Leadership & Key Members

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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. Our faculty 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 BSCRC’s internationally renowned founding Director. He is joined by esteemed colleagues and co-directors Drs. Utpal Banerjee and Gay Crooks in leading a team of world-class researchers in the translation of laboratory breakthroughs to new diagnostics and therapies.

Directory

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

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

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

Email:

banerjee@mbi.ucla.edu

Samantha Butler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Neurobiology