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Board-certified and licensed genetic counselor.
Board-certified and licensed clinical geneticist and pediatrician. Medical Genetics Division Chief.
Board-certified and licensed genetic counselor. Senior genetic counselor at UCLA.
Professor-in-ResidenceHuman Genetics
Statistical Geneticist; Associate Editor, G3: Genes, Genomes and Genetics 2010 –present. Course Director: Advanced Human Genetics (required for all Human Genetics Ph.D. candidates).
Associate Clinical ProfessorHuman Genetics
Board-certified and licensed obstetrician/gynecologist and clinical geneticist. Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA.
Dr. Lee specializes in molecular genetics and genomics and performs analysis and interpretation for Clinical Exome Sequencing tests.
Deputy DirectorInstitute for Precision HealthAdjunct Professor, Neurology
Dr. Clara Lajonchere’s research has focused on disorders affecting the central nervous system, with an emphasis on psychiatric genetics and translational medicine.
Assistant Clinical ProfessorPediatrics
Dr. Vivian Y. Chang is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Assistant Clinical ProfessorMedicine
Dr. Wang's research program aims to understand how genetic variation contributes to cardiovascular health.
Patrick Allard, MSc, PhDAssistant ProfessorInstitute for Society and Genetics
Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD Assistant Professor- in- ResidencePathology and Lab Medicine; Human Genetics
Manish Butte, MD, PhD Chief of Immunology, Allergy and RheumatologyAssociate Professor, Pediatrics
Stephen Cederbaum, MD Professor EmeritusHuman Genetics; Psychiatry; Pediatrics
Erica Chan, MS, PNP Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Pediatrics
Daniel Cohn, PhD Professor Cell and Developmental Biology; Orthopedic Surgery
Wendy A. Conlon, MS, LCGC Genetic Counselor Medicine
Barbara Crandall, MD Professor Emeritus Pediatrics; Psychiatry
Josh Deignan, PhD Associate Clinical Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Esteban Dell’Angelica, PhD Professor Human Genetics
Brent Fogel MD, PhD Associate Professor Neurology; Human Genetics
Judy Fan, MS, LCGC Genetic CounselorInstitute for Precision Health; Medicine
Michelle Fox, MS, LCGC Adjunct Assistant Professor
Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhDSenior Associate Dean and Associate Vice ChancellorInstitute of Precision Health
Wayne Grody, MD, PhD Director Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program Professor
Suzanne Hollander, MS, RDDietitianPediatrics
Leonid Kruglyak, PhDChair, Human GeneticsProfessor
Stanley F. Nelson, MDDirector Duchenne Care CenterProfessor,Human Genetics; Neurology; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Rebecca Signer, MS, LCGCGenetic CounselorHuman Genetics
Rachel Shapira, ScM, LCGC Genetic Counselor Medicine
Eric Sobel, PhDProfessor-in-Residence, Human GeneticsVice-Chair for Graduate Program, Biomathematics
Fabiola Quintero-Rivera, MD Associate Professor Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Bianca Russell, MD Assistant Clinical Professor Pediatrics
Janet Sinsheimer, MA, MS, PhD Professor Human Genetics; Biomathematics and Biostatistics
Chanel Suares, RD, CSP Dietitian Pediatrics
Erica Silver, MS, LCGC Aparna Murali, MS, LCGC Jessica Kianmahd, MS, LCGC Marina Dutra-Clarke, MS, LCGC Daniela Schwitzer, MD
India Bradley, MS, LCGC Lamees , Nasserddine, MS, LCGC Martin Martin, MD, PhD Michael Gorin, MD, PhD Julian Martinez, MD. PhD
Jeanette Papp, PhD Sulagna Saitta, MD, PhD Nagesh Rao, PhD Sung Hae Kang, PhD Ahna Neustadt, MS
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