Leadership and Faculty
Meet the Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Graduate Program Faculty
Our faculty are not only teachers but also scholars that bring the latest advances forward. They are deeply committed to training the next generation of researchers, educators, and advocates.
Research Interests
Vascular anomalies; endothelial cell biology; mTOR signaling.
Research Interests
lung development; single-cell genomics; mouse genetics; 3D imaging; artificial intelligence
Amélie Collins, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Developmental hematopoiesis; hematopoietic stem cells; immunology; maternal-fetal crosstalk
Gurjit "Neeru" Khurana Hershey, MD, PhD
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cardiovascular diseases; laminopathies; progeria; chromosome organization; transcriptional regulation; nuclear envelope
Research Interests
The OPN3, OPN4 and OPN5 light sensing pathways in development, homeostasis and disease
Research Interests
Pathogenesis of vascular anomalies; vascular malformations; kaposiform lymphangiomatosis; capillary lymphatic venous malformations; pulmonary...
Cat A. Makarewich, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Douglas Millay , PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Lung organoids; lung development and regeneration; fibroblast function in development, regeneration and fibrosis; bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD);...
Mattia Quattrocelli, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Muscle and heart physiology; pharmacology; epigenetics; metabolism
Jeffrey D. Steimle, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Alveolar macrophage function; molecular techniques using gene knockout, transgenic and conditional gene expression mouse models and non-human...
Stephen N. Waggoner, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Viral immunology; natural killer cells; immunoregulation; vaccines; autoimmunity; immune dysfunction in aging.
Joshua S. Waxman, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cardiac development; heart regeneration; congenital heart defects; molecular signaling pathways; transcription factors; retinoid acid signaling;...
Research Interests
Lung development
Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD
Professor, UC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
William J. Zacharias, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Development of the digestive and respiratory systems. Learn more about CuSTOM.
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