Systems Biology & Disease Faculty

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Faculty NameTitleAcademic AffiliationsE-mail Address

A

Marilyn Ader, PhDAssociate ProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
ader@usc.edu
Grace M Aldrovandi, MDAssociate ProfessorPediatrics
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
gracea@chla.usc.edu
David K Ann, PhDProfessorMolecular Pharmacology & Toxicology
School of Pharmacy
ann@usc.edu

B

Richard N Bergman, PhDProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
rbergman@usc.edu
Emil Bogenmann, PhDAssociate ProfessorCancer Biology, Pediatrics; Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
ebogenmann@chla.usc.edu
Sarah W Bottjer, PhDProfessorNeurobiology; Biological Sciences
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
bottjer@usc.edu
Nina S Bradley, PhDAssociate ProfessorBiokinesiology & Physical Therapy; Cell & Neurobiology
Keck School of Medicine
School of Dentistry
nbradley@usc.edu
Thomas A Buchanan, MDProfessorMedicine; Obstetrics/Gynecology; Physiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
buchanan@usc.edu

C

Yang Chai, PhDAssociate ProfessorDentistry
School of Dentistry
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
ychai@usc.edu
Robert H Chow, MD PhDAssociate ProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics, Endocrinology
Keck School of Medicine
Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
rchow@usc.edu
Cheng-Ming Chuong, MD PhDProfessorPathology
Keck School of Medicine
chuong@pathfinder.hsc.usc.edu
Edward Crandall, MD PhDProfessorMedicine
Keck School of Medicine
ecrandal@usc.edu

D

Kelvin J A Davies, PhDProfessorMolecular Biology; Gerontology
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
kelvin@usc.edu
Yves A DeClerck, MDProfessorPediatrics; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
declerck@phad.hsc.usc.edu
Laurie D DeLeve, MD PhDAssociate ProfessorMedicine (Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease)
Keck School of Medicine
deleve@usc.edu
Louis Dubeau, MD PhDProfessorPathology
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
ldubeau@usc.edu
Roger F Duncan, PhDAssociate ProfessorMolecular Pharmacology & Toxicology; Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Keck School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
rduncan@usc.edu

E

Alan L Epstein, MD PhDProfessorPathology
Keck School of Medicine
aepstein@usc.edu

F

Robert A Farley, PhDProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
rfarley@usc.edu
Caleb E Finch, PhDProfessorMolecular and Computational Biology; Gerontology
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
cefinch@usc.edu
Ione Fine, PhDAssistant ProfessorOphthalmology
Keck School of Medicine
ifine@usc.edu
Timothy C Fisher, MDAssociate ProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
tcfisher@usc.edu

G

Judy A Garner, PhDAssociate ProfessorCell & Neurobiology
Keck School of Medicine
jgarner@usc.edu
W James Gauderman, PhDAssistant ProfessorPreventive Medicine; Biostatistics
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
jimg@usc.edu
Frank D Gilliland, MD PhDProfessorPreventive Medicine (Division of Environmental & Occupational Health)
Keck School of Medicine
gillilan@usc.edu
Charles J Gomer, PhDProfessorCancer Biology, Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
cgomer@chla.usc.edu
Tracy Grikscheit, Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
tgrikscheit@chla.usc.edu
John H Groffen, PhDProfessorDevelopmental Biology, Pediatrics; Pathology
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
jgroffen@chla.usc.edu
Norberto M Grzywacz, PhDProfessorBiomedical Engineering, Center for Vision Science and Technology
Viterbi School of Engineering
nmg@bmsr.usc.edu

H

Sarah F Hamm-Alvarez, PhDAssociate ProfessorPharmaceutical Sciences; Physiology & Biophysics; Ophthalmology
Keck School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
shalvar@usc.edu
Yuan-Ping Han, PhDAssistant ProfessorSurgery; Pathology
Keck School of Medicine
yhan@surgery.usc.edu
Nora C Heisterkamp, PhDProfessorPediatrics, Pathology (Division of Hem-Onc)
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
heisterk@usc.edu
David R Hinton, MDProfessorPathology; Neurosurgery; Ophthamology
Keck School of Medicine
dhinton@usc.edu
Florence Hofman, PhDProfessorPathology
Keck School of Medicine
hofman@usc.edu

I

Susan A Ingles, PhDAssistant ProfessorPreventive Medicine; Epidemiology
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
ingles@usc.edu

J

Chaim O Jacob, MD PhDAssociate ProfessorMolecular Microbiology & Immunology; Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
jacob@usc.edu
Peter A Jones, PhDProfessorUrology; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
jones_p@ccnt.hsc.usc.edu

K

Harvey R Kaslow, PhDAssociate ProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
hrkaslow@usc.edu
W Martin Kast, PhDProfessorMolecular Microbiology & Immunology
Keck School of Medicine
mkast@usc.edu
Laurence H Kedes, MDProfessorBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
Institute for Genetic Medicine
kedes@usc.edu
Kwang-Jin Kim, PhDProfessorPhysiology and Biophysics; Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology; Biomedical Engineering
Keck School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
Viterbi School of Engineering
kjkim@usc.edu
Donald B Kohn, MDProfessorGene Therapy, Pediatrics; Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
dkohn@chla.usc.edu

L

Peter W Laird, PhDAssociate ProfessorSurgery; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
plaird@usc.edu
Joseph R Landolph, PhDAssociate ProfessorMolecular Microbiology & Immunology; Pathology; Molecular Pharmacology & Toxicology
Keck School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
landolph@usc.edu
Elizabeth Rachel Lawlor, MD PhDAssistant ProfessorPediatrics (Division of Hematology-Oncology)
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
elawlor@chla.usc.edu
Michael R Lieber, MD PhDProfessorPathology; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Molecular Microbiology & Immunology; Biological Sciences
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
lieber@usc.edu
Emily R Liman, PhDAssistant ProfessorNeurobiology, Biological Sciences
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
liman@usc.edu
Valter D Longo, PhDAssistant ProfessorGerontology/Alzheimer's Research, Biological Sciences
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
vlongo@usc.edu

M

Francis S Markland, Jr, PhDProfessorBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
markland@usc.edu
Robert E Maxson, PhDProfessorBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
maxson@usc.edu
Alicia A McDonough, PhDProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
mcdonoug@usc.edu
Thomas H McNeill, PhDProfessorCell & Neurobiology; Gerontology; Neurology
Keck School of Medicine
tmcneill@usc.edu
Joseph D Miller, PhDAssociate ProfessorCell & Neurobiology
Keck School of Medicine
jdm@usc.edu
Austin K Mircheff, PhDProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics; Ophthalmology
Keck School of Medicine
amirchef@usc.edu

O

James J H Ou, PhDProfessorMolecular Microbiology & Immunology
Keck School of Medicine
jamesou@usc.edu

P

Janos Peti-Peterdi, PhDAssociate ProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics; Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
petipete@usc.edu
Michael F Press, MD PhDProfessorPathology
Keck School of Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
villalob@usc.edu

R

Richard Roberts, PhDAssociate ProfessorChemistry; Chemical Engineering
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
Viterbi School of Engineering
richard.roberts@usc.edu
Pradip Roy-Burman, PhDProfessorPathology; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
royburma@usc.edu

S

Alapakkam P Sampath, PhDAssistant ProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
asampath@usc.edu
P Elyse Schauwecker, PhDAssociate ProfessorCell & Neurobiology; Molecular Pharmacology & Toxicology
Keck School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
schauwec@usc.edu
Joel E Schechter, PhDProfessorCell & Neurobiology
Keck School of Medicine
schechte@usc.edu
Axel H Schönthal, PhDAssociate ProfessorMolecular Microbiology & Immunology; Molecular Pharmacology & Toxicology
Keck School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
schontha@usc.edu
Wei Shi, PhDAssistant ProfessorDevelopmental Biology, Surgery
Keck School of Medicine
School of Dentistry
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
wshi@chla.usc.edu
Jean C Shih, PhDProfessorMolecular Pharmacology & Toxicology; Cell & Neurobiology
Keck School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
jcshih@usc.edu
Bangyan L Stiles, PhDAssistant ProfessorMolecular Pharmacology & Toxicology
School of Pharmacy
bstiles@usc.edu

T

Hidekazu (Hide) Tsukamoto, PhDProfessorPathology
Keck School of Medicine
htsukamo@usc.edu
Tai-Lan Tuan, PhDAssociate ProfessorCancer Biology, Surgery
Keck School of Medicine
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
ttuan@chla.usc.edu
Lorraine Turcotte, PhDAssociate ProfessorKinesiology and Biological Sciences
College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
turcotte@usc.edu

U

Jennifer B Unger, PhDAssociate ProfessorPreventive Medicine; Institute for Health Promotion and Disease; Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers (TTURC)
Keck School of Medicine
unger@usc.edu

W

David Warburton, DScProfessorSurgery; Pediatrics; Cranio-Facial Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
School of Dentistry
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
dwarburton@chla.usc.edu
Richard M Watanabe, PhDAssistant ProfessorPreventive Medicine (Division of Biostatistics)
Keck School of Medicine
rwatanab@usc.edu
Leslie P Weiner, MDProfessorNeurology ; Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Keck School of Medicine
lweiner@usc.edu
Randall B Widelitz, PhDAssociate ProfessorPathology
Keck School of Medicine
widelitz@pathfinder.usc.edu
Ruth I Wood, PhDAssociate ProfessorCell & Neurobiology
Keck School of Medicine
riw@usc.edu

Y

Shao-Yao Ying, PhDProfessorCell & Neurobiology
Keck School of Medicine
sying@usc.edu
Jang H Youn, PhDAssociate ProfessorPhysiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
youn@usc.edu
Alan S L Yu, PhDAssistant ProfessorMedicine (Division of Nephrology); Physiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
alanyu@usc.edu

Z

Ebrahim Zandi, PhDAssistant ProfessorMolecular Microbiology & Immunology
Keck School of Medicine
zandi@usc.edu
Margarita Zeichner-David, PhDProfessorDivision III - Surgical Therapeutics & Bioengineering Sciences
School of Dentistry
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
zeichner@usc.edu

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