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.
Members
Co-Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center; Professor and Chair, Neurology
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Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Associate Professor, Biological Chemistry; Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
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Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Radiation Oncology; Director, Outpatient Stem Cell Transplantation Program
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Professor and Chair, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
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Assistant Professor, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
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Associate Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology; Biological Chemistry
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Co-Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center; Professor and Rebecca Smith Endowed Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor, Pediatrics