Core Members
Johnathon Anderson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology
UC Davis School of Medicine
Research Interests: Developing stem cell based therapies for inflammatory and neurological diseases
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Boaz Arzi, DVM, DAVDC, DEVDC, FF-AVDC-OMFS
Professor
Surgical and Radiological Sciences
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Oral and maxillofacial regenerative medicine, tissue engineering (Oral and Maxillofacial Regenerative lab)
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Peter Belafsky, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology
UC Davis School of Medicine
Research Interests: Novel and minimally invasive treatments for swallowing disorders, transcutaneous electrical stimulation for dysphagia therapy, esophageal and extraesophageal reflux disease, esophageal cancer
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Satya Dandekar, PhD
Professor and Chair
Microbiology and Immunology
UC Davis School of Medicine
Research Interests: Molecular pathogenesis of HIV and SIV, Mucosal immunology of host-pathogen interactions and epigenetic regulation of mucosal immune defense in HIV and SIV infections and co-infections
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Anna Denicol, DVM, MPVM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Animal Science
UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Research Interests: Reproductive and developmental biology
Peter J Dickinson, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM
Professor and Researcher
Surgical & Radiological Sciences
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Neurooncology: Molecular genetic characterization of primary brain tumors; development of novel therapeutic strategies for primary brain tumors.
Fernando Fierro, PhD
Associate Professor
Stem Cell Program
UC Davis School of Medicine
Research Interests: Translation of genetically altered stem cells
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Michael Kent, DVM, MAS, DACVIM (Oncology), DACVR (Radiation Oncology), DECVDI (Radiation Oncology add on)
Professor
Surgical and Radiological Sciences
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Clinical and technical aspects of radiation oncology
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Amir Kol, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Clinical Pathology)
Associate Professor
Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Immunomodulatory properties of stem cells
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Maggie Ann Kuhn, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine and Epidemiology
UC Davis School of Medicine
Research Interests: Reflux-mediated swallowing disorders, upper esophageal sphincter dysfunction and clinical outcomes of office-based laryngology procedures
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J. Kent Leach, PhD
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
UC Davis College of Engineering
Research Interests: Tissue engineering and drug Delivery (Leach lab)
Gang-yu Liu, PhD
Professor
Chemistry Department, Biophysical Graduate Group
UC Davis College of Letter and Science
Research Interests: Nanotechnology and development of biomaterials for regulating cellular signaling processes (Keck Spectra Imaging Facility)
Stanley Marks, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine, Nutrition, Oncology)
Professor
Medicine and Epidemiology
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Small animal gastroenterology
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Sina Marsilio, Dr. med. vet., PhD, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: novel treatments and therapy for feline chronic enteropathies
Michael Mienaltowski, PhD
Assistant Professor
Applied Physiology and Animal Science
UC Davis College of Agriculture and Envioronmental Sciences
Research Interests: Development, maturation and repair of musculoskeletal tissues
James Murray, PhD
Professor and Chair
Animal Science
UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Research Interests: Genetic engineering of mammals and horse genomics
Jan Nolta, PhD
Professor and Director
Stem Cell Program (Institute for Regenerative Cures)
UC Davis School of Medicine
Research Interests: Migration and homing of stem cells (Nolta lab)
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Jamie Peyton, DVM
Staff Veterinarian
Integrative Medicine
Research Interests: Regenerative medicine approaches to tissue healing and repair after burn injury
Pablo Ross, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Animal Sciences
UC Davis College of Agriculture and Envioronmental Sciences
Research Interests: Reproductive biology and epigeneic remodelling
Eduardo Silva, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
UC Davis College of Engineering
Research Interests: Stem/progenitor cells trafficking and biomaterials (Silva lab)
Scott Simon, PhD
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
UC Davis College of Engineering
Research Interests: Biomechanics of cells and tissues, neutrophil biology, vascular engineering, particularly with respect to inflammatory disease; fluorescence flow cytometry
Mathieu Spriet, DVM, MS, DACVR, DECVDI, DACVR-EDI
Professor
Surgical and Radiological Sciences
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Stem cell tracking and diagnostic imaging
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Natalia Vapniarsky-Arzi, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Associate Professor
Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Tissue-engineered cartilage and stem cell therapies for immune-mediated diseases
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Karen Vernau, DVM, MAS, DACVIM
Professor
Surgical & Radiological Sciences
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Inflammatory brain disease, metabolic encephalopathies and brain tumors.
Aijun Wang, PhD
Professor
Department of Surgery
UC Davis School of Medicine
Research Interests: Stem cell mediated tissue regeneration and healing (Surgical Bioengineering lab)
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Bart Weimer, PhD
Professor
Population Health and Reproduction
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Metagenomics of extreme enviornments and bacterial metabolism
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Kevin Woolard, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Comparative glioma biology, cancer stem cells, neural stem cells
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Clare Yellowley, PhD
Professor
Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Orthopedics and musculoskeletal biology
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Affiliated Members
Christoph Marycz, PhD, DSc, PTMR
Visiting Professor
UC Davis