
Alan Saltiel, PhD
DRC Director
Institute for Diabetes & Metabolic Health
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
UC San Diego
858-534-5953
asaltiel@ucsd.edu

Peter Tontonoz, MD, PhD
DRC Co-Director
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UC Los Angeles
310-794-7121
ptontonoz@mednet.ucla.edu
Core Directors

Pamela L. Mellon, PhD
Core Director, Core A
Transgenic & CRISPR Mouse Core
Distinguished Professor, Vice Chair for Research
Department of Reproductive Medicine
UC San Diego
858-534-1312
pmellon@ucsd.edu

Andrea L. Hevener, PhD
Core Director, Core B
Metabolic & Molecular Physiology Core
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
UC Los Angeles
310-267-5884
ahevener@mednet.ucla.edu

Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD
Core Co-Director, Core B
Metabolic & Molecular Physiology Core
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
UC Los Angeles
310-825-863
ooshirihai@mednet.ucla.edu

Sven Heinz, Ph.D.
Core Director, Core C
Genomics & Epigenetics Core
Assistant Professor In Residence of Medicine
UC San Diego Institute for Genomic Medicine

Kristen Jepsen, PhD
Core C
Genomics & Epigenetics Core
Director, IGM Genomics Center
UC San Diego
858-822-2754
kjepsen@ucsd.edu

Jerome I. Rotter, MD
Core Director, Core D
Human Genetics Core
Director, Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences
LA BioMed
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Human Genetics
UC Los Angeles
310-974-9501
jrotter@labiomed.org

Mark Goodarzi, MD, PhD
Core Co-Director, Core D
Human Genetics Core
Program Director
Enrichment Program
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
310-423-3074
mark.goodarzi@cshs.org

Sam Reck-Peterson, PhD
Core Director, Core E
Reck-Peterson Lab
Faculty Director, Nikon Imaging Center and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section
UCSD
sreckpeterson@health.ucsd.edu
DRC Executive Committee

Christopher Glass, MD, PhD
Executive Committee
Glass Lab
Professor of Cellular & Molecular Medicine and Medicine
UC San Diego
858-534-6011
cglass@health.ucsd.edu

Nicolas Musi, MD
Executive Committee
Nicolas Musi
Professor of Medicine and Director, Diabetes and Aging Center
Cedars-Sinai
858-534-6011
Nicolas.Musi@cshs.org