Stephen Young, M.D.


Faculty Member

Distinguished Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Human Genetics
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Office:
Gonda Neuroscience and Genetics Building, 4506A
695 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Lab:
UCLA Med-Cardio
650 Charles E. Young Drive South
A2-237 CHS Bldg.
Los Angeles, CA 90095

 

Biography

Stephen Young grew up in Kansas and obtained an undergraduate degree in history from Princeton University. Following medical school at Washington University-St. Louis, he did internal medicine training at UCSF and cardiology training at UCSD. He then embarked on a career in basic science. He did postdoctoral research training in lipid metabolism at UCSD with Dr. Joseph Witztum and then worked at a UCSF-affiliated research institute for 17 years. Along the way, he became an expert in using genetically modified mice to investigate the gene function in health and disease. Currently, his laboratory studies an endothelial cell protein required for plasma triglyceride metabolism and diseases of the nuclear envelope. His laboratory has a strong track record in developing the careers of young scientists. Dr. Young has received multiple awards and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Awards and Honors

  • Corresponding Member Abroad of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2021.
  • Inaugural Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2021.
  • Inaugural Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2021.
  • National Academy of Sciences, 2016.
  • Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine, 2010.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa (Medicine) University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2009.

Publications