Explore Research Innovation at the David Geffen School of Medicine
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One of the core missions of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is to engage in basic, translational, clinical, and community research, toward the goals of increasing fundamental knowledge, developing new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for human diseases, and optimizing healthcare delivery.
Research Leadership Groups:
Stephen T. Smale, PhD Vice Dean for Research
Steven M. Dubinett, MD Vice Chancellor for the Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD Senior Associate Dean and AssociateVice Chancellor for Precision Medicine
Steven Bensinger, VMD, PhD Immunity, Inflammation, Infection, & Transplantation (I3T) Theme Chair
Tom Carmichael, MD, PhD Regenerative Medicine Theme Co-Chair
Michael A. Teitell, MD, PhD Cancer Theme Chair
Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD Metabolism Theme Chair
Yibin Wang, PhD Cardiovascular Theme Chair
Owen Witte, MD Regenerative Medicine Theme Co-Chair
Larry Zipursky, PhD Neuroscience Theme Chair
Susan Y. Bookheimer, PhD Director, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Thomas Coates, PhD Director, UCLA Center for World Health
Irvin Chen, PhD Director, UCLA AIDS Institute
Michael A. Teitell, MD, PhD Director, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Steve Dubinett, MD Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Felix E. Schweizer, PhD Interim Director, Brain Research Institute
Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD Director, Precision Medicine Institute
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD Director, Molecular Biology Institute
Sabeeha Merchant, PhD Director, UCLA-DOE Institute | Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Bartly J. Mondino, MD Director, Jules Stein Eye Institute
Owen Witte, MD Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Michael Phelps, PhD Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
Peter Charles Whybrow, MD Director, Semel Institute
Robert Evan Reiter, MD Assistant Dean for Bio-Entrepreneurship
Judith Gasson, PhD Sr. Director, DGSOM Accelerator
Desert Horse-Grant Sr. Director, Research and Innovation,UCLA Health / DGSOM
John S. Adams, MD Assistant Dean for Clinical & Translational Sciences
Paul Marino Vespa, MD Assistant Dean for Research in Critical Care
