Faculty

Human Genetics PhD Program Faculty

Information about which faculty members have completed an optional UCLA mentor training or training as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellow mentors is provided on the Graduate Programs in Bioscience faculty page. Core faculty include members who have primary or secondary appointments in the Department of Human Genetics.

Human Genetics PhD Program Core Faculty

Brunilda Balliu

Brunilda Balliu, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Computational Medicine, Biostatistics, and Human Genetics
Nelson Freimer

Nelson Freimer, MD

Director, UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics | Professor-in-Residence, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Human Genetics
Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD

Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD

Director, UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment | Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor for Precision Medicine | Professor-in-Residence
Wayne Grody

Wayne Grody, MD, PhD

Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Institute for Society & Genetics, Pediatrics, and Human Genetics
Julian Martinez

Julian Martinez, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Clinical Genetics/Human Genetics, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics
Stanley Nelson

Stanley Nelson, MD

Professor-in-Residence, Human Genetics, Pediatrics, Neurology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Bogdan Pasaniuc

Bogdan Pasaniuc, PhD

Vice Chair, Computational Medicine; Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Computational Medicine, and Human Genetics
Matteo Pellegrini

Matteo Pellegrini, PhD

Chair, Computational & Systems Biology; Director, Institute for Genomics & Proteomics; Professor, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, Medicine, and Human Genetics
Karen Reue, PhD

Karen Reue, PhD

Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Human Genetics; Professor, Medicine

Human Genetics PhD Program Affiliate Faculty

Jason Ernst

Jason Ernst, PhD

Associate Professor, Biological Chemistry, Computer Science, and Computational Medicine