Faculty Members
Cell Biology and Human Anatomy Faculty
Hana Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor
3205 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-0389
hnanderson@health.ucdavis.edu
Anatomy Education; medical education research
Nadean Brown, Ph.D.
Professor
4407A Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-7806
nlbrown@health.ucdavis.edu
Developmental genetics of mammalian eye morphogenesis and the Pax2 optic nerve astrocyte lineage
Marie Burns, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Center for Neuroscience
3301B Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-1466
meburns@health.ucdavis.edu
Photoreceptor biology, retinal degeneration and neuroinflammation
Wendy Campana, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
3301 Tupper Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Davis Campus
3730 Aggie Square
Sacramento, CA 95817
Aggie Square Campus
wcampana1@health.ucdavis.edu | Lab Website
Fernando A. Fierro, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Stem Cell Program
2921 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento Campus
916-703-9304
ffierro@health.ucdavis.edu
Basic biology and therapeutic applications of Multipotent Stromal Cells (MSC)
Tom Glaser, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
4405A Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-9575
tmglaser@health.ucdavis.edu
Genetics of mammalian eye development
Qizhi Gong, Ph.D.
Professor
3418 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-7656
qzgong@health.ucdavis.edu
Neuroinflammation and pathogen-mucosal interactions in the olfactory system
Douglas S. Gross, M.D., Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
1140 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-9408
dsgross@health.ucdavis.edu
Integrated management of childhood illness, Tropical medicine and international health
Henry Ho, Ph.D.
Professor
4421 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-8857
hyhho@health.ucdavis.edu
Molecular mechanisms of Wnt signaling and its implications in human developmental disorders
Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.
Professor
633A Shriners Hospital
Sacramento Campus
916-453-2289
knoepfler@health.ucdavis.edu
Stem and tumor cell biology; epigenetic programming, Myc, and H3.3.
Anna La Torre, Ph.D.
Professor
3311 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-9103
alatorre@health.ucdavis.edu
Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal progenitor competence and differentiation
Jan Nolta, Ph.D.
Professor and Jeanene and Denny Dickenson Endowed Chair in Stem Cell Research
Institute for Regenerative Cures
2921 Stockton Blvd, Room 1300
Sacramento Campus
916-703-9308
janolta@health.ucdavis.edu
Understanding the dynamics of stem cell migration and attraction to sites of injury
Edward N. Pugh, Jr., Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
3301C Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-1468
enpugh@health.ucdavis.edu
Cynthia Schumann, Ph.D.
Professor/Professor in Residence
2805 50th Street
Sacramento Campus
cschumann@health.ucdavis.edu
Sergi Simó, Ph.D.
Associate Professor/Associate Professor in Residence
3402 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-9056
ssimo@health.ucdavis.edu
Understanding normal brain development to address developmental and neurodegenerative disorders
Alice F. Tarantal, Ph.D.
Professor
Davis Campus
530-752-6680
aftarantal@ucdavis.edu
Gene therapy, stem cell therapies, maternal:fetal microchimerism, in vivo imaging
Emeritus Faculty
Kenneth A. Beck, Ph.D.
Lecturer Emeritus
3416 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-8445
kabeck@health.ucdavis.edu
Anatomy Education
Thomas N. Blankenship, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer Emeritus
3309 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-754-7120
tnblankenship@health.ucdavis.edu
Vision science; Medical Education
Gordon Douglas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor Emeritus
4430 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-7101
gcdouglas@health.ucdavis.edu
Regulation of trophoblast differentiation
Kent Erickson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
4315 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-6616
klerickson@health.ucdavis.edu
Cancer biology and embryonic stem cells; Gross anatomy
Paul FitzGerald, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair Emeritus
3420 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-7130
pgfitzgerald@ucdavis.edu
The role of intermediate filaments in the biology of the ocular lens
John Hess, Ph.D.
Researcher Emeritus
3415 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-8420
jfhess@health.ucdavis.edu
Intermediate filament (vimentin) structure, alpha crystallin chaperone activity, pink eye, Moraxella bovis
Richard P. Tucker, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
3414 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-0238
rptucker@ucdavis.edu
Cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions during development and disease
Craig Watson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
4860 Y St., Suite 3700,
Sacramento Campus
cewatson@health.ucdavis.edu
In Memoriam
Judith Aggeler, Ph.D.
Barry F. King, Ph.D.