Research Leadership
Executive Leadership
Paul Boutros, PhD, MBA
Interim Vice Dean for Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, Professor
Steve Dubinett, MD
Interim Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Vice Chancellor for the Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Gregory Payne, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, Bioscience Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, Professor, Graduate Programs in Bioscience Director, FEC Committee Member
Arash Naeim, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Clinical Research, David Geffen School of Medicine
Research Theme Leadership
Gay Crooks, MBBS
I3T Theme Lead
Arjun Deb, MD
Cardiovascular Theme Lead
Helena Hansen, MD, PhD
HETSS Research Theme Lead, Interim Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Interim Director, Semel Institute
Tom Rando, MD, PhD
Regenerative Medicine Theme Lead, Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD
Metabolism Theme Lead
Michael Teitell, MD, PhD
Cancer Theme Lead, Director, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Larry Zipursky, PhD
Neuroscience Theme Lead
Research Institute and Center Leadership
Michael Teitell, MD, PhD
Cancer Theme Lead, Director, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Steve Dubinett, MD
Interim Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Vice Chancellor for the Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor for Precision Medicine & Professor-in-Residence
Stephen C. Cannon, MD, PhD
Chair of Physiology, Interim Chair of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Interim Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
Tom Rando, MD, PhD
Regenerative Medicine Theme Lead, Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Helena Hansen, MD, PhD
HETSS Research Theme Lead, Interim Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Interim Director, Semel Institute
Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD
Chair, Ophthalmology, Director, Jules Stein Eye Institute
Hilary Coller, PhD
Interim Director, Molecular Biology Institute
Todd O. Yeates, PhD
Director, UCLA DOE-Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Felix Schweizer, PhD
Interim Director, Brain Research Institute, FEC Member/Preclinical Sciences
Physician-Scientist Career Development Co-Directors
Mitchell Wong, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine; Vice Chair of Research Training in the Department of Medicine
Linda L. Demer, MD, PhD
Professor, Medicine; Professor, Physiology; Professor, Bioengineering
O. Kenrik Duru, MD
Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research
Pattie Ganz, MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Health Policy & Management; Director of the UCLA Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research
Otto Yang, MD
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics; Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases
Among the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA's students, faculty and alumni are some of the most recognized and decorated individuals in the medical and research communities.