Ashrafi, Kaveh
Bernstein, Harold S.
Black, Brian L
Blanc, Paul D
Botvinick, Elias H
Boushey, Homer A
Broaddus, V Courtney
Brodsky, Frances M
Brown, James K
Bruneau, Benoit G
Caughey, George H
Chapman, Harold A
Charo, Israel F
Chatterjee, Kanu
Chuang, Pao-Tien
Clyman, Ronald I
Conklin, Bruce R
Conte, Michael S
Coughlin, Shaun R
Derynck, Rik M
Dobbs, Leland G
Eisner, Mark D
Engel, Joanne N
Erle, David J
Fahy, John Vincent
Farese, Robert V
Fielding, Christopher J
Fineman, Jeffrey R
Gardner, David G
Gartner, Zev Jordan
Glantz, Stanton A
Gold, Warren M
Gropper, Michael
Grossman, William
Hawgood, Samuel
Hill, Arthur C
Hoffman, Julien I
Ingraham, Holly A
Jan, Lily Y
Julius, David J
Kan, Yuet W
Kane, John P
Karliner, Joel S
Kornberg, Thomas B
Kurtz, Theodore W
Kwok, Pui-Yan
Lazarus, Stephen C
Lee, Randall J
Lim, Wendell A
Mahley, Robert W
Malloy, Mary J.
Mann, Michael J
Martin, Gail R
Matthay, Michael A
Mcdonald, Donald M
Mikawa, Takashi
Minor, Daniel L
Mostov, Keith E
Nadel, Jay A
Olgin, Jeffrey E
Pearce, David
Pittet, Jean-Francois
Redberg, Rita F
Reiter, Jeremy F.
Rosen, Steven D
Rowitch, David H
Scheinman, Melvin M
Schiller, Nelson B
Shaw, Robin M.
Sheppard, Dean
Shokat, Kevan M
Simpson, Paul C
Springer, Matthew L
Srivastava, Deepak
Stainier, Didier Y. R.
Teitel, David F
Von Zastrow, Mark E
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Weiss, Arthur
Weiss, Ethan J
Werb, Zena
Woodruff, Prescott G
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Young, William L

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David H Rowitch, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor

Research Interests:
Developmental biology, neural tube, CNS cell cycle control and tumorigenesis, cell fate specification, gliogenesis, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination, Sonic Hedgehog signaling, transcription factors, Olig bHLH proteins, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, brain cancer.

Summary:
Dr. Rowitch's laboratory investigates common mechanisms in brain development and neurological diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis and brain cancer. Upon moving to UCSF in 2006, Dr. Rowitch has focused on developing a new translational research program focused on Cerebral Palsy, the leading cause of intellectual disability in the United States.

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