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
Ranmal A. Samarasinghe, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Steven D. Schwartz, M.D.
Professor-in-Residence, Ahmanson Professor in Ophthalmology; Chief, Retina; Director, Diabetic Eye Disease and Retinal Vascular Center; Director, Ophthalmic Photography Laboratory, Stein Eye Institute
Melissa Spencer, Ph.D.
Professor-in-Residence and Neuromuscular Program Director, Neurology; Co-Director, Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Email: mspencer@mednet.ucla.edu