Leading the Microbiome Revolution: UCSF scientists are at the forefront of a movement to advance our understanding of how the human microbiome impacts health and contributes to disease.
Executive Committee
Susan Lynch, PhD
Director, Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine , Professor, Department of Medicine MedicineSergio Baranzini, PhD
Professor NeurologyJulie Saba, MD, PhD
Professor PediatricsTiffany Scharschmidt, MD
Associate Professor DermatologyPeter Turnbaugh, PhD
Professor Microbiology and ImmunologyBCMM Ambassadors to the Executive Committee
BCMM Ambassadors are trainees that serve as liaisons between BCMM trainees and Executive Committee. View the complete list of their leadership roles.
Joel Babdor, PhD
Postdoc OtolaryngologyMiqdad Dhariwala, PhD
Postdoc DermatologyStaff
Kristin Dolan, PhD
Assistant Director, Operations and StrategyChhedi Gupta, PhD
Computational BiologistConnie Ha, PhD
Director, Microbial Genomics and Microbial Culturing MedicineRahim Khan, PhD
Research Specialist, Microbial GenomicsJenny Lee
Research Assistant, Microbial GenomicsSarah Mortley, MBA
Finance and Program ManagerMoriah Sandy, PhD
Director, Quantitative Metabolite Analysis CenterJosephine Tsuei
Administrative Officer, HR LiaisonJessie Turnbaugh, PhD
Director, GnotobioticsUCSF Microbiome Researchers
Our community of health-focused trainees, clinicians, and scientists are at the forefront of microbiome research, tackling some of the most challenging health issues of our time. Are you interested in joining our community? Learn more about our community.
Katrina Abuabara, MD
Associate Professor DermatologyNadav Ahituv, PhD
Professor BioengineeringMargaret Alexander, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar Hooper FoundationChloe Atreya, MD, PhD
Associate Professor MedicineJoel Babdor, PhD
Postdoc OtolaryngologyTanushree Banerjee, PhD, MPhil
Professional Researcher, MedicineSagar Bapat, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine Laboratory MedicineJody Baron, MD, PhD
Professor MedicinePauline Basso, PhD
Postdoc Microbiology and ImmunologyJames Bayrer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor PediatricsBarbara Bensing, PhD
Assistant Professor, MedicineRiley Bove, MD
Associate Professor, Neurology , UCSF Weill Institute for NeurosciencesCarla Bueno Silva, PhD
Postdoc PediatricsIona Cheng, PhD, MPH
Professor, Epidemiology & BiostatisticsYoun-Jeong Choi, PhD
Postdoc PediatricsDeborah Dean, MD, MPH
Professor PediatricsPamela Den Besten, DDS
Professor Orofacial SciencesMiqdad Dhariwala, PhD
Postdoc DermatologyNadia Diamond-Smith, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & BiostatisticsNajwa El-Nachef, MD
Associate Professor MedicineGabriela Fragiadakis, PhD
Assistant Professor MedicineAndrea Garber, PhD, RD
Professor, PediatricsStephanie Gaw, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive SciencesAndrei Goga, MD, PhD
Professor Cell and Tissue BiologyYarden Golan Maor, PhD
Postdoc BioengineeringHani Goodarzi, PhD
Associate Professor Biochemistry and BiophysicsSasha Gorrell, PhD
Assistant Professory PsychiatryBen Guthrie, PhD
Postdoc, Hooper FoundationJoanna Halkias, MD
Assistant Professor PediatricsHobart Harris, MD
Professor SurgeryChristine Hong, DMD, MS
Associate Professor Orofacial SciencesEdward Hsiao, MD, PhD
Professor MedicineHolly Ingraham, PhD
ProfessorXiaofan Jin, PhD
PostdocKyle Jones, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor Orofacial SciencesDavid Julius, PhD
Chair and Professor PhysiologyYvonne Kapila, DDS, PhD
Professor Orofacial SciencesSakeen Kashem, MD, PhD
Postdoc DermatologyMichael Kattah, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor MedicineVictoria Keeton, PhD, RN, PNP
Postdoc Ob/Gyn, Reproductive SciencesMandana Khalili, MD
Professor MedicineOphir Klein, PhD, MD
Professor Orofacial SciencesAndrew Ko, MD
Professor MedicineMax Krummel, PhD
Professor PathologyJennifer Lai, MD, MBA
Associate Professor MedicineChien-Der Lee, PhD
Postdoc Microbiology and ImmunologyCherry Leung, PhD, RN
Associate Professor Community Health SystemsXiangpeng Li, PhD
PostdocLin Li, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Dean's Office School of MedicineDin Lin, PhD
StaffAbigail Lind, PhD
Postdoc Gladstone InstituteYing Lu, PhD, MB
Clinical Research Coordinator PediatricsAnnie Luetkemeyer
Professor School of MedicineAveril Ma, MD
Professor MedicineUma Mahadevan, MD
Professor MedicineKathryn Mccauley, MPH
StaffChristine Mcdonald, ScD, MS
Assistant Professor PediatricsZahra Moinfar, MD, PhD
PostdocHaley Naik, MD
Associate Professor DermatologyRenuka Nayak, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor MedicineSuzanne Noble, MD, PhD
Associate Professor Microbiology and ImmunologyCecilia Noecker, PhD
Postdoc, Hooper FoundationClaire O'leary, PhD
Postdoc School of MedicineTomiko Oskotsky, MD
Bioinformatics Programmer, , Computational Health SciencesMustafa Ozcam, PhD
Postdoc School of MedicineAndrea Park, MD
Assistant Professor Otolaryngology - Head and Neck SurgerySorbarikor Piawah, MD
Assistant Professor MedicineMerisa Piper, MD
Assistant Professor SurgeryKatie Pollard, PhD
Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institutes, Professor, Epidemiology & BiostatisticsSima Porten, MD, MPH
Associate Professor UrologyArun Prakash Budde, MD, PhD
Associate Professor AnesthesiaJean Publicover, PhD
Assistant Professor MedicineRyan Rampersaud, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences PsychiatryRoberto Ricardo Gonzalez, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor DermatologyJulie Saba, MD, PhD
Professor PediatricsRada Savic, PhD
Professor BioengineeringSanyog Shitole, MBBS, MPH
Assistant Professor MedicinePaola Soto Perez
Graduate Student Microbiology & ImmunologyMatthew Spitzer, PhD
Associate Professor Otolaryngology-Head and Neck SurgeryJonathan Terdiman, MD
Professor MedicineDara Torgerson, PhD
Associate Professor Epidemiology and BiostatisticsVaibhav Upadhyay, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor MedicineMartin Valdearcos Contreras, PhD
Assistant Professor Diabetes CenterErin Van Blarigan, ScD
Associate Professor Epidemiology & BiostatisticsArchana Venkataraman, PhD
Postdoc Cellular Molecular PharmacologySofia Verstraete, MD
Associate Professor PediatricsAlessandro Villa, DDS, MPH, PhD
Associate ProfessorEvan Walker, MD
Assistant Professor MedicineJacqueline Weinstein, MD
Assistant Professor OtolaryngologyBryan Winn, MD
Professor OphthalmologyJanet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH
Professor PediatricsKarin Wu, MD
Assistant Adjunct Professor MedicineScott Zamvil, MD, PhD
Professor NeurologyXiaoyuan Zhou, PhD
Postdoc NeurologyMatt Zinter, MD
Assistant Professor PediatricsUCSF Students and Residents
Rolake Alabi
Laura Barnes
Annamarie Bustion
Jamie Chang
Laura Dwyer
Veronica Escalante
Haley Gause
Ori Lieberman
Mimansa Geere
Janice Goh
Jacqueline Harris
Than Kyaw
Xiangpeng Li
Nisha Parmeshwar
Neil Patel
Gloria Tavera
Lindsey Pieper
Rachel Rock
Lea Sedghi
Spenser Souza
Jenny Zhang
Domenique Escobar
The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine (BCMM) stands committed to dismantling the structural barriers to education, research and employment endemic in our society, to promoting awareness of implicit bias and reinforcing inclusivity.
Our mission has never been more important.