Advisory Board

Kelsey C. Martin, MD, PhD
Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine 
ex officio

Clarence H. Braddock III, MD, MPH
Vice-Dean for Education, David Geffen School of Medicine
Medical Education

Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor, Precision Medicine
Neurogenetics

Paivi Pajukanta, PhD
Professor, Human genetics
Graduate Education

Clara Lajonchere, PhD
Deputy Director, Institute for Precision Health
Program Teaching Faculty

Christina Palmer, PhD, MS, LCGC
Professor In-Residence, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Human Genetics
Program Director

Naghmeh Dorrani, MS, LCGC
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics 
Associate Program Director

Derek Wong, MD, FACMG
Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Geneticist
Medical Director

Jessica Kianmahd, MS, LCGC
Genetic Counselor, Pediatrics
Clinical Supervision, Program Teaching Faculty 

Michelle Fox, MS, LCGC
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA
Clinical supervision, program teaching faculty

Janet Sinsheimer, PhD
Professor, Human Genetics, Biostatistics, Biomathmatics
Bioinformatics, Graduate Education

Tracy Johnson, PhD
Maria Rowena Ross Chair, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Inclusive excellence in STEM education

Wayne Grody, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology and Labratory Medicine,
Human Genetics, Institute for Society and Genetics,
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program

Deborah Krakow, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of OBGYN
Prenatal genetics

Patricia Ganz, MD
Professor, Public Health
Public Health, Cancer prevention and control

Bianca Russell, MD
Clinical Geneticist
Pediatrics

Caroline Lieber, MS, LCGC
Community member/consumer/advocate

Ariadna Martinez, MS, MS, LCGC
Community member/consumer/advocate/industry