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. 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.

Directory

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

Atsushi Nakano, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Email: anakano@ucla.edu

Bennett Novitch, Ph.D.

Professor, Neurobiology; Director, Integrated Center for Neural Repair, UCLA Brain Research Institute; Co-Director, Cells Systems and Circuit Analysis Core, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

Email: bnovitch@ucla.edu

Ali Nsair, M.D.

Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program; Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Cardiology

Email: ANsair@mednet.ucla.edu

Matteo Pellegrini, Ph.D.

Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology

Email: matteop@mcdb.ucla.edu

Kathrin Plath, Ph.D.

Professor, Biological Chemistry

Email: kplath@mednet.ucla.edu

April Pyle, Ph.D.

Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics; George and Nouhad Ayoub Centennial Chair in Life Sciences Innovation