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Robert Edwards, MD

Professor

Neurology

Robert Edwards, MD, PhD studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate neurotransmitter release and how they contribute to synaptic physiology, behavior and disease, particularly Parkinson’s.

Seyedeh Faranak Fattahi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Cellular Molecular Pharmacology

Faranak Fattahi, PhD uses human pluripotent stem cells to study the peripheral nervous system in health and disease with the goal of developing novel therapies through drug discovery and regenerative medicine.

Donna Ferriero, MD, MS

Professor

Neurology

Donna Ferriero, MD is the Director of the Neonatal Brain Disorders Center and studies the pathobiology of hypoxic-ischemic injury in the developing nervous system.

Steve Finkbeiner, MD, PhD

Professor

Neurology

Steven Finkbeiner, MD, PhD is the Director of the Taube/Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research. He studies how inherited gene mutations lead to neuronal dysfunction and degeneration in ALS, frontotemporal dementia, Huntington’s and Parkinson's disease.

Zev Gartner, PhD

Professor

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Zev Gartner, PhD is working to organize the body’s building blocks into defined structures spanning the subcellular to tissue length scales.

Stephen Gitelman, MD

Professor

Pediatrics

Stephen Gitelman, MD is the Director of the UCSF Pediatric Diabetes Program and has active clinical research interests in diabetes, particularly in the prevention of type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Douglas Gould, PhD

Professor

Ophthalmology

Douglas Gould, PhD studies the extracellular matrix – fundamental non-cellular components of all tissues. Specifically, he studies collagens that are critical components of specialized ECM structures called basement membranes.