Stem Cell Training Program — Leadership
Administrative Director and Principal Investigator
Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine, and Professor of Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine
Co-Scientific Directors
David E. Pleasure, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, School of Medicine; Director of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California; and Director, Shriners Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine
Alice F. Tarantal, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine; Unit Leader, California National Primate Research Center; Director, Center of Excellence in Translational Human Stem Cell Research; and Director, Center for Fetal Monkey Gene Transfer for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases
Executive Committee
Lars Berglund, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine; Assistant Dean of Clinical Research; and Director, General Clinical Research Center, School of Medicine
Simon R. Cherry, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering; and Director, Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging
Philip H. Coelho, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Thermogenesis
Ralph W. deVere White, M.D., Professor of Urology; Assistant Dean of Cancer Programs; and Director, Cancer Center, School of Medicine
Jesse Joad, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics; and Assistant Dean of Faculty Development and Diversity, School of Medicine
Edward G. Jones, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry; and Director, Center for Neuroscience, School of Medicine
K.C. Kent Lloyd, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology; Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education; and Director, Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
Dennis L. Matthews, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering; Director, NSF Center for Biophotonics; Associate Director, Cancer Center; and Director, Center for Biotechnology, Biophysical Sciences and Bioengineering, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Maria Pallavicini, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced
Ben A. Rich, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Bioethics, School of Medicine
David M. Rocke, Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Professor of Applied Science, College of Engineering; and Co-Director, Institute for Data Analysis and Visualization
John C. Rutledge, M.D., Professor and Division Chief, Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition, and Vascular Medicine; The Richard A. and Nora Eccles Harrison Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research; and Director, Cardiac Risk Reduction Clinic, School of Medicine
Mark A. Zern, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine; and Director, Transplant Research Institute, School of Medicine

