UCSF Graduate Division

Students are matched with a faculty mentor based on the research interests indicated in their application and the availability of faculty volunteers during the summer. Here is a list of some of the UCSF faculty who have mentored students in summer research in previous years.

David Agard, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Jennifer Alvidrez, Ph.D., Psychiatry
J. Patricia Arean, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Kaveh Ashrafi, Ph.D., Physiology/Diabetes Center
Nancy Boudreau, Ph.D., Surgery/Cancer Biology and Cell Signaling
Nancy Byl, P.T., M.P.H., Ph.D., Physical Therapy and Rehabilitative Science
Xin Chen, Ph.D., Biopharmaceutical Science
Ben Cheyette, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Charles Craik, Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Graeme Davis, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Anthony DeFranco, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Tejal Desai, Ph.D., Physiology
Brian Dolan, Ph.D., History of Science and Medicine
Joanne Engel, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine
Donna Ferriero, M.D., Neonatal Brain Disorders Laboratory
Susan Fisher, Ph.D., Anatomy
Alan Frankel, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Fen-Biao Gao, Ph.D., Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease
Carol Gross, Ph.D., Stomatology
Su Guo, Ph.D., Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Joseph Guydish, Ph.D., Institute for Health and Aging
Ulrike Heberlein, Ph.D., Anatomy
Yuh Nung Jan, Ph.D., Physiology and Biochemistry/Biophysics
Alexander Johnson, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Julene Johnson, Ph.D., Neurology
Holly Powell Kennedy, CNM, PhD, FACNM, Family Health Care Nursing
Tanja Kortemme, Ph.D., Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Joachim Li, M.D., Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Wendell Lim, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology/Biochemistry and Biophysics, Carmen Masson, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Martin McMahon, Ph.D., Comprehensive Cancer Center
Scott Oakes, Ph.D., Pathology
Howard Pinderhughes, Ph.D., Social and Behavioral Sciences
Samuel Pleasure, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Judith Prochaska, Ph.D., M.P.H., Psychiatry
Louis Ptacek, M.D., Neurology
Katherine Rankin, Ph.D., Neurology
Renee Reijo Pera, Ph.D., Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science
Dean Sheppard, M.D., Medicine - Lung Biology
Kevan Shokat, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Didier Stainier, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Chris Voigt, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Peter Walter, Ph.D., Biochemistry
CC Wang, Ph.D., Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Sandra Weiss, PhD, DNSc, RN, FAAN, Mental Health Nursing
William A. Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Jennifer Alvidrez, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Patricia Arean, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Judith Barker, Ph.D., Medical Anthropology
Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics
Joseph Costello, Ph.D., Neurological Surgery
Jeff Cox, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Eric Brown, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Nancy Byl, Ph.D., Physical Therapy and Rehabilitative Science
Charles Craik, Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Joanne Engel, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Elissa Epel, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Roland Henry, Ph.D., Radiology
Burt Feuerstein, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Esteban Gonzalez-Burchard, M.D., Medicine
Joseph Guydish, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Ulrike Heberlein, Ph.D., Anatomy
Holly Ingraham, Ph.D., Physiology
Thomas James, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Yuh Nung Jan, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics
Julene Johnson, Ph.D., Neurology
Cynthia Kenyon, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Nigel Killeen, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Martin Kitchener, Ph.D., Medical Sociology
Deanne Kroetz, Ph.D., Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Jennifer LaVail, Ph.D., Anatomy
Joachim Li, M.D., Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Richard Locksley, M.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Carmen Masson, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Keith McBurnett, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Michael McManus, M.D., Ph.D., UCSF Diabetes Center
David Mohr, Ph.D., Psychiatry
David Morgan, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics
Dyche Mullins, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Linda Pfiffner, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Jodi Prochaska, Ph.D., M.P.H., Psychiatry
Louis Ptacek, M.D., Neurology
Katherine Rankin, Ph.D., Neurology
Tracy Richmond McKnight, Ph.D., Radiology
Bryna Siegel, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Anita Sil, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Jack Taunton, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Janice Tsoh, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Zena Werb, M.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Kaveh Ashrafi, Ph.D., Physiology
J. Michael Bishop, M.D., G.W. Hooper Foundation
David Bredt, M.D., Ph.D., Physiology
Nancy Byl, Ph.D., P.T.
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitative Science
Joseph Costello, Ph.D., Neurological Surgery
Jeff Cox, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Jason Cyster, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Joseph DeRisi, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Rani Eversley, Ph.D., Medical Sociology
Steven Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Alan Frankel, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Donald Ganem, M.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Carol Gross, Ph.D., Stomatology
R. Kip Guy, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Joseph Guydish, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Charlene Harrington, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Gary Humfleet, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Cynthia Kenyon, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Nigel Killeen, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Matthew Krummel, Ph.D., Pathology
Kathryn Lee, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., Nursing
Jon Levine, M.D., Ph.D., Neuroscience
Richard Locksley, M.D., Immunology
Jeffrey Lotz, Ph.D., Orthopaedic Bioengineering
Hiten Madhani, M.D., Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics
Frank McCormick, Ph.D., F.R.S.
Microbiology and Immunology
Martin McMahon, Ph.D., Chemistry and Cancer
David Pearce, M.D., Pharmacology
Christian Puttlitz, Ph.D., Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Kevan Shokat, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
James Sorensen, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Francis Szoka, Ph.D., Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Jack Taunton, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Kimberly Topp, Ph.D., P.T.
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitative Science
Janice Tsoh, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Peter Walter, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics
Jonathan Weissman, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Scott Zamvil, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology