Faculty | UC Davis Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy

Hana Anderson, Ph.D.

Professor
3205 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-0389
hnanderson@health.ucdavis.edu

Anatomy Education; medical education research

Nadean Brown, Ph.D.

Professor
4407A Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-7806
nlbrown@health.ucdavis.edu

Developmental genetics of mammalian eye morphogenesis and the Pax2 optic nerve astrocyte lineage

Marie Burns, Ph.D.

Professor and Director of the Center for Neuroscience
3301B Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-1466
meburns@health.ucdavis.edu

Photoreceptor biology, retinal degeneration and neuroinflammation

Wendy Campana, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair

3301 Tupper Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Davis Campus

3730 Aggie Square
Sacramento, CA 95817
Aggie Square Campus

wcampana1@health.ucdavis.edu

Fernando A. Fierro, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor
Stem Cell Program
2921 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento Campus
916-703-9304
ffierro@health.ucdavis.edu

Basic biology and therapeutic applications of Multipotent Stromal Cells (MSC)

Tom Glaser, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor
4405A Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-9575
tmglaser@health.ucdavis.edu

Genetics of mammalian eye development

Qizhi Gong, Ph.D.

Professor
3418 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-7656
qzgong@health.ucdavis.edu

Neuroinflammation and pathogen-mucosal interactions in the olfactory system

Douglas S. Gross, M.D., Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
1140 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-9408
dsgross@health.ucdavis.edu

Integrated management of childhood illness, Tropical medicine and international health

Henry Ho, Ph.D.

Professor
4421 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-8857
hyhho@health.ucdavis.edu

Molecular mechanisms of Wnt signaling and its implications in human developmental disorders

Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Professor
2700 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento Campus
916-734-1043
knoepfler@health.ucdavis.edu

Stem and tumor cell biology; epigenetic programming, Myc, and H3.3.

Anna La Torre, Ph.D.

Professor
3311 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-9103
alatorre@health.ucdavis.edu

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal progenitor competence and differentiation

Charles Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Adjunct Professor
Davis Campus
530-752-0605
cglee@health.ucdavis.edu

Jan Nolta, Ph.D.

Professor and Jeanene and Denny Dickenson Endowed Chair in Stem Cell Research
Institute for Regenerative Cures
2921 Stockton Blvd, Room 1300
Sacramento Campus
916-703-9308
janolta@health.ucdavis.edu

Understanding the dynamics of stem cell migration and attraction to sites of injury

Edward N. Pugh, Jr., Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
3301C Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-1468
enpugh@health.ucdavis.edu

Cynthia Schumann, Ph.D.

Professor/Professor in Residence
2805 50th Street
Sacramento Campus
cschumann@health.ucdavis.edu

Sergi Simó, Ph.D.

Associate Professor/Associate Professor in Residence
3402 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-9056
ssimo@health.ucdavis.edu

Understanding normal brain development to address developmental and neurodegenerative disorders

Alice F. Tarantal, Ph.D.

Professor, MED: Pediatrics
Professor, MED: Cell Biology and Human Anatomy
Davis Campus
530-752-6680
aftarantal@ucdavis.edu

Gene therapy, stem cell therapies, maternal:fetal microchimerism, in vivo imaging

Kenneth A. Beck, Ph.D.

Lecturer Emeritus
kabeck@health.ucdavis.edu

Anatomy Education

Thomas N. Blankenship, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer Emeritus
tnblankenship@health.ucdavis.edu

Vision Science; Medical Education

Gordon Douglas, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor Emeritus
gcdouglas@health.ucdavis.edu

Regulation of trophoblast differentiation

Kent Erickson, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
klerickson@health.ucdavis.edu

Cancer biology and embryonic stem cells; Gross anatomy

Paul FitzGerald, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor and Chair Emeritus
pgfitzgerald@ucdavis.edu

The role of intermediate filaments in the biology of the ocular lens

John Hess, Ph.D.

Researcher Emeritus
jfhess@health.ucdavis.edu

Intermediate filament (vimentin) structure, alpha crystallin chaperone activity, pink eye, Moraxella bovis

Stanley Meizel, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
smeizel@health.ucdavis.edu

Richard P. Tucker, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
rptucker@ucdavis.edu

Cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions during development and disease

Craig Watson, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
cewatson@health.ucdavis.edu