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Faculty

Stephen C. Cannon, MD, PhD

Chair of Physiology, Interim Chair of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Interim Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging

YOUSANG GWACK, PHD

Yousang Gwack, PhD

Executive Vice Chair, Physiology; Professor, Physiology

Laura DeNardo

Laura Denardo, PhD

Vice Chair for JEDI, Physiology; Assistant Professor, Physiology

Fayal Abderemane-Ali

Fayal Abderemane-Ali, PhD

Assistant Professor, Physiology

Jeff Abramson

Jeff S. Abramson, PhD

Professor, Physiology

Amber Betholet

Ambre Bertholet, PhD

Assistant Professor, Physiology

Lindsay De Biase

Lindsay De Biase, PhD

Assistant Professor, Physiology

Marino DiFranco

Marino Di Franco, PhD

Director, Physiology Student Laboratory

Balijit Khakh

Baljit S. Khakh, PhD

Professor, Physiology; Professor, Neurobiology; Associate Director of Research, Brain Research Institute; Vice Chair, UCLA Neuroscience; Director, UCLA Physiology Outreach Program

Peipei Ping

Peipei Ping, PhD

Professor of Physiology, Medicine/Cardiology, & Biomedical Informatics; Director of Integrated Data Science Training in Cardiovascular Medicine @ UCLA; Associate Director of Scalable Analytics Institute (ScAI) Computer Science.

Tom O Dell

Thomas J. O'Dell, PhD

Professor, Physiology; Gail Patrick Endowed Administrative Chair in Brain Research

Bernard Ribalet, PhD

Emeritus on recall

Ken Roos

Kenneth P. Roos, PhD

Emeritus on recall; Adjunct Professor

Sonal Srikanth

Sonal Srikanth, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Physiology

Hui Sun

Professor, Physiology; Professor, Ophthalmology

Ernest Wright

Ernest M. Wright, PhD, DSc

Emeritus on recall; Distinguished Professor

Chuchu Zhang Physiology

Chuchu Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor, Physiology

Navid Bavi, MD

Navid Bavi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Physiology

Secondary Appointments

Dr. Gregory Brent

Gregory A. Brent, MD

Professor In Residence, Medicine; Professor In Residence, Physiology

Linda L. Demer, MD, PhD

Professor, Medicine; Professor, Physiology; Professor, Bioengineering Vice Chair, Department of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Geography; Distinguished Professor, Physiology; Distinguished Professor, Public Health UCLA

Tamir Gonen

Tamir Gonen, PhD

Professor, Biological Chemistry; Professor, Physiology

Eduardo Marbán

Eduardo Marban, MD, PhD

Professor In Residence, Medicine; Professor In Residence, Physiology; Director, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute

Istvan Mody

Istvan Mody, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Neurology; Distinguished Professor, Physiology

Riccardo Olcese

Riccardo Olcese, PhD

Professor, Anesthesiology; Professor, Physiology

Rene R. Sevag Packard

Rene R.S. Packard, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor In-Residence, Medicine; Assistant Professor In-Residence, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Physiology

Tamer I. Sallam, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine & Physiology Vice Chair, Department of Medicine Co-Director UCLA Center for Lipid Management Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Yin Tintut

Yin Tintut, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Physiology

Tom Vondriska

Thomas Vondriska, PhD

Professor, Anesthesiology; Professor, Medicine; Professor, Physiology

Shimon Weiss

Shimon Weiss, DSC

Distinguished Professor, Chemistry and Biological Chemistry; Distinguished Professor, Physiology, Department of Physics, Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, 52900 Israel

Emeriti

Francisco J. Bezanilla, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Allan J. Brady, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Jennifer S. Buchwald(-Baerwald), PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Cooper

Christopher B. Cooper, MD

Professor Emeritus, Medicine; Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Joy S. Frank, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Grinnell

Alan D. Grinell, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology; Professor Emeritus, Integrative Biology & Physiology; Associate Dean, College of Letters & Science

Homsher

Earl Homsher, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Sally Krasne

Sally Krasne, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology; Distinguished Research Professor, Physiology

Michael S. Letinsky, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Symptoms of IBS The Gut Brain Connection Dr. Emeran Mayer

Emeran Mayer, MD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Diane Papazian

Diane M Papazian, PhD

Emeriti, Professor, Physiology

Kenneth D. Philipson, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Eduardo H. Rubinstein, MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Enrico Stefani, MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Anesthesiology; Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Julio vergara

Julio L. Vergara, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Physiology

Yibin Wang

Yibin Wang, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Nancy Wayne

Nancy L. Wayne, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Physiology

Weiss

James N. Weiss, MD

Distinguished Professor, Medicine; Distinguished Professor, Physiology; Kawata Endowed Chair in Cardiology; Director, UCLA Cardiovascular Research Laboratory; Chief, Division of Cardiology