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
Martín Martín, M.D.
Professor and Associate Vice Chair for Translational Research, Pediatrics; Co-Director, UCLA Center for Pediatric Diarrheal Diseases
Email: MMartin@mednet.ucla.edu
Sanaz Memarzadeh, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Director, G.O. Discovery Lab
Email: smemarzadeh@mednet.ucla.edu
Hanna Mikkola, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Email: hmikkola@mcdb.ucla.edu