My research interests focus on defining the roles and the mechanisms of enzymes and other challenging proteins in complex biological processes and on developing technologies to facilitate these studies. The current research in the Craik lab focuses on the chemical biology of proteolytic and protein degradation enzymes, receptors and membrane transporters. A particular emphasis of our work is on identifying the roles and regulating the activity of key proteins associated with infectious diseases, neurodegeneration and cancer.

Craig Cohen, MD, MPH, is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and an Attending Physician at San Francisco General Hospital. From 2016-2022 he was the co-Director of the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI: www.ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu).

Dr. Daniel H. Lowenstein is the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and the Robert B. and Ellinor Aird Professor of Neurology in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco ( UCSF).

I am an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Director of the Microbiology Teaching Laboratory in the School of Medicine. I also have a joint appointment in the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology in the School of Dentistry. Prior to arriving at UCSF, I was a Research Associate in bacterial pathogenesis at Stanford University, Visiting Professor at Swarthmore College, and Program Director of Sciences and Technology and Instructor at Berkeley Extension.

Dr. Elizabeth E. Rogers is a neonatologist and Director of the ROOTS Small Baby Programs in the Intensive Care Nursery at UCSF Mission Bay. She specializes in neuroprotective care and neurodevelopmental outcomes for critically ill infants in the intensive care nursery of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Her research focuses on developmental and social-behavioral outcomes for these infants and aims to identify protective and risk factors. She also serves as the Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development and the Chief Experience Officer in the Department of Pediatrics.