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.
 

Bjoern Schwer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Suzanne Marie Haderle and Robert Vincent Haderle Endowed Chair
Department of Neurological Surgery
Research Summary: 
Genomic instability and DNA repair in neural cells

Licia Selleri, PhD, MD

Professor
Program in Craniofacial Biology
Institute for Human Genetics
Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Department of Orofacial Sciences
Department of Anatomy
Research Summary: 
Genetic and regulatory control of morphogenesis in embryonic development, evolution, and disease

Yin Shen, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Institute for Human Genetics
Research Summary: 
Functional genomics, gene regulation, 3D chromatin architecture, and human diseases

Elliott Sherr, MD, PhD

Director, Comprehensive Center for Brain Development
Professor
Department of Neurology
Research Summary: 
The genetics of autism and epilepsy: studies in cerebral development and connectivity

Param Priya Singh, PhD

Assistant Professor
Anatomy
Research Summary: 
Our lab is interested in decoding the genomic basis of extreme survival strategies and longevity using African killifish as the model system.

Julie Sneddon, PhD

Co-Director, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Graduate Program
Associate Professor
Diabetes Center
Research Summary: 
Pancreas development, disease, and regeneration; advancing cell replacement therapy for diabetes

Matt Springer, PhD

Professor
Department of Medicine
Cardiology Division
Research Summary: 
Angiogenesis & vascular biology, myocardial repair, endothelial function, and second hand smoke

Deepak Srivastava, MD

President, Gladstone Institutes
Wilma and Adeline Pirag Distinguished Professor in Pediatric Developmental Cardiology
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Research Summary: 
Molecular and Genetic Dissection of Cardiogenesis and its role in human disease

Christina Theodoris, MD, PhD

Asst Professor in Residence
Pediatrics
Research Summary: 
Our lab leverages cutting-edge machine learning and experimental genomics to map the gene regulatory networks disrupted in cardiovascular disease and discover network-correcting therapeutics.

Peter Turnbaugh, PhD

Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
Research Summary: 
The research in our laboratory focuses on obtaining mechanistic insights into the role of the trillions of bacteria and viruses within the gastrointestinal tract in nutrition and pharmacology.

Saul Villeda, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy
Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Research Summary: 
Mechanisms of Brain Aging and Rejuvenation

Dan Wagner, PhD

Assist Professor In Residence
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
Research Summary: 
We interrogate the genetic underpinnings of vertebrate development in health and disease, using the zebrafish embryo as a model. We use a combination of in vivo imaging, single-cell transcriptomics/bioinformatics, and CRISPR genetics.

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