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. Thomas A. Rando, M.D., Ph.D. is the center's renowned director. He is joined by associate directors Brigitte Gomperts, M.D., Siavash Kurdistani, M.D. and William Lowry, Ph.D. in leading a team of world-class researchers in the translation of laboratory breakthroughs to new diagnostics and therapies.
Members
Judith C. Gasson, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry, Emeritus
Email: jgasson@mednet.ucla.edu
Daniel Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D.
Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor, Neurology, Psychiatry and Human Genetics; Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor, Precision Health; Director, Institute for Precision Health
Email: dhg@mednet.ucla.edu
Andrew Goldstein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology; Urology
Email: AGoldstein@mednet.ucla.edu
Brigitte Gomperts, M.D.
Associate Director of Translational Research, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center; Professor, Pediatrics; Pulmonary Medicine
Email: bgomperts@mednet.ucla.edu
Thomas Graeber, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; Director, UCLA Metabolomics Center
Email: tgraeber@mednet.ucla.edu