Faculty 

Headshot of Stephen Caldwell Cannon

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

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Bernard Ribalet, PhD

Emeritus on recall

Ken Roos

Kenneth P. Roos, PhD

Emeriti on recall; Adjunct Professor

Sonal Srikanth

Sonal Srikanth, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Physiology

Hui Sun

Hui Sun, PhD

Professor, Physiology; Professor, Ophthalmology

Ernest Wright

Ernest M. Wright, PhD, DSc

Emeriti on recall; Distinguished Professor

Secondary Appointments

Dr. Gregory Brent

Gregory A. Brent, MD

Professor In Residence, Medicine; Professor In Residence, Physiology

Linda Demer

Linda L. Demer, MD, PhD

Professor, Medicine; Professor, Physiology; Professor, Bioengineering

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 Packard

Rene R.S. Packard, MD, PhD

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

Tamer Sallam

Tamer I. Sallam, MD, PhD

Professor, Medicine; Professor, Physiology

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 

Allan J. Brady, PhD

Jennifer S. Buchwald(-Baerwald), PhD

Christopher Cooper, MD

Joy S. Frank, PhD  (emeritus)

Alan D. Grinnell, PhD 

Earl Homsher, PhD

Sally J. Krasne, PhD 

Michael S. Letinsky, PhD 

Emeran Mayer, MD

Diane M. Papazian, PhD

Kenneth D. Philipson, PhD

Eduardo H. Rubinstein MD, PhD 

Enrico Stefani, MD, PhD  

Julio M. Vergara, PhD

Yibin Wang, PhD

Nancy L. Wayne, PhD

James Weiss, MD

Project Scientists

Thorsten Althoff, PhD
Associate Project Scientist
Abramson Lab

Guo Cheng, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
Sun Lab

Fumito Endo, PhD
Associate Project Scientist
Khakh Lab

Katsukuni Mitsui, PhD
Visiting Project Scientist
Khakh Lab

Maria C. Jordan, MD
Project Scientist
Roos Lab

Chun Ming Dominic Ng, PhD
Associate Project Scientist
Ping Lab

Arthur Peskoff, PhD
Project Scientist
Grinnell Lab

Ding Wang, PhD
Associate Project Scientist
Ping Lab

Beibei Wu, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
Gwack Lab

Fen-Fen Wu, PhD
Project Scientist
Cannon Lab

  

Postdoctoral Scholars

Marta Alonso Gardon, PhD
Khakh Lab

Pengxiang Chen, PhD
Khakh Lab

Fanny Etienne, PhD
De Biase Lab

Mohitkumar Gangwani, PhD
Khakh Lab

Daniel Gray, PhD
De Biase Lab

Sara Gutierrez Pelaz
Khakh Lab

Yu-Szu Huang, PhD
Khakh Lab

Kay Elizabeth Linker, PhD
Khakh Lab

Matthias Ollivier, PhD
Khakh Lab

Namuna Panday, PhD
Peipei Lab

Ling Wu, PhD
Khakh Lab

Zachary Zeidler, PhD
DeNardo Lab

Eric Yang Zhang, PhD
Peipei Lab

Graduate Trainees

Camille ​​​​​Champigny
Visiting Graduate Student
Bertholet Lab

Megan Chappell
NSIDP
De Biase Lab

Mathew Quang Do
Physiological Sciences
Srikanth Lab

Katherine Espinoza
NSIDP
De Biase Lab

Christopher Gabriel
NSIDP
DeNardo Lab

Kristofer Gonzalez-DeWhitt
MSTP
Abramson Lab

Caitlin Marie Goodpaster
NSIDP
DeNardo Lab

Michael Gongwer
NSIDP
DeNardo Lab

Serena Hugehs
Bioinformatics
Ping Lab

Benita Jin
MCIP
DeNardo Lab

Cassandra Klune
NSIDP
DeNardo Lab

Keionna Aline Newton
MCIP
De Biase Lab

Alexander Russell Pelletier
Computer Science
Ping Lab

Ari Schaler
NSIDP
De Biase Lab

Joselyn Soto
NSIDP
Khakh Lab

Dylan Steinecke
Bioinformatics
Ping Lab

Yu Yan
Medical Informatics Program
Ping Lab

Heather Zhou
Statistics
Ping Lab

Sara Bladburn
NSIDP
DeNardo Lab

Jonaton Hervoso
Bioinformatics
Ping Lab

  

Administration

Brian Phan
Academic & Staff Personnel Team Director
BPhan@mednet.ucla.edu
310-825-4625

Stacey Chiong
Academic & Staff Personnel Team
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Issac Wong
Academic & Staff Personnel Team
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Kiera Laing
Pre-Awards Basic Science Team
preawards@mednet.ucla.edu

Cecilia Canadas
Pre-Awards Basic Science Team
preawards@mednet.ucla.edu

Lynette Hand
CAO
LHand@mednet.ucla.edu

James Alexander
Assistant to the Chair
JLAlexander@mednet.ucla.edu

Rosa Segura, MBA
Senior Financial Analyst
RSegura@mednet.ucla.edu

Tami Chikami
Financial Analyst
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Jorge Ochoa
Purchasing Team
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Cassandra Cruz-Ramos
Purchasing Specialist
CCruzramos@mednet.ucla.edu