Faculty

Human Genetics PhD Program Faculty

Information about which faculty members have completed an optional UCLA mentor training or training as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellow mentors is provided on the Graduate Programs in Bioscience faculty page. Core faculty include members who have primary or secondary appointments in the Department of Human Genetics.

Human Genetics PhD Program Core Faculty

Brunilda Balliu

Brunilda Balliu, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Computational Medicine, Biostatistics, and Human Genetics
Wayne Grody

Wayne Grody, MD, PhD

Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Institute for Society & Genetics, Pediatrics, and Human Genetics
Stanley Nelson

Stanley Nelson, MD

Professor-in-Residence, Human Genetics, Pediatrics, Neurology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Bogdan Pasaniuc

Bogdan Pasaniuc, PhD

Vice Chair, Computational Medicine; Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Computational Medicine, and Human Genetics
Matteo Pellegrini

Matteo Pellegrini, PhD

Chair, Computational & Systems Biology; Director, Institute for Genomics & Proteomics; Professor, Medicine, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, and Human Genetics

Human Genetics PhD Program Affiliate Faculty

Jason Ernst

Jason Ernst, PhD

Associate Professor, Biological Chemistry, Computer Science, and Computational Medicine