![Alan Saltiel, PhD](../_images/about-leadership/saltiel-alan.jpeg)
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](../_images/about-leadership/tontonoz-peter.jpeg)
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](../_images/about-leadership/mellon-pamela.jpeg)
Pamela L. Mellon, PhD
Core Director, Core A
Transgenic & Knock-Out 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](../_images/about-leadership/hevener-andrea.jpeg)
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](../_images/about-leadership/shirihai-orian.jpeg)
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.](../_images/about-leadership/heinz-sven.jpg)
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](../_images/about-leadership/jepsen-kristen.jpg)
Kristen Jepsen, PhD
Core C
Genomics & Epigenetics Core
Director, IGM Genomics Center
UC San Diego
858-822-2754
kjepsen@ucsd.edu
![Mark Goodarzi, MD, PhD](../_images/about-leadership/goodarzi-mark.jpeg)
Mark Goodarzi, MD, PhD
Core Co-Director, Core D
Human Genetics Core
and Program Director
Enrichment Program
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
310-423-3074
mark.goodarzi@cshs.org
![Jerome I. Rotter, MD](../_images/about-leadership/rotter-jerome.jpeg)
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