, Brain Research Institute
Institute Information: (310) 825-5061
Mailing Address:
Brain Research Institute UCLA
Box 951761
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1761
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The UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI) is a catalyst for education, outreach, and research collaborations among current and future scientists, engineers and clinicians who seek to understand the healthy and diseased brain. The BRI is a campus wide Organized Research Unit. Formed in 1959 by a small cadre of neuroscientists, the BRI is one of the first neuroscience research collectives established in the United States. Now with approximately 300 faculty members representing nearly 30 departments from 6 schools, the institute is UCLA’s central force in its mission to advance interdisciplinary basic and clinical neuroscience.
Steve Dubinett, MD
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
The UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, is a research partnership of UCLA, Cedars–Sinai Medical Center, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute. Its mission is to bring biomedical innovations to bear on the greatest health needs of Los Angeles—the largest and among the most diverse counties in the United States. The CTSI provides pilots funds, vouchers for core services, career development awards for faculty and training opportunities for professional and graduate students. The CTSI supports clinical research through the Clinical and Translational Research Center and regulatory tools and consultations. CTSI-supported researchers have published more than 2,500 scientific articles and been awarded 520 pilot grants, enabling them to generate data that they leveraged into $137 million in additional outside funding.
Stephen Cannon, MD, PhD
Interim Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
Institute Information: (310) 825-4903
Mailing Address:
Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
University of California, Los Angeles
570 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1770
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The Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging brings together faculty, students, and staff with a variety of backgrounds – physics, mathematics, engineering, biology, chemistry, and medicine – to pursue innovative technologies and science to accelerate our understanding of biology and medicine. Innovative technology programs, linked by systems biology, microfluidics, nanotechnology, and molecular imaging, provide the tools to conduct integrated science in a unique, interdisciplinary setting.
Daniel H. Geschwind, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor for Precision Medicine
As a home for precision and genomic health activities, the institute will:
- facilitate current and future large-scale initiatives in genetic and genomic medicine
- create new, currently untapped, opportunities for innovative discovery
- further solidify UCLA’s international leadership in a broad range of scholarship and training, information technology and clinical care
Central to this facilitation is the fostering of new collaborations. The institute will bring together faculty with a wide range of expertise, not only from the clinical disciplines, but also from the disciplines of information science, engineering, software and hardware development, human genetics, genomics, public health, social work and the social sciences.
Bartly J. Mondino, MD
Director, UCLA Stein Eye Institute
Institute Information: (310) 825-5000
Mailing Address:
UCLA Stein Eye Institute
100 Stein Plaza UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7000
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The UCLA Stein Eye Institute’s original mandate from 1966 remains paramount today: the relentless drive for excellence and the constant search for new possibilities in the treatment of the eye. Dedicated to the preservation of sight and prevention of blindness, UCLA Department of Ophthalmology award-winning vision scientists and clinicians foster innovative and groundbreaking advances in research, clinical care in the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease, training of the next generation of physicians, and eye-health outreach to the community both locally and across the globe.
Hilary Coller, PhD
Interim Director, Molecular Biology Institute
Institute Information: (310) 825-1018
Mailing Address:
Molecular Biology Institute
611 Charles E. Young Drive East
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570
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The Molecular Biology Institute at UCLA is a campus wide Organized Research Unit – a hub for interactions between scientific groups, focused on deciphering molecular structures and identifying regulatory cross-talk in living organisms. Since its inception nearly half a century ago, the MBI has catalyzed intellectual exchange across disciplines and departmental barriers. Today this mission remains at the forefront.
Alexander S. Young, MD
Interim Director, Semel Institute
Institute Information: (310) 825-9989
Mailing Address:
Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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The Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is an interdisciplinary research and education institute devoted to the understanding of complex human behavior, including the genetic, biological, behavioral and sociocultural underpinnings of normal behavior, and the causes and consequences of neuropsychiatric disorders. In addition to conducting fundamental research, the institute faculty seeks to develop effective strategies for prevention and treatment of neurological, psychiatric and behavioral disorder, including improvement in access to mental health services and the shaping of national health policy.
Todd Yeates, PhD
Director, UCLA-DOE Institute | Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Institute Information: (310) 825-3754
Mailing Address:
UCLA-DOE Institute
611 Young Drive East
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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The UCLA-DOE Institute is a team of research laboratories, a campus wide Organized Research Unit, working on fundamental research and technology developments in broad DOE mission areas ranging from microbes, to biofuels and green chemistry, to the design of new biomaterials. Research areas being pursued within the Institute include: advanced biofuels; carbon capture; the genomics, proteomics and properties of photosynthetic and other energy-related microbes; the structure and function of energy producing organelles; biomass degradation, and plant metabolism. Technology development in the Institute includes: tools; for algal and soil genomics, new methods of gene and protein identification and understanding of RNA regulation, tools for synthetic biology, and methods for microcrystallography and protein design.
In science, ideas are like seeds. Plant them and – if you are smart and lucky – a tree will grow. The fruit of these trees are the solutions to humanity’s greatest biomedical problems. The work being done, and the collaborations being formed, throughout UCLA’s vast network of research institutes and centers are helping potentially impactful ideas to take root. Along with this vast network, UCLA’s largest research centers are integral to the mission of the David Geffen School of Medicine.
Tom Carmichael, MD, PhD
Interim Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Center Information: (310) 825-4958
Mailing Address:
Broad Stem Cell Research Center
University of California, Los Angeles
Box 957357
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7357
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The Broad Stem Cell Research Center is a campus-wide entity that supports innovation, excellence, and the highest ethical standards focused on taking groundbreaking stem cell research discoveries from the laboratory to the patient. We are committed to a multi-disciplinary and integrated collaboration of scientific, academic, and medical disciplines for the purpose of revolutionizing the treatment of disease through personalized cellular therapies and regenerative medicine.
Susan Y. Bookheimer, PhD
Director, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
The UCLA IDDRC is organized around the following themes; Basic research into core causes of developmental disabilities, Basic research and translational research designed to lead to possible interventions to treat causes as well as improve quality of life for patient and family, Interact with clinical services to implement and translate basic research findings into clinical studies, Education to train next generation of researchers, Communication of research discoveries to clinicians, patients, and family members in our community.
Michael A. Teitell, MD, PhD
Director, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Center Information: (310) 825-5268
Mailing Address:
UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
8-684 Factor Building
Box 951781
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1781
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In the late 1960s, a group of scientists and volunteers at UCLA came together to develop a cancer center they hoped would become renowned for excellence in research, education and patient care. Today, the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has established an international reputation for providing the best in experimental and traditional cancer treatments and expertly guiding the next generation of medical research.
