contact faculty

Michael Phelps, Ph.D.
Director, UCLA SOMI
Chair, Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
Associate Director, UCLA-DOE Laboratory of Structural Biology & Molecular Medicine
Chief, Division of Nuclear Medicine
Norton Simon Professor and Chairman
Anna M. Wu, Ph.D.
Co-Director, UCLA SOMI
Associate Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging
Associate Professor, 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
Shimon Weiss, D.Sc. - Chemistry & Biochemistry

Program Area 2:
In Vivo Molecular Imaging

Arie Belldegrun, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Urology
Samson Chow, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Harvey Herschman, Ph.D. - Biological Chemistry
Shuo Lin, Ph.D. - Mol, Cell & Dvlmt Bio
Desmond J. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
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:
Development of Viral Vectors

Michael F. Carey, Ph.D. - Biological Chemistry
Samson Chow, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Noriyuki Kasahara, M.D., Ph.D. - Medicine
Ren Sun, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Lily Wu, M.D., Ph.D. - Urology

Program Area 4:
Therapeutic Applications in Cancer Therapy

Arie Belldegrun, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Urology
Steven M. Dubinett, M.D. - Med-Pul & Critical Care
Ingo Mellinghoff, M.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Dennis Slamon, M.D., Ph.D. - Med-Hematology & Oncology
Renata Stripecke, Ph.D - Med-Div of Digestive Disease
Lily Wu, M.D., Ph.D. - Urology
Program Area 5:
Tumor Immunology / Biology

Jonathan Braun, M.D., Ph.D. - Path & Lab Medicine
Thomas Graeber, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Jing Huang, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Ph.D. - Mo, Cell & Dvlmt Bio
Paul Mischel, Ph.D. - Path & Lab Med
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

Program Area 7:
Clinical Imaging

Johannes Czernin, M.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Sven de Vos, M.D. - Hematology/Oncology
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
Samson Chow, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Magnus Dahlbom, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Steven M. Dubinett, M.D. - Med-Pul & Critical Care
Anna M. Wu, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology

Advisory Committee
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
(Chair) Harvey Herschman, Ph.D. - Biological Chemistry
Michael E. Phelps, Ph.D. - Mol & Medl Pharmacology
Owen Witte, M.D. - Microbio & Mol Genetics