Laboratory Medicine Research Programs
The UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine is consistently ranked among the top academic research programs in Clinical Pathology and advanced diagnostic technologies at the national and international levels. The Department emphasizes both basic science and translational research across multiple disciplines with laboratories funded through NIH grants, research foundations, and collaborations with industry. The faculty are integrated with a variety of UCSF graduate programs as well as specialized research institutes, clinical and translational research enterprises, and state of-the-art programs ranging from advanced genome diagnostics and pharmacogenomics to stem cell biology and beyond.
Major Research Themes
Hematology
Immunology
Transfusion Medicine
- Mike Busch
- William Drew
- Andrew Leavitt
- Jack Levin
- Cliff Lowell
- Edward Murphy
- Bill Reed
- Pearl Toy
- Girish Vyas
Cancer Genetics
Stem Cell Biology
- Bill Reed
- Scott Kogan
- Andrew Leavitt
- Marcus O. Muench
Infectious Diseases/Microbial Pathogenesis
- Geo. F. Brooks
- Mike Busch
- William Drew
- Mac Griffiss
- Gary Jarvis
- Steve Miller
- Edward Murphy
- Philip Norris
- Lynn Pulliam
- Girish Vyas