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Rosemary Akhurst, PhD

Professor
HDCCC

Rosemary Akhurst, PhD studies the role of signaling molecules and genetic modifiers in vasculogenesis, the formation of the vascular network during development.

Allan Balmain, PhD

Professor
HDCCC

Allan Balmain, PhD focuses on the role of stem cells in skin and lung cancer. His goal is to identify the critical tumor-originating cells and the mechanisms by which they become transformed, which will aid in both stem cell therapy and cancer therapy.

Benoit Bruneau, PhD

Professor
Pediatrics

Benoit Bruneau, PhD is the Director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease. He studies the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of cardiogenesis.

Marcelle Cedars, MD

Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Marcelle Cedars, MD is the Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and the UCSF Reproductive Health Clinic. She studies ovarian aging, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and assisted reproductive methods in clinical and basic studies.

Pao-Tien Chuang, MD, PhD

Professor
Cardiovascular Research Inst

Pao-Tien Chuang, MD, PhD studies Hedgehog signaling in mammalian embryogenesis and postnatal physiology.

Bruce Conklin, MD

Professor
Medicine

Bruce Conklin, MD is a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease. His research focuses on genes involved in abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure with the goal of developing better, more personalized heart drugs. 

Joseph Costello, PhD

Professor
Neurological Surgery

Joseph Costello, PhD studies the onset of tumorigenesis with an emphasis on discovering the mechanisms by which genes accumulate changes that may activate or inactivate tumor genes.

Morton Cowan, MD

Professor Emeritus
Pediatrics

Mort Cowan, MD studies the definitive treatment of children with primary immune deficiencies using hematopoietic stem cells while also running a first-in-human trial of lentiviral mediated gene insertion into autologous stem cells to correct the immune deficiency in Artemis-deficient Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (ART-SCID).

Grae Davis, PhD

Professor
Biochemistry and Biophysics

Graeme Davis, PhD studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuronal development and plasticity.

Christopher Dvorak, MD

Professor
Pediatrics

Christopher Dvorak, MD studies approaches to optimizing the safety and efficacy of hematopoietic stem cell transplants, via personalized and targeted elimination of host HSCs and immunity, as well as graft engineering.

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