Physiological Science | Staff & Faculty

Primary Appointments

Stephen C. Cannon, MD, PhD

Chair, Physiology, Interim Chair, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Interim Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging

Yousang Gwack, PhD

Executive Vice Chair, Physiology; Professor, Physiology

Laura DeNardo, PhD

Vice Chair for Community Affairs, Physiology; Associate Professor, Physiology; Associate Professor, Neurobiology

Lindsay De Biase, PhD

Associate Professor, Physiology; Associate Professor, Neurobiology

Baljit S. Khakh, PhD

Professor, Physiology; Professor, Neurobiology; Associate Director of Research, Brain Research Institute; Vice Chair, UCLA Neuroscience; Director, UCLA Physiology Outreach Program

Thomas J. O'Dell, PhD

Professor, Physiology; Gail Patrick Endowed Administrative Chair in Brain Research

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Hui Sun, PhD

Professor, Physiology; Professor, Ophthalmology

Chuchu Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor, Physiology; Assistant Professor, Neurobiology

Secondary Appointments

Gregory A. Brent, MD

Professor, Medicine; Professor, Physiology

Linda L. Demer, MD, PhD

Professor, Medicine; Professor, Physiology; Professor, Bioengineering Vice Chair, Department of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Jared Diamond, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Geography; Distinguished Professor, Physiology; Distinguished Professor, Public Health UCLA

Tamir Gonen, PhD, DSc

Professor, Biological Chemistry; Professor, Physiology

Eduardo Marban, MD, PhD

Professor In Residence, Medicine; Professor In Residence, Physiology; Director, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute

Istvan Mody, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Neurology; Distinguished Professor, Physiology

Riccardo Olcese, PhD

Professor, Anesthesiology; Professor, Physiology

Rene R.S. Packard, MD, PhD

Associate Professor In-Residence, Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine, Physiology

Associate Professor of Medicine & Physiology Vice Chair, Department of Medicine Co-Director UCLA Center for Lipid Management Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Yin Tintut, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Physiology

Thomas Vondriska, PhD

Professor, Anesthesiology; Professor, Medicine; Professor, Physiology

Shimon Weiss, DSC

Distinguished Professor, Chemistry and Biological Chemistry; Distinguished Professor, Physiology, Department of Physics, Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, 52900 Israel

Emeriti

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