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Vascular Biology Faculty

The faculty for this training program are listed below according to four areas of research. These four research areas have been recognized as areas of concentration and intellectual excellence here at UCLA. Trainees working with these faculty are not limited to these thematic groups nor are trainees limited to these faculty. The training program is dynamic and benefits from the incorporation of additional members. Thus, potential faculty are urged to contact the Training Program Director.

Developmental Vascular Biology

Utpal Banerjee
banerjee@mbi.ucla.edu
Professor, Chair
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Hematopoietic lineage development in Drosophila
Jau-Nian Chen
chenjn@mcdb.ucla.edu
Assistant Professor
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Development of Vertebrate Cardiovascular System
Volker Hartenstein
volkerh@mcdb.ucla.edu
Professor
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Hematopoietic lineage and heart in Drosophila
Karen Lyons
klyons@mednet.ucla.edu
Associate Professor
Biological Chemistry; Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, Surgery - Orthopedic Surgery
Signaling by BMPs and CTGF
Gerry Weinmaster
gweinmaster@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Biological Chemistry
Notch signaling
Owen Witte
owenw@microbio.ucla.edu
Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Hematopoetic Progenitors


Vascular Stem Cells

Timothy Lane
tlane@mednet.ucla.edu
Associate Professor
Biological Chemistry; Obstetrics & Gynecology
Endothelial Progenitors
Shuo Lin
shuolin@ucla.edu
Associate Professor
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Endothelial development in zebra fish
Hanna Mikkola
hmikkola@mcdb.ucla.edu
Associate Professor
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular regulation of hematopoietic stem cell development
Hong Wu
hwu@mednet.ucla.edu
Associate Professor
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Epo and EpoR and regulation of endothelial cell biology

Angiogenesis

Linda Cai
hcai@mednet.ucla.edu
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology and Medicine
Concepts and approaches of therapeutic angiogenesis (lab website)
Oliver Hankinson
ohank@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Regulation of hypoxia inducible factors
Luisa Iruela-Arispe
arispe@mbi.ucla.edu
Professor
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular regulation of angiogenesis
Robert Strieter
rstrieter@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Medicine-Pulmonary Disease; Pathology and Lab Medicine
Angiogenesis and lung pathology
Lily Wu
lwu@mednet.ucla.edu
Associate Professor- In Residence
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology; Pediatrics-Administration; Urology
Lymphangiogenesis


Vascular Physiology

Gautam Chaudhuri
gchaudhuri@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Nitric Oxide and vascular physiology
Elaine Reed
ereed@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Pathology and Lab Medicine
Immunogenetics and Transplantation Immunology
Yibin Wang
yibinwang@mednet.ucla.edu
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
Cardiovascular function
Stephen Young
sgyoung@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Human Genetics; Medicine-Cardiology
Aging and atherosclerosis


Vascular Pathology / Genetic Basis of Vascular Disease

Judith Berliner
jberliner@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Lipid oxydation and endothelial function
Kristina Bostrom
kbostrom@mednet.ucla.edu
Assistant Professor
Medicine-Cardiology
Vascular Calcification Vascular Stem Cells
Linda Demer
ldemer@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Medicine-Cardiology
Mechanisms of vascular calcification
Peter Edwards
pedwards@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Biological Chemistry & Medicine
Lipid regulation of macrophages
Alan Fogelman
afogelman@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor Chair
Medicine
Atherosclerosis
Tom Ganz
tganz@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Medicine; Pathology and Lab Medicine
Antimicrobial Peptides in Host Defense and Inflammation
Kathleen Kelly
kkelly@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Pathology
Endothelial effects of chlamydia
Aldons Lusis
jlusis@mednet.ucla.edu
Professor
Medicine-Cardiology/Microbiology
Genetic basis of atherosclerosis
Peter Tontonoz
ptontonoz@mednet.ucla.edu
Associate Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Lipid regulation, macrophages and vascular pathology