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.

Human Genetics PhD Program Core Faculty

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
Christina Palmer

Christina Palmer, MS, PhD

Professor-in-Residence and Director of the MS in Genetic Counseling Program, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Human Genetics
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 and Proteomics; Professor, Medicine, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, and Human Genetics
Debora Sobreira

Debora Rodrigues Sobreira, PhD

Vice Chair of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Biological Chemistry; Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry and Human Genetics

Human Genetics PhD Program Affiliate Faculty