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.