Faculty

All of the faculty associated with the DSCB graduate program are listed below. Click on a faculty name to view a detailed description of an individual research program, contact information, recent publications and links to other relevant websites.
 

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Professor
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
Research Summary: 
Gene regulation and human disease
Mentorship Requirements Completed

Rosemary Akhurst, PhD

Professor
Director, Pre-Clinical Therapeutics
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Summary: 
Growth factors and genetic modifiers in vascular biology and cancer

Michael Alexanian, PhD

Assistant Investigator
Assistant Professor
Gladstone Institutes
Department of Pediatrics
Research Summary: 
Our team studies how chromatin receives, processes, and amplifies environmental stress signals that drive changes in cell states leading to heart disease.

Tamara Alliston, PhD

Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Summary: 
Our research focuses on the molecular pathways controlling mesenchymal stem cell differentiation

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

Heather and Melanie Muss Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
Research Summary: 
Birth and Migration of New Neurons

Scott Baraban, PhD

Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
Research Summary: 
Neurobiology of Epilepsy

Brian Black, PhD

Professor
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Research Summary: 
Transcriptional Control of Mammalian Organogenesis

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Graduate Program
Professor
Department of Urology
Research Summary: 
Molecular basis of stem cell self-renewal, differentiation and contribution to cancer

Andrew Brack, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Benoit Bruneau, PhD

Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Research Summary: 
Transcriptional regulation of cardiac morphogenesis and differentiation

Jeffrey Bush, PhD

Professor
Department of Cell & Tissue Biology
Research Summary: 
Signaling control of mammalian morphogenesis and congenital disease

Andy Chang, PhD

Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Department of Physiology
Research Summary: 
We are interested in mechanisms of oxygen and metabolite sensing in mammals.

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