2007/2008 Faculty Members

Faculty Member
Position/Department
Research Focus
Professor and Chair, Pathology
T Lymphocyte Activation and Tolerance
Professor of Molecular Parasitology
Microbial Pathogenesis
 
 
 
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Birth and Migration of New Neurons
Assistant Professor, Diabetes Center
Genetic Control of Autoimmune Disease
 
 
 
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Analysis of Genetic and Neuronal Networks that Regulate Fat Content
Barbara Bass Baker Professor of Genetics, Professor of Biochemistry and Cancer Research Institute
Genetic Modifiers of Cancer Susceptibility in Mouse Models in Human Cancer
Associate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular Mechanisms of Autoimmunity/Structure, Cell Biology, and Immunopathology of Autoantigens
Associate Professor of Stomatology and Surgery
Signal Transduction
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Viral Pathogens
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Cardiovascular Research
Cell Cycle Regulation and Cardiovascular Biology
Chancellor, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular Genetics of Normal and Neoplastic Cells
Professor of Medicine, Chief, Gastroenterology
Liver Wound Repair
 
 
 
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Molecular Biology of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Differentiation
Professor of Microbiology
Telomeres and Telomerase
 
 
 

Robert Blelloch, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Urology
Molecular Basis of Stem Cell Self-renewal, Differntiation and Contribution to Cancer
Director, UCSF Diabetes Center, Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Immunology
Regulation of T-Cell Activation and Development during Immune Responses
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
G Proteins, Transmem-brane Signaling and Leukocyte Chemotaxis
Ben Braun, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
 
 
 
 
Associate Professor of Physiology
Molecular Basis of Post-synaptic Organization
 
 
 
Professor of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research
Genetics, Structure and Function of Mast Cell Secretory Proteases
Professor and Chair, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Endosomal Proteases
Associate Director, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Professor in Residence
Structure and Function of Chemokine Receptors
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signaling during Vertebrate Development
Associate Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; Investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
Rewiring Receptor and G Protein Signals In Vivo
Professor of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology; Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Signaling Molecules in Cardiovascular Biology and Disease
Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular Regulation of Cell Migration and Survival in Lymphoid Tissues
Assistant Professor of Pathology
The Role and Regulation of Autophagy in Epithelial Homeostasis and Cancer
Professor and Chair, Microbiology and Immunology
Communicating with the Cell Interior
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Genomic Approaches to Yeast Molecular Biology and Infectious Disease
Associate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Interaction of Bacterial Pathogens with their Host Eukaryotic Cells
Professor of Cancer Biology
Molecular Basis of Carcinogenesis: Regula-ion of Cell Proliferation and Cell Death
Associate Professor of Medicine, Gladstone Institute for Cardiovascular Disease
Molecular Biology of Cellular Lipid Metabolism
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Injury Response in Developing Nervous System
 
 
 
Associate Professor of Neurology
Molecular Mechenaisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Neurodegeneration
 
 
 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Immunology of Dendritic Cells in Disease
Professor and Vice-Chair, Microbiology and Immunology; Professor of Medicine, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Biology and Replication of Human Viral Pathogens
Professor of Medicine
Regulation of the Nat-riuretic Peptide System
Tony Gerber, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
 
Professor, the Diabetes Center
Development and Biology of the Pancreatic Islets
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Genetic Defects in Heavy Metal Transport
Stephen Gluck, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Chief of Nephrology
 
Andrei Goga, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
 
Director, SFGH AIDS, Professor of Residence, Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
Molecular Analysis of HIV-1 and HTLV-1 Retroviral Pathogenesis
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics; American Cancer Society Research Professor
Mouse Models of Cancer: Cellular, Genetic, & Immu-nological Determinants; Charting Multistep Path-ways; Experimental Therapeutics
 
 
 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
 
 
 
 
Associate Professor of Pathology
Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Sensory Neuron Development
Associate Professor of Physiology and Obstetrics/ Gynocology
Mammalian Sex Determination and Repro-ductive Development
Professor of Physiology, Jack and Deloris Endowed Chair in Physiology and Biophysics
Potassium Channels
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
The Determination of T Cell Fate
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Cooperating Events in Myeloid Leukemogenesis and their Reversal
Professor and Director of Stem Cell Development Biology
Neural Stem Cells and Embryonic Cortical Development
Professor of Dermatology and Henry Bachrach Distinguished Professor in
Cardiovascular Genetics
Analysis of Complex Genetic Traits
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Regulation of T Cell and NK Cell Immune Response
 
 
 
Professor of  Medicine
HIV Pathogenesis
Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine
Megakaryocytopoiesis and Platelet Function
Professor of Physiology and Medicine
Biogenesis of Complex Proteins
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Chief, Infectious Diseases, Howard Hughes Investigator
  Development of Effector T Lymphocytes
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Tyrosine Kinase Regulated Signal Transduction in Blood Cells
Associate Professor of Medicine
Cytokines, Ubiquination and Immune Homeostasis
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Lymphocyte Migration and Autoimmune Disease
 
 
 
David Wood Chair of Tumor Biology and Cancer Research, Professor of Immunology; Director, UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
Therapeutic Approaches to Cancer
Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
Pathogenic Mechanisms of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus
Professor of Pathology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Medicine, Director, Tropical Disease Research Unit
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasitic Diseases, Proteases in Cancer Progression
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Associate Professor in Residence, Cancer Research Institute
Oncogenes, Signal Transduction and Cancer
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Institute
Molecular Basis of Electrical Signaling
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
G protein-coupled Receptor Signaling
Douglas Nixon, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
 
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Control of Intrinsic Pathways of Apoptosis by the BCL-2 Family of Proteins
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Protein Misfolding Diseases and Novel Therapies
 
 
 
Professor of Neurology
Genetics and Biology of Human Nervous System Disorders
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Molecular Biology of MHC II and HIV
Professor of Neurology
Genetics and Biology of Human Nervous System Disorders
 
 
 
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Activating and Inactiv-ating Receptors on Leukocytes
 
 
 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Targeted Therapy of Hematologic Malignancies
Professor of Pediatrics
Genetic Predispositions to Myeloid Leukemia
Robin Shaw, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
 
Professor of Medicine, Director, Lung Biology Center
Mechanisms by which Signals from the Extracellular Matrix Regulate Inflammation and Tissue Fibrosis
Professor of Pediatrics
Molecular and Genetic Dissection of Cardiogenesis and its Role in Human Disease
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysiology
Zebrafish Developmental Genetics/Cardiovascular and Gastrointestinal Development
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Serotonin Systems and Complex Behavioral Traits
Professor of Pathology; Director, Cell Cycling and Signaling, Director, Center for Translational Research in the Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Regulation of Genomic Instability in Mammalian Cells
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Regulation of Lung Vascularization and Development
Ephraim P. Engleman Distinguished Professor of Rheumatology ; Chief, Rheumatology Division, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Signal Transduction Events in T Lymphocytes
Professor of Surgery, Medicine and Physiology and Radiobiology of the Surgical Research Laboratory, SFGH
Structure/Function of Mammalian Stress Proteins and Implications for Medicine
Professor and Vice-Chair of Anatomy
Signaling by Extracellular Proteolysis in Develop-ment and Disease
Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology
Mechanisms of Autoimmunity
 
 
 
Professor; Chairman, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Signal Transduction and Transcription Regulation
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