Leadership & Key Members
The Broad Stem Cell Research Center’s membership represents a diverse group of UCLA faculty committed to advancing stem cell research and its application to clinical medicine. Faculty members are in pursuit of breakthroughs that may lead to treatments for musculoskeletal diseases, cancer, blood disorders, and neurological disorders, among others. Dr. Owen Witte is the center's internationally renowned founding director. He is joined by co-directors Drs. Utpal Banerjee, Gay Crooks and S. Thomas Carmichael in leading a team of world-class researchers in the translation of laboratory breakthroughs to new diagnostics and therapies.
Leadership
Owen N. Witte, M.D.
Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center; University Professor, University of California; Presidential Chair in Developmental Immunology; Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Utpal Banerjee, Ph.D.
Co-Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center; Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Professor, Life Sciences; Distinguished Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Biological Chemistry
Gay M. Crooks, M.B.B.S.
Co-Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center; Professor and Rebecca Smith Endowed Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor, Pediatrics
S. Thomas Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center; Professor and Chair, Neurology
Steven Peckman, Deputy Director
Deputy Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Members
John S. Adams, M.D.
Director, UCLA/UCI Alpha Stem Cell Clinic; Orthopaedic Hospital Research Center; Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Orthopaedic Surgery; Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Email: jsadams@mednet.ucla.edu
Reza Ardehali, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cardiology; Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Email: rardehali@mednet.ucla.edu
Utpal Banerjee, Ph.D.
Co-Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center; Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Professor, Life Sciences; Distinguished Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Biological Chemistry
Email: banerjee@mbi.ucla.edu
Samantha Butler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Eleanor I. Leslie Chair in Pioneering Brain Research, Neurobiology
Email: butlersj@ucla.edu
S. Thomas Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center; Professor and Chair, Neurology
Email: scarmichael@mednet.ucla.edu
Yvonne Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Email: yvchen@ucla.edu
Heather Christofk, Ph.D.
Professor, Biological Chemistry; Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Email: hchristofk@mednet.ucla.edu
John Chute, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Radiation Oncology; Director, Outpatient Stem Cell Transplantation Program
Email: jchute@mednet.ucla.edu
Amander Clark, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Email: clarka@ucla.edu