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Sung Jae Lee, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Lee’s research, training, and community engagement work have been strongly shaped by his pursuit of addressing health disparities affecting HIV prevention and care among vulnerable communities impacted by HIV/AIDS. His methods expertise includes conjoint analysis to assess consumer preferences in behavioral and biomedical strategies (e.g. HIV vaccines, pre-exposure prophylaxis acceptability, HIV testing,  dual testing for syphilis and HIV, and long acting injectables for HIV treatment/prevention).  Dr. Lee loves teaching and mentoring. He serves as an advisor to many masters and doctoral students in the Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Lee serves as the Director of the Methods Core for the Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS). He is the UCLA site PI for the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) GloCal Fellowship Training Program.

Aydin Babakhani, Ph.D.

Faculty Member

Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Life Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Valerie Tornini, Ph.D.

Faculty Member

Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology
College of Life Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles

 

4365A Life Science Building
621 Charles E Young Dr S,
Los Angeles, CA 90095

 

Research Interests

Dr. Valerie Tornini is a developmental biologist who investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cell specification and specialization in development, particularly of the brain. Her work focuses on understanding the evolving roles of chromatin regulators (including those implicated in autism) and of micropeptides (or sORF-encoded proteins) in vertebrate development. By using zebrafish and other comparative animal models, she is taking candidate and discovery approaches to investigate the gene regulatory networks that establish the cellular diversity of the developing brain. This includes the application of genome engineering, single-cell technologies, behavioral analyses, and pharmacological approaches. Her lab’s current work spans multiple areas, including identifying roles for novel micropeptides in neurodevelopment; chromatin regulators in vertebrate development and behavior; non-neuronal regulation during development and aging; the evolution of vertebrate brain cell states; and bioethics, neuroethics, and genetics.

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