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.
Human Genetics PhD Program Core Faculty
![Valerie Arboleda](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Arboleda-Valerie.jpg.webp?itok=jAHAIgGE)
![Daniel Benjamin](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Benjamin-Daniel.jpg.webp?itok=6SNGhXK0)
![Paul Boutros, Ph.D., M.B.A.](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Paul-Boutros.png.webp?itok=IssDpIpl)
![Eleazar Eskin](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Eleazar-Eskin.png.webp?itok=fI0_YFvm)
![Brent Fogel](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Fogel-Brent.jpg.webp?itok=XKQ8qZEd)
![Nelson Freimer](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Freimer-Nelson.jpg.webp?itok=92UqTfF_)
![Michael Gandal](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Gandal-Michael.jpg.webp?itok=2yM1V5Fa)
![Nandita Garud](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Garud-Nandita.jpg.webp?itok=199XRki7)
![Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Daniel-Geschwind.jpg.webp?itok=MJRCNDMq)
![Michael Gorin](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Gorin-Michael.jpg.webp?itok=Jf86A0Ql)
![Wayne Grody](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Grody-Wayne.jpg.webp?itok=g9j5APP4)
![Deborah Krakow](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Deborah-Krakow-Chair.png.webp?itok=u2-ow31L)
![Leonid Kruglyak - Human Genetics](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Human-Genetics-Highlight-Leonid-Kruglyak.jpg.webp?itok=l6eNyjE9)
![Jingyi Jessica Li](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Li-Jessica.jpg.webp?itok=_Y-bYbm0)
![Kirk Lohmueller](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Lohmueller-Kirk.jpg.webp?itok=blbIhja8)
![Chongyuan Luo](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Luo-Chongyuan.jpg.webp?itok=5D5r_fRC)
![Jake Lusis](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Lusis-Jake.jpg.webp?itok=igq1ihUj)
![Julian Martinez](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Martinez-Julian.jpg.webp?itok=VKtr1sGs)
![Stanley Nelson](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Nelson-Stanley.jpg.webp?itok=-vosoUmG)
![Loes Olde Loohuis](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/OldeLoohuis-Loes.jpg.webp?itok=yHYR8x3c)
![Roel Ophoff](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Ophoff-Roel.jpg.webp?itok=dY5wuGOF)
![Paivi Pajukanta](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Pajukanta-Paivi.jpg.webp?itok=bIHpaEcJ)
![Christina Palmer](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Palmer-Christina.jpg.webp?itok=XSkrQHeO)
![Jeanette Papp](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Papp-Jeanette.jpg.webp?itok=AeN-5Fql)
![Bogdan Pasaniuc](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Pasaniuc-Bogdan.jpg.webp?itok=wRPLnKGa)
![Matteo Pellegrini](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Pellegrini-Matteo.jpg.webp?itok=FddSHlt8)
![Harold Pimentel](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Pimentel-Harold.jpg.webp?itok=Cnf2djRm)
![Joseph Pisegna](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Pisegna-Joseph.jpg.webp?itok=uzwQwHEx)
![Karen Reue, PhD](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Karen%20Reue%2C%20PhD.jpg.webp?itok=cDg1-YV_)
![Sriram Sankararaman](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Sankararaman-Sriram.jpg.webp?itok=S79_zfSb)
![Eric Sobel](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Sobel-Eric.jpg.webp?itok=3P6NQ4JQ)
![Debora Sobreira](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Human%20Genetics%20-%20Debora%20Sobreira.jpg.webp?itok=0O59Oxx_)
![Human Genetics - Paul Spellman](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Human%20Genetics%20-%20Paul%20Spellman.jpg.webp?itok=fRl3CgJV)
![Marc Suchard](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Suchard-Marc.jpg.webp?itok=XWwLvmKb)
![Michael Wells](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Wells-Michael.jpg.webp?itok=J_Wtz6Tz)
![Yi Yin](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Yin-Yi.jpg.webp?itok=wj2vK9wr)
![Stephen Young](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Young-Stephen.jpg.webp?itok=4nMrYQE2)
![Noah Zaitlen](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Zaitlen-Noah.jpg.webp?itok=Vqlewht-)
Human Genetics PhD Program Affiliate Faculty
![Patrick Allard](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Allard-Patrick.jpg.webp?itok=w9I1dzmP)
![Brunilda Balliu](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Balliu-Brunilda.jpg.webp?itok=RUwSbOJJ)
![Utpal Banerjee](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Banerjee-Utpal.jpg.webp?itok=9SdddTjK)
![Human Genetics - Aparna Bhaduri](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/human_genetics_-_aparna_bhaduri.jpg.webp?itok=m_GumQh-)
![Mehdi Bouhaddou](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Human%20Genetics%20-%20Mehdi%20Bouhaddou.jpg.webp?itok=rzKeZP6Z)
![Amander Clark](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Clark-Amander.jpg.webp?itok=7WGwoQem)
![Luis de la Torre-Ubieta](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/DeLaTorreUbieta-Luis.jpg.webp?itok=puHc6qSN)
![David Eisenberg](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Eisenberg-David.jpg.webp?itok=P_mhWM1s)
![Jason Ernst](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Ernst-Jason.jpg.webp?itok=msafOTow)
![Thomas Graeber](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Graeber-Thomas.jpg.webp?itok=Vc0IMpRq)
![Alexander Hoffman](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Hoffmann-Alexander.jpg.webp?itok=end2-ZdU)
![Human Genetics - Gil Hoftman](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Human%20Genetics%20-%20Gil%20Hoftman.jpg.webp?itok=aKiIZo81)
![Steve Jacobsen](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Jacobsen-Steve.jpg.webp?itok=5GKI1iVv)
![Tracy Johnson](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tracy_Johnson_PhD.png.webp?itok=avgJUiXK)
![Su Yon Jung](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Jung-SuYon.jpg.webp?itok=rUFOv_bD)
![Donald Kohn](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Donald-Kohn-Immune-System-Gene-Therapy-Research.JPG.webp?itok=omBdwsCK)
![David Krantz](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Krantz-David.jpg.webp?itok=ps_DFOBz)
![Human Genetics - Caroline Kuo](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Human%20Genetics%20-%20Caroline%20Kuo.jpg.webp?itok=mr_CsDmK)
![Albert Lai](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Lai-Albert.jpg.webp?itok=4CglsKVW)
![Huiying Li](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Li-Huiying.jpg.webp?itok=wgavkc9r)
![Man Hing Melody Li](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Li-Melody.jpg.webp?itok=heiiOa9M)
![Roger Lo](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Lo-Roger.jpg.webp?itok=FmgtvTpC)
![Lachezar Nikolov](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Nikolov-Lachezar.jpg.webp?itok=-TVN4jzK)
![Bennett Novitch, MMSc, PhD](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Bennett%20Novitch%2C%20MMSc%2C%20PhD.jpg.webp?itok=ScbdgPnS)
![Yi-Rong Peng](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Peng-Yirong.jpg.webp?itok=rU-1T-2q)
![Jessica Rexach](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Rexach-Jessica.jpg.webp?itok=Nv--mgd8)
![Marlin Touma](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Touma-Marlin.jpg.webp?itok=u66IBHkZ)
![Tom Vondriska](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Cardiovascular-Research-in-Precision-Health-Tom-Vondriska.png.webp?itok=qXypstaC)
![Wei Wang](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Wang-Wei.jpg.webp?itok=Gv7Pbad3)
![Xia Yang](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Yang-Xia.jpg.webp?itok=g6VFBpRQ)
![Xiangdong William Yang](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Yang-William.jpg.webp?itok=oUKfJeMj)
![Jie Zheng](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Zheng-Jie.jpg.webp?itok=6u18Ut_a)
![Xianghong Jasmine Zhou](/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Zhou-XianghongJasmine.jpg.webp?itok=RuRQ1gwN)