Scholars in Oncologic Molecular Imaging Faculty

Michael Phelps, Ph.D.
Director, UCLA SOMI
Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
Norton Simon Professor and Chair,
Dept. of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Director, Institute for Molecular Medicine(IMED)

Anna M. Wu, Ph.D.
Co-Director, UCLA SOMI
Associate Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology

Program Area 1:
Chemistry of Molecular Probes
Jorge R. Barrio, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Nagichettiar Satyamurthy, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Hsian-Rong Tseng, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Michael Van Dam, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology

Program Area 2:
In Vivo Molecular Imaging
Jorge R. Barrio, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Harvey Herschman, Ph.D. - Biological Chemistry
Shuo Lin, Ph.D. - Mol, Cell & Dvlmt Bio
Ren Sun, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Owen N. Witte, M.D. - Microbio & Mol Genetics
Anna M. Wu, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Hong Wu, M.D., Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Lily Wu, M.D., Ph.D. - Urology

Program Area 3:
Systems Biology
Thomas Graeber, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Jing Huang, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Huiying Li, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Michael E. Phelps, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Ren Sun, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology

Program Area 4:
Therapeutic Applications in Cancer
Timothy Deming, Ph.D. - Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering
Steven M. Dubinett, M.D. - Med-Pul & Critical Care
James Economou, M.D., Ph.D. - Surgery
Noriyuki Kasahara, M.D., Ph.D. - Medicine
Ren Sun, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Lily Wu, M.D., Ph.D. - Urology

Program Area 5:
Tumor Immunology / Biology
Steven Bensinger, V.M.D., Ph.D. - Path & Lab Med
Jonathan Braun, M.D., Ph.D. - Path & Lab Medicine
Heather Christofk, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Ph.D. - Mo, Cell & Dvlmt Bio
Paul Mischel, Ph.D. - Path & Lab Med
Caius Radu, M.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Antoni Ribas, M.D. - Hematology/Oncology
Owen Witte, M.D. - Microbio & Mol Genetics
Anna M. Wu, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Hong Wu, M.D., Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology

Program Area 6:
Imaging Instrumentation
Arion Chatziioannou, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Magnus Dahlbom, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Sung-Cheng "Henry" Huang, D.Sc. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Michael E. Phelps, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Christine Wu, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology

Program Area 7:
Clinical Imaging
Timothy Cloughesy, M.D. - Neurology
Johannes Czernin, M.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Sven de Vos, M.D. - Hematology/Oncology
Linda Liau, M.D., Ph.D. - Surgery (Neurosurgery)
Daniel Silverman, M.D., Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology

Training Committee
(Chair) Jorge R. Barrio, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Jonathan Braun, M.D., Ph.D. - Path & Lab Medicine
Arion Chatziioannou, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Steven M. Dubinett, M.D. - Med-Pul & Critical Care
Daniel Silverman, M.D., Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Ren Sun, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Anna M. Wu, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology

Advisory Committee
(Chair) Harvey Herschman, Ph.D. - Biological Chemistry
Johannes Czernin, M.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
(Consultant) Sanjiv "Sam" Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Judith Gasson, Ph.D. - Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Owen Witte, M.D. - Microbio & Mol Genetics