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Michael Kattah, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Medicine

As an Assistant Professor in the Division of GI at UCSF, I am interested in the molecular underpinnings of intestinal inflammation and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). We employ a variety of tools to study intestinal epithelial cells and death signaling pathways in mouse models, patient-derived biopsies, and organoids.

Victoria Keeton, PhD, RN, PNP

Postdoc
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

My research and practice interests include maternal-child stress, social determinants of health, childhood obesity, school-based health, and nursing education. I am also interested in Latinx populations in the context of child and family health.

Jessica Keyser, PhD

HS Clinical Professor
Psychiatry

Mandana Khalili, MD

Professor
Medicine

POSITIONS:
Chief of Clinical Hepatology, San Francisco General Hospital
Director, Clinical and Translational Research in Hepatology, San Francisco General Hospital
Director, Investigator Development Unit, UCSF Research Coordinating Center to Reduce Disparities in Multiple Chronic Diseases (Health Equity Action Network)
Co-Director, UCSF Mentor Training Program
Co-Director, UCSF T32 Hepatology Training Program
Editorial board member, Hepatology Journal

Abdur Rahim Khan, PhD

Manager, Microbial Genomics and Culturing

Kanika Khanna, PhD

Scientific Program Leader I

Wes Kidder, MD

HS Assoc Clinical Professor
Medicine

Gretchen Kiser, PhD

Executive Director

Dr. Gretchen Kiser is the Executive Director of the Research Development Office (RDO) at the University of California San Francisco.

Ophir Klein, PhD, MD

Professor
Orofacial Sciences

Ophir Klein is Professor of Orofacial Sciences and Pediatrics, the Larry L. Hillblom Distinguished Professor in Craniofacial Anomalies, and the Charles J. Epstein Professor of Human Genetics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He serves as Chief of the Division of Medical Genetics, Chair of the Division of Craniofacial Anomalies, Interim Director of the Institute for Human Genetics, and Director of the Program in Craniofacial Biology.

Arielle Klepper, MD, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor
Medicine

Dr. Arielle Klepper is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist. She received her MD and PhD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, followed by internal medicine residency, chief residency, and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Her clinical focus is in both gastroenterology and general hepatology, joining Drs. Courtney Sherman and Treveni Defries, as well as Davina Martinez, in the HALT clinic, focused on the treatment of patients with alcohol-associated liver disease.

Rebecca Knoll, MD

Postdoctoral Scholar
Medicine

Rebecca attended Medical School at the University Medical Center of the Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany. She completed her Medical Doctoral Thesis through a joint project with the pediatric immunology and infectiology department at Mainz and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, focusing on the gut microbiome in children with inflammatory bowel disease.

Andrew Ko, MD

Professor
Medicine

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