Leadership
DIRECTORS:
Alan Saltiel, PhD
DRC Director
Institute for Diabetes & Metabolic Health
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
UC San Diego
Phone 858-534-5953
asaltiel@ucsd.edu
Peter Tontonoz, MD, PhD
DRC Co-Director
Professor of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
UC Los Angeles
Phone 310-794-7121
ptontonoz@mednet.ucla.edu
CORE DIRECTORS:
Pamela L. Mellon, PhD
Core Director, Core A
The Transgenic and Knock-Out Mouse Core
Distinguished Professor, Vice Chair for Research
Department of Reproductive Medicine
UC San Diego
Phone 858-534-1312
Andrea L. Hevener, PhD
Core Director, Core B
Metabolic & Molecular Physiology Core
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
UC Los Angeles
Phone 310-267-5884
Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD
Core Co-Director, Core B
Metabolic & Molecular Physiology Core
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
UC Los Angeles
Phone 310-825-863
Sven Heinz, Ph.D.
Core Director, Core C
Assistant Professor In Residence of Medicine
UC San Diego Institute for Genomic Medicine
Kristen Jepsen, PhD
Core C
Director, IGM Genomics Center
UC San Diego
Phone 858-822-2754
Mark Goodarzi, MD, PhD
Core Co-Director, Core D
and Program Director
Enrichment Program
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Phone 310-423-3074 Mark.Goodarzi@cshs.org
Jerome I. Rotter, MD
Core Director, Core D
Human Genetics Core
Director, Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences
LA BioMed
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Human Genetics
UC Los Angeles
Phone 310-974-9501
jrotter@labiomed.org