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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 Medicine

Sergio Baranzini, PhD

Professor Neurology

Julie Saba, MD, PhD

Professor Pediatrics

Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD

Associate Professor Dermatology

Peter Turnbaugh, PhD

Professor Microbiology and Immunology

BCMM 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 Otolaryngology

Miqdad Dhariwala, PhD

Postdoc Dermatology

Staff

Kristin Dolan, PhD

Assistant Director, Operations and Strategy

Chhedi Gupta, PhD

Computational Biologist

Connie Ha, PhD

Director, Microbial Genomics and Microbial Culturing Medicine

Rahim Khan, PhD

Research Specialist, Microbial Genomics

Jenny Lee

Research Assistant, Microbial Genomics

Sarah Mortley, MBA

Finance and Program Manager

Moriah Sandy, PhD

Director, Quantitative Metabolite Analysis Center

Josephine Tsuei

Administrative Officer, HR Liaison

Jessie Turnbaugh, PhD

Director, Gnotobiotics

UCSF 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 Dermatology

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Professor Bioengineering

Margaret Alexander, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar Hooper Foundation

Jay Moltzau Anderson, PhD

Chloe Atreya, MD, PhD

Associate Professor Medicine

Joel Babdor, PhD

Postdoc Otolaryngology

Tanushree Banerjee, PhD, MPhil

Professional Researcher, Medicine

Sagar Bapat, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine Laboratory Medicine

Jody Baron, MD, PhD

Professor Medicine

Pauline Basso, PhD

Postdoc Microbiology and Immunology

James Bayrer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor Pediatrics

Barbara Bensing, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine

Riley Bove, MD

Associate Professor, Neurology , UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Carla Bueno Silva, PhD

Postdoc Pediatrics

Iona Cheng, PhD, MPH

Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Youn-Jeong Choi, PhD

Postdoc Pediatrics

Joseph Cuschieri, MD, FACS

Deborah Dean, MD, MPH

Professor Pediatrics

Pamela Den Besten, DDS

Professor Orofacial Sciences

Miqdad Dhariwala, PhD

Postdoc Dermatology

Nadia Diamond-Smith, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Najwa El-Nachef, MD

Associate Professor Medicine

Domenique Escobar, MD

Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH

Shannon Fogh, MD

Gabriela Fragiadakis, PhD

Assistant Professor Medicine

Andrea Garber, PhD, RD

Professor, Pediatrics

James Gardner, MD, PhD

Stephanie Gaw, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Andrei Goga, MD, PhD

Professor Cell and Tissue Biology

Yarden Golan Maor, PhD

Postdoc Bioengineering

Hani Goodarzi, PhD

Associate Professor Biochemistry and Biophysics

Erin Gordon, MD

Sasha Gorrell, PhD

Assistant Professory Psychiatry

Ben Guthrie, PhD

Postdoc, Hooper Foundation

Joanna Halkias, MD

Assistant Professor Pediatrics

Hobart Harris, MD

Professor Surgery

Christine Hong, DMD, MS

Associate Professor Orofacial Sciences

Edward Hsiao, MD, PhD

Professor Medicine

Holly Ingraham, PhD

Professor

Laura Jelliffe, PhD, MS

Xiaofan Jin, PhD

Postdoc

Kyle Jones, DDS, PhD

Assistant Professor Orofacial Sciences

David Julius, PhD

Chair and Professor Physiology

Yvonne Kapila, DDS, PhD

Professor Orofacial Sciences

Sakeen Kashem, MD, PhD

Postdoc Dermatology

Michael Kattah, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor Medicine

Victoria Keeton, PhD, RN, PNP

Postdoc Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Mandana Khalili, MD

Professor Medicine

Ophir Klein, PhD, MD

Professor Orofacial Sciences

Andrew Ko, MD

Professor Medicine

Max Krummel, PhD

Professor Pathology

Carla Kuon, MD

Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA

Associate Professor Medicine

Chien-Der Lee, PhD

Postdoc Microbiology and Immunology

Cherry Leung, PhD, RN

Associate Professor Community Health Systems

Xiangpeng Li, PhD

Postdoc

Lin Li, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Dean's Office School of Medicine

Jingjing Li, PhD

Din Lin, PhD

Staff

Abigail Lind, PhD

Postdoc Gladstone Institute

Ying Lu, PhD, MB

Clinical Research Coordinator Pediatrics

Annie Luetkemeyer

Professor School of Medicine

Averil Ma, MD

Professor Medicine

Uma Mahadevan, MD

Professor Medicine

Kathryn Mccauley, MPH

Staff

Christine Mcdonald, ScD, MS

Assistant Professor Pediatrics

Zahra Moinfar, MD, PhD

Postdoc

Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD, MAS

Haley Naik, MD

Associate Professor Dermatology

Renuka Nayak, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor Medicine

Suzanne Noble, MD, PhD

Associate Professor Microbiology and Immunology

Cecilia Noecker, PhD

Postdoc, Hooper Foundation

Aoife O'Donovan, PhD

Claire O'leary, PhD

Postdoc School of Medicine

Tomiko Oskotsky, MD

Bioinformatics Programmer, , Computational Health Sciences

Mustafa Ozcam, PhD

Postdoc School of Medicine

Andrea Park, MD

Assistant Professor Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Sorbarikor Piawah, MD

Assistant Professor Medicine

Merisa Piper, MD

Assistant Professor Surgery

Katie Pollard, PhD

Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institutes, Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Sima Porten, MD, MPH

Associate Professor Urology

Arun Prakash Budde, MD, PhD

Associate Professor Anesthesia

Jean Publicover, PhD

Assistant Professor Medicine

Ryan Rampersaud, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences Psychiatry

Roberto Ricardo Gonzalez, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor Dermatology

Jeremie Rispal, PhD

Julie Saba, MD, PhD

Professor Pediatrics

Rada Savic, PhD

Professor Bioengineering

Sanyog Shitole, MBBS, MPH

Assistant Professor Medicine

Marina Sirota, PhD

Paola Soto Perez

Graduate Student Microbiology & Immunology

Matthew Spitzer, PhD

Associate Professor Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Gloria Tavera, MD, PhD

Jonathan Terdiman, MD

Professor Medicine

Dara Torgerson, PhD

Associate Professor Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Vaibhav Upadhyay, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor Medicine

Martin Valdearcos Contreras, PhD

Assistant Professor Diabetes Center

Erin Van Blarigan, ScD

Associate Professor Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Archana Venkataraman, PhD

Postdoc Cellular Molecular Pharmacology

Sofia Verstraete, MD

Associate Professor Pediatrics

Alessandro Villa, DDS, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor

Evan Walker, MD

Assistant Professor Medicine

Jacqueline Weinstein, MD

Assistant Professor Otolaryngology

Bryan Winn, MD

Professor Ophthalmology

Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH

Professor Pediatrics

Karin Wu, MD

Assistant Adjunct Professor Medicine

Scott Zamvil, MD, PhD

Professor Neurology

Xiaoyuan Zhou, PhD

Postdoc Neurology

Matt Zinter, MD

Assistant Professor Pediatrics

UCSF 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