Accomplished and Stunning Colleagues
Only by bringing together the brightest minds can we ever hope to understand the deep complexities of the human genome. Faculty at the Department of Human Genetics at UCLA represent a diverse array of expertise and interests that make all our work and progress possible.
Department of Human Genetics Groups:
Faculty
Primary Appointments
Rita Cantor, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Human Genetics
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Esteban Dell'Angelica, PhD
Professor
Human Genetics
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Stanley Nelson, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Human Genetics
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Jeanette Papp, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Human Genetics
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Faculty
Joint Appointments
Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Daniel Benjamin, PhD
Professor
Behavioral Economics and Genoeconomics
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Stephen Cederbaum, MD
Professor Emeritus
Human Genetics
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Jonathan Flint, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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Brent Fogel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Neurology
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Nelson Freimer, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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Michael Gandal, PhD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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Nandita Garud, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Richard Gatti, MD
Professor Emeritus
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Wayne Grody, MD, PhD
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Kirk Lohmueller, PhD
Associate Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Jake Lusis, PhD
Professor
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
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Roel Ophoff, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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Christina Palmer, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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Bogdan Pasaniuc, PhD
Associate Professor
Computational Medicine
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Matteo Pellegrini, PhD
Professor
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
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Harold Pimentel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Computational Medicine
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Jerome Rotter, MD, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Medicine
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Sriram Sankararaman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
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Graduate Students
Genetics and Genomics PhD Program
Marcus Alvarez
Doctoral Student
Pajukanta Lab
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Toni Boltz
Doctoral Student
Ophoff Lab
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Leroy Bondus
Doctoral Student
Arboleda Lab
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James Boocock
Doctoral Student
Kruglyak Lab
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Alex Chubick
Doctoral Student
Ophoff Lab
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Yonatan Cooper
Doctoral Student
Geschwind Lab
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Arun Durvasula
Doctoral Student
Lohmueller & Sankararaman Labs
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Chantle Edillor
Doctoral Student
Lusis & Pellegrini Labs
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Alejandro Espinoza
Doctoral Student
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Colin Farrell
Doctoral Student
Pellegrini Lab
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Kristina Garske
Doctoral Student
Pajukanta Lab
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Jennifer Grundman
Doctoral Student
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Kevyn Hart
Doctoral Student
Kohn Lab
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Eric Heinrichs
Doctoral Student
Novitch Lab
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Serina Huang
Doctoral Student
Li Lab
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Samantha Jensen
Doctoral Student
Geschwind Lab
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Minsoo Kim
Doctoral Student
Gandal Lab
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Misty Knight
Doctoral Student
Rexach & Pasaniuc Labs
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Katie Leap
Doctoral Student
Martinez Lab
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Tony Lee
Doctoral Student
Pajukanta Lab
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Jiajin Li
Doctoral Student
Sul Lab
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Isabella Lin
Doctoral Student
Arboleda Lab
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Aileen Nava
Doctoral Student
Arboleda Lab
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Shirley Nieves-Rodriguez
Doctoral Student
Nelson Lab
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Maria Palafox
Doctoral Student
Backus & Arboleda Labs
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Christopher Robles
Doctoral Student
Sankararaman Lab
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Gregory Rosenberg
Doctoral Student
Eisenberg Lab
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Katherine Sheu
Doctoral Student
Hoffmann Lab
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Lisa Truong
Doctoral Student
Allard Lab
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Alexis Weber
Doctoral Student
De La Torre-Ubieta Lab
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Ye Leila Yang
Doctoral Student
Young Lab
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Nicole Zeltser
Doctoral Student
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Joshua Zhang
Doctoral Student
Horvath Lab
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Graduate Students
Genetic Counseling MS Program
Diana Alzate
Master's Student
Andrea Chang
Master's Student
Selena Cortez
Master's Student
Samantha Goold
Master's Student
Alyssa Hoover
Master's Student
Lily Radanovich
Master's Student
Tanvina Ria
Master's Student
Dayna Richards
Master's Student
Saanchi Shah
Master's Student
Sonya Watson
Master's Student
Academic Researchers and Postdoctoral Scholars
Oliver Brandenberg, PhD (HHMI)
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab
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Giancarlo Bruni, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab
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Kevin Chesmore, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Nelson Lab
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Peter Chovanec, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Yin Lab
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Rosario Corona de la Fuente, PhD
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Sankha Subhra Das, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Pajukanta Lab
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Longhua Guo, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab
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Amin Haghani, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Horvath Lab
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Cynthia Kusters, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Horvath Lab
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Daniel Leighton, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab
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Andrea Lim, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Horvath Lab
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Alexander Markowitz, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Boutros Lab
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Olga Schubert, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
Kruglyak Lab
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Tzitziki Lemus Vergara, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab
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Laurent Vergnes, PhD
Researcher
Reue Lab
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Huan Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Reue Lab
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Jing Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Fan Lab
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Carrie Wiese, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Reue Lab
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Stefan Zdraljevic, PhD (HHMI)
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kruglyak Lab
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Chenghao Trevor Zhu, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Boutros Lab
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Administration
Ivan Cortez
Fund Manager
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Brandon Garcia
Student Affairs Officer
Genetic Counseling MS Program
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Jerome Keh
Student Affairs Officer
Genetics and Genomics PhD Program
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Issa Lutfi, MPH
Sr. Academic Personnel & HR Coordinator
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Charina McDonald
Fund Manager
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Blanca Ramirez
Administrative Specialist & Event Coordinator
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Kelly Tagami
Assistant to the Chair
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