Graduate School Faculty

Peter D. Adams PhD
Director and ProfessorCancer Genome and Epigenetics Program

Anindya Bagchi PhD
Associate ProfessorCancer Genome and Epigenetics Program

Victoria Blaho PhD
Assistant ProfessorCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program

Rolf Bodmer PhD
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Linda Bradley PhD
Faculty AdvisorPostdoctoral Training

Lukas Chavez PhD
Full Bio

Jerold Chun MD, PhD
ProfessorCenter for Neurologic Diseases

Alexandre Colas PhD
Associate Dean of AdmissionsGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Associate ProfessorCenter for Cardiovascular and Muscular Diseases

Cosimo Commisso PhD
Deputy DirectorNCI-Designated Cancer Center

Nicholas Cosford PhD
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Maximiliano D’Angelo PhD
Associate ProfessorCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program

Ani Deshpande PhD
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Duc Dong PhD
Adjunct ProfessorCenter for Cardiovascular and Muscular Diseases

Debanjan Dhar PhD
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Brooke Emerling PhD
Director and Associate ProfessorCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program

Shengjie Feng PhD
Assistant ProfessorCenter for Neurologic Diseases

Hudson Freeze PhD
William W. Ruch Distinguished Endowed Chair

Timothy Huang PhD
Assistant ProfessorCenter for Neurologic Diseases

Randal J. Kaufman PhD
Full Bio

Kelly Kersten PhD
Assistant ProfessorCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program

Caroline Kumsta PhD
Associate Dean of Student AffairsGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Assistant ProfessorCenter for Cardiovascular and Muscular Diseases

Ahmed Mahmoud PhD
Associate ProfessorCenter for Cardiovascular and Muscular Diseases

Karen Ocorr PhD
Assistant ProfessorCenter for Cardiovascular and Muscular Diseases

Andrei Osterman PhD
Vice Dean and Associate Dean of CurriculumGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Elena Pasquale PhD
Director of Academic Affairs

Pier Lorenzo Puri MD
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Barbara Ranscht PhD
Associate Dean for Program AdvancementGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor Emerita

Sanjeev S. Ranade PhD
Assistant ProfessorCenter for Cardiovascular and Muscular Diseases

Alessandra Sacco PhD
Full Bio

Guy Salvesen PhD
Professor Emeritus

Douglas Sheffler PhD
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Sanju Sinha PhD
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Evan Snyder MD PhD
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Charles Spruck PhD
Associate ProfessorCancer Genome and Epigenetics Program

Xueqin (Sherine) Sun PhD
Assistant ProfessorCancer Genome and Epigenetics Program

Kevin Tharp PhD
Assistant ProfessorCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program

Xiao Tian PhD
Assistant ProfessorCenter for Neurologic Diseases

Eric Wang PhD
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Yu Xin (Will) Wang PhD
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Carl F. Ware PhD
Director, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology

Yuk-Lap (Kevin) Yip PhD
Associate Director, Training and EducationNCI-Designated Cancer Center

Su-Chun Zhang MD, PhD
Jeanne and Gary Herberger Leadership Chair in Neuroscience
Director and ProfessorCenter for Neurologic Diseases

Jianhua Zhao PhD
Assistant ProfessorCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program
- Shengjie Feng, PhD
- Hudson Freeze, PhD
- Timothy Huang, PhD
- Randal J. Kaufman, PhD
- Kelly Kersten, PhD
- Caroline Kumsta, PhD
- Ahmed Mahmoud, PhD
- Karen Ocorr, PhD
- Andrei Osterman, PhD
- Elena Pasquale, PhD
- Pier Lorenzo Puri, MD
- Tariq Rana, PhD
- Barbara Ranscht, PhD
- Sanjeev S. Ranade, PhD
- Alessandra Sacco, PhD
Educational Affiliates

Massimo Bottini PhD
- Tutorial Instructor
“Extracellular Vesicles in Bionanomedicine”
Associate Professor
University of Rome Tor Vergata

Ben Croker PhD
- Tutorial Instructor
“Sepsis: More Than a Cytokine”
Associate Professor
University of California, San Diego

Malene Hansen PhD
- Co-Mentor
CSO and Professor
Buck Insitute for Research on Aging

Svasti Haricharan PhD
- Mentor
Associate Professor
San Diego State University

Chris Larson PhD
- Co-Course Director
“Modern Drug Discovery Technologies”
President, Research & Development
Levator Therapeutics
Instructor
UC San Diego Extended Studies

Liam Mueller PhD
- Instructor
“Introductory Statistics”
Assistant Teaching Professor
University of California, San Diego

Tariq Rana PhD
- Tutorial Instructor
“RNA Biology”
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department for Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of California, San Diego

Ze’ev Ronai PhD
- Mentor
Director
Translational Research Institute
Academic Affairs
Cedar Sinai

Jing Yang PhD
- Tutorial Instructor
“Molecular Basis of Tumor Metastasis”
Professor
University of California, San Diego

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the WASC Senior College & University Commission.
